1. Billing methods
Public Zone supports the following two billing methods:
Subscription: Public Zone instances are prepaid on a subscription basis.
Pay-as-you-go: Advanced services such as Traffic Analysis are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
2. Billable items
1. Public Zone (subscription)
For purchase instructions, see Purchase and attach domain names.
Plan 1: Personal Edition + DNS Protection (optional)
Personal Edition can be purchased with optional DNS Protection. The billing formula is: Total fee = (Unit price of Personal Edition + Unit price of DNS Protection) × Number of domain names
Billable item | Price | Description |
| 7 USD/domain name/year | Personal Edition: 7 USD/domain name/year DNS Protection Basic: 86 USD/domain name/year Ultimate Protection: USD 429 per domain name per year Note For purchase and use by individual developers only Enterprise users cannot purchase new Personal Edition instances. Existing Personal Edition instances can still be used and renewed. |
| 93 USD/domain name/year | |
| 436 USD/domain name/year |
Plan 2: Enterprise Ultimate Edition + DNS Protection (required)
Enterprise Ultimate Edition requires DNS Protection. The billing formula is: Total fee = (Unit price of Enterprise Ultimate Edition + Unit price of DNS Protection) × Number of domain names
Billable item | Price | Description |
| 167 USD/domain name/year | Enterprise Ultimate Edition: 81 USD/domain name/year DNS Protection Basic: 86 USD/domain name/year Ultimate Protection: USD 429 per domain name per year |
| 510 USD/domain name/year |
Plan 3: Premium Edition
Premium Edition includes DNS Protection Advanced by default. The billing formula is: Total fee = Unit price of Premium Edition × Number of domain names
Billable item | Price |
| 4287 USD/domain name/year |
Expiration
For more information about instance expiration and renewal, see Instance expiration and renewal.
2. Traffic Analysis (pay-as-you-go)
Feature | Price | Billing cycle | Billing trigger | Description |
Alibaba Cloud DNS Storage and Analytics | 0.03 USD/10,000 entries | Billed daily | Traffic Analysis is enabled and configured to Store and analyze in Alibaba Cloud DNS | Fees for storage and analysis are charged based on the number of DNS resolution log entries generated by domain names for which Traffic Analysis is enabled. Bills are settled daily. |
Store in Simple Log Service (SLS) only | 0.0015 USD/10,000 entries | Billed daily | Traffic Analysis is enabled and configured to Store in Simple Log Service (SLS) only | Fees for storing data in SLS are charged based on the number of DNS resolution log entries generated by domain names for which Traffic Analysis is enabled. Bills are settled daily. Other fees: Subsequent storage fees are charged directly by SLS. For more information, see the billing standards for SLS. |
Forward Alibaba Cloud DNS Logs to Simple Log Service (SLS) for Storage and Statistical Analysis | 0.0315 USD/10,000 entries | Billed daily | Traffic Analysis is enabled and configured to Store and analyze in Alibaba Cloud DNS and store in Alibaba Cloud SLS | Fees for both storing and analyzing in Alibaba Cloud DNS and for storing in SLS are charged based on the number of DNS resolution log entries generated by domain names for which Traffic Analysis is enabled. Bills are settled daily. Other fees: Subsequent storage fees are charged directly by SLS. For more information, see the billing standards for SLS. |
Billing example:
Assume that Account A processes 1 million authoritative log analysis entries for its domain names in a single day.
The total fee is calculated as follows: 3 USD = 1 million entries × 0.03 USD/10,000 entries.
3. Traffic Analysis (subscription resource plan)
If your domain names receive a high volume of DNS queries, purchase a data transfer plan for Public Authoritative DNS traffic analysis to cover your pay-as-you-go charges. The data transfer plan takes effect immediately after purchase and is valid for one year. During the validity period, the plan is used to offset your pay-as-you-go charges. Any unused resources in the plan automatically expire at the end of the validity period. The billing rules for the data transfer plan are as follows:
Plan size (10,000 queries) | Validity period (months) | Plan price | Unit price per 10,000 entries |
1000 | 12 | 21 USD | 0.021 USD |
10000 | 12 | 182 USD | 0.0182 USD |
100000 | 12 | 1680 USD | 0.0168 USD |
1000000 | 12 | 14000 USD | 0.014 USD |
Traffic Analysis is billed daily. If you purchase a data transfer plan during a billing cycle, the charges are automatically deducted from the plan's quota when the bill is generated.
If a data transfer plan is purchased after a bill is generated, it cannot be used to offset the charges on that bill. The plan can only be used to offset charges in subsequent billing cycles.
After the quota of the resource plan is exhausted, additional queries are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Overdue payments
Alibaba Cloud DNS offers service suspension protection. This feature lets you continue using Alibaba Cloud services for a specific period or within a certain credit limit after a payment becomes overdue. Your existing pay-as-you-go services, purchased resource plans, and subscription resources can be used without interruption. The service suspension process starts only if your usage exceeds the protection scope. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go service suspension protection.