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Cloud Enterprise Network:Billing rules

Last Updated:Sep 29, 2024

You are charged fees when you use Enterprise Edition transit routers or Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) to establish inter-region network communication. This topic describes the billable items and billing rules for CEN.

Billable items

The following figure shows the billable items of CEN.

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Billable items

The following table describes the billable items, use scenarios, and billing rules of CEN.

Resource

Billable item

Use scenario

Billing rule

Enterprise Edition transit routers

Connections

An Enterprise Edition transit router is connected to virtual private clouds (VPCs), virtual border routers (VBRs), Express Connect Routers (ECRs), or IPsec-VPN connections.

Billing rules for Enterprise Edition transit routers

Data forwarding

An Enterprise Edition transit router forwards network traffic for VPCs, VBRs, ECRs, or IPsec-VPN connections.

Inter-region connections

Bandwidth plans

Enable network communication between network instances in different regions.

To allow network instances in different regions to communicate with each other, you must create inter-region connections between the regions. Bandwidth resources for inter-region connections can be allocated in the following modes. Select a mode based on your business requirements.

  • Allocate bandwidth from bandwidth plans

    In this mode, you are charged for bandwidth plans.

  • Pay-by-data-transfer

    In this mode, you are charged for data transfer.

    Note

    Basic Edition transit routers do not support the pay-by-data-transfer metering method.

Billing rules for inter-region connections

Data transfer

Note

Beginning March 31, 2021, first-time users of Alibaba Cloud are eligible for free trials of CEN bandwidth plans. The duration of a free trial is one month, and the maximum bandwidth of a free-trial bandwidth plan is 5 Mbit/s. You can apply for a free trial. For more information, see CEN free trial.

Billing rules for Enterprise Edition transit routers

Billing rules

Billable item

Billing rule

Billing method

Billing cycle

Connections

You are charged based on the total number of VPCs, VBRs, ECRs, and IPsec-VPN connections attached to your Enterprise Edition transit router.

Connection fee of each Enterprise Edition transit router = Connection unit price (USD per connection-hour) × (Number of VPC connections on the transit router + Number of VBR connections on the transit router + Number of ECR connections on the transit router + Number of IPsec-VPN connections on the transit router) × Usage duration (hours).

The usage duration refers to the total period of time from when a connection is created on the Enterprise Edition transit router to when the connection is closed on the Enterprise Edition transit router.

Pay-as-you-go.

This billing method allows you to use resources before you pay for the resources. You are billed based on the resources that are consumed.

One hour.

If the usage duration is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour.

Data forwarding

You are charged based on the amount of data transfer from the VPCs, VBRs, ECRs, and IPsec-VPN connections to your Enterprise Edition transit router.

Data forwarding fee of each Enterprise Edition transit router = Data forwarding unit price (USD/GB) × (Total amount of data transfer transmitted from the VPCs, VBRs, ECRs, and IPsec-VPN connections to the Enterprise Edition transit router).

Data transfer from the Enterprise Edition transit router to the VPCs, VBRs, ECRs, and IPsec-VPN connections is free of charge.

One hour.

Pricing of connections and data forwarding on transit routers

Important

The pricing information in the following tables is for reference only. If the prices in the following tables are different from those on the buy page, the prices on the buy page shall prevail.

Area

Region

Connection fee

(USD/hour/transit router)

Data forwarding fee

(USD/GB)

Chinese mainland

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Nanjing - Local Region), China (Fuzhou - Local Region), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), and China (Chengdu)

0.05

0.02

Asia Pacific

Singapore, China (Hong Kong), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Philippines (Manila), Japan (Tokyo), South Korea (Seoul), and Thailand (Bangkok)

0.06

0.02

Europe

Germany (Frankfurt) and UK (London)

0.06

0.02

North America

US (Virginia) and US (Silicon Valley)

0.06

0.02

Australia

Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

0.06

0.02

Middle East

SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

0.06

0.02

Billing rules for inter-region connections

Billing rules

Bandwidth resources for inter-region connections can be allocated in two modes. Select a mode based on your business requirements. The billing rules of the bandwidth allocation modes are different.

Bandwidth allocation mode

Billable item

Billing rule

Billing method

Billing cycle

Use scenario

Allocate bandwidth from bandwidth plans

Bandwidth plans

Before you can create an inter-region connection, you must purchase a bandwidth plan. Then, you can allocate bandwidth resources from the bandwidth plan to the inter-region connection. Each bandwidth plan is billed based on the maximum bandwidth.

Bandwidth plan fee = Unit price (USD per Mbit/s-month) × Maximum bandwidth × Subscription duration (months).

Subscription.

This billing method allows you to subscribe to bandwidth plans on a monthly or annual basis. You must pay for resources before you can use the resources.

One month

Ideal for long-term services with small traffic fluctuations, such as file transfer, data migration, and data synchronization.

Pay-by-data-transfer

Data transfer

You are charged a data forwarding fee. When you create an inter-region connection, you can choose the Platinum or Gold line type. The unit price of data forwarding varies based on the line type. Data forwarding fees are managed by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT). For more information, see Inter-region data transfers.

Pay-as-you-go.

This billing method allows you to use resources before you pay for the resources. You are billed based on the resources that are consumed.

One hour

Ideal for services with large traffic fluctuations and unpredictable bandwidth usage, such as temporary scale-outs, testing, video conferencing, and real-time gaming.

Line types

Pay-by-data-transfer inter-region connections support the Platinum and Gold line types. If the bandwidth resources of an inter-region connection are allocated from a bandwidth plan, the inter-region connection uses the Gold line type by default. The data forwarding performance varies based on the line type.

Line type

Service availability

Use scenario

Platinum

99.995%

Ideal for services that require high network quality and are sensitive to network jitters and latency, such as securities transactions, online voice conferencing, online video conferencing, and real-time gaming.

Gold

99.95%

Ideal for services that do not have high requirements for network quality, such as data synchronization and file transfer.

Pricing of bandwidth

The following table describes the prices of bandwidth in the Chinese mainland. For more information about the pricing of bandwidth in other areas, visit the buy page.

Bandwidth is billed based on a tiered pricing model. For example, Alice purchased a bandwidth plan that supports network communication in the Chinese mainland. The maximum bandwidth of the bandwidth plan is 110 Mbit/s, and the subscription duration is 1 month. The fee for the bandwidth plan is calculated based on the following formula:

USD 34 per Mbit/s-month × 100 Mbit/s × 1 (month) + USD 13 per Mbit/s-month × 10 Mbit/s × 1 (month) = USD 3,530

Connected areas

Bandwidth tier

Unit: Mbit/s.

Bandwidth unit price

Unit: USD per Mbit/s-month

In the Chinese mainland

0 to 100 (including 100)

34

101 to 1,000 (including 1,000)

13

>1000

8

Pricing of data transfer

For more information, see Inter-region data transfers.

Billing examples

The following examples show the billing rules for CEN.

计费说明-示例

A company attached VPC1, VPC2, VBR1, VBR2, and IPsec-VPN Connection 1 to a CEN instance. The IPsec-VPN connection is an Internet connection. The company also purchased Bandwidth Plan 1 to establish network communication in the Chinese mainland. The maximum bandwidth of Bandwidth Plan 1 is 160 Mbit/s, and the subscription duration is 1 month. Bandwidth resources for Inter-region Connection 1, Inter-region Connection 2, and Inter-region Connection 3 are allocated from Bandwidth Plan 1. Network communication is established among the network instances attached to the CEN instance.

The following table describes the resources consumed by each network instance and inter-region connection in June 2022 (30 calendar days).

Table 1: Resources consumed by the network instances and connections

Network instance/Connection

Total duration of connection to the Enterprise Edition transit router

Total data transfer to the Enterprise Edition transit router

VPC1

24 hours per day × 30 days = 720 hours

20 GB of data transfer to the Enterprise Edition transit router in China (Hangzhou)

VPC2

24 hours per day × 30 days = 720 hours

20 GB of data transfer to the Enterprise Edition transit router in China (Shenzhen)

VBR1

24 hours per day × 30 days = 720 hours

30 GB of data transfer to the Enterprise Edition transit router in China (Hangzhou)

VBR2

24 hours per day × 30 days = 720 hours

30 GB of data transfer to the Enterprise Edition transit router in China (Qingdao)

IPsec-VPN Connection 1

24 hours per day × 30 days = 720 hours

40 GB of data transfer to the Enterprise Edition transit router in China (Qingdao)

Table 2: Bandwidth resources allocated to the inter-region connections

Inter-region connection

Maximum bandwidth

Connected regions

Bandwidth plan

Areas connected by the bandwidth plan

Inter-region Connection 1

50 Mbit/s

China (Hangzhou) and China (Shenzhen)

Bandwidth Plan 1

Within the Chinese mainland

Inter-region Connection 2

100 Mbit/s

China (Shenzhen) and China (Qingdao)

Bandwidth Plan 1

Within the Chinese mainland

Inter-region Connection 3

10 Mbit/s

China (Hangzhou) and China (Qingdao)

Bandwidth Plan 1

Within the Chinese mainland

The following table describes the connection fee, data forwarding fee, and inter-region connection fee in June 2022.

Connection and data forwarding fees

Billable item

Connection fee

Data forwarding fee

Connection and data forwarding fee of each network instance

VPC1

USD 0.05 per connection-hour × 24 hours per day × 30 days × 1 connection = USD 36.00

USD 0.02 per GB × 20 GB =USD 0.40

USD 36.40

VPC2

USD 0.05 per connection-hour × 24 hours per day × 30 days × 1 connection = USD 36.00

USD 0.02 per GB × 20 GB =USD 0.40

USD 36.40

VBR1

USD 0.05 per connection-hour × 24 hours per day × 30 days × 1 connection = USD 36.00

USD 0.02 per GB × 30 GB = USD 0.60

USD 36.60

VBR2

USD 0.05 per connection-hour × 24 hours per day × 30 days × 1 connection = USD 36.00

USD 0.02 per GB × 30 GB = USD 0.60

USD 36.60

IPsec-VPN Connection 1

USD 0.05 per connection-hour × 24 hours per day × 30 days × 1 connection = USD 36.00

USD 0.02 per GB × 40 GB = USD 0.80

USD 36.80

Connection and data forwarding fees of all network instances

USD 180.00

USD 2.80

USD 182.8

Inter-region connection fee

Bandwidth resources for Inter-region Connection 1, Inter-region Connection 2, and Inter-region Connection 3 are allocated from Bandwidth Plan 1. Therefore, the company is charged only for Bandwidth Plan 1. The fee for Bandwidth Plan 1 is calculated based on the following formula:

USD 34 per Mbit/s-month × 100 Mbit/s × 1 month + USD 13 per Mbit/s-month × 60 Mbit/s × 1 month = USD 4,180

Total fee

The total fee in June 2022 is calculated based on the following formula: USD 182.80 + USD 4,180.00 = USD 4362.80