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VPN Gateway:Billing

Last Updated:Sep 29, 2024

You can associate an IPsec-VPN connection with a VPN gateway or a route router. The involved billable items for IPsec-VPN connections vary with the types of resources that are associated with IPsec-VPN connections. This topic describes the billing rules for IPsec-VPN connections that are associated with different types of resources.

IPsec-VPN connections associated with VPN gateways

Billing rules

Feature enabled for a VPN gateway

Billable item

Billing method

Billing cycle

IPsec-VPN

  • IPsec-VPN connection fee

  • Data transfer fee

Pay-as-you-go.

This billing method allows you to use resources and pay for them afterward. You are charged 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.

SSL-VPN and IPsec-VPN

  • IPsec-VPN connection fee

  • SSL-VPN connection fee

  • Data transfer fee

  • SSL specification fee

Billable items

Important
  • The prices described in the following table are for reference only. The prices displayed on the buy page prevail.

  • The maximum bandwidth supported by VPN gateways in the China (Nanjing - Local Region) region is 500 Mbit/s.

    View the supported regions in the Chinese mainland

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

  • In the following table, "Not supported" indicates that the bandwidth specification is not supported by VPN gateways in the corresponding region.

IPsec-VPN and SSL-VPN connection fees

VPN gateways provide different bandwidth specifications. If the same bandwidth specification is used in the same region, the unit prices for IPsec-VPN and SSL-VPN connections are the same. The following table describes the unit prices. Unit: USD per hour.

Region

10 Mbit/s

100 Mbit/s

200 Mbit/s

500 Mbit/s

1000 Mbit/s

Chinese mainland

0.059

0.209

0.209

0.767

0.767

China (Hong Kong)

0.087

0.262

0.262

1.025

1.025

Singapore

0.087

0.262

0.262

1.025

1.025

Japan (Tokyo)

0.091

0.275

0.275

0.767

0.767

South Korea (Seoul)

0.091

0.275

0.275

0.767

0.767

Thailand (Bangkok)

0.087

0.262

0.262

1.025

1.025

Philippines (Manila)

0.087

0.262

0.262

1.025

1.025

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

0.080

0.240

0.240

0.878

0.878

Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.086

0.262

0.262

0.734

0.734

Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

0.087

0.389

0.389

1.088

Not supported

US (Virginia)

0.066

0.295

0.295

0.826

0.826

US (Silicon Valley)

0.082

0.392

0.392

1.095

1.095

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.077

0.359

0.359

1.003

1.003

UK (London)

0.077

0.359

0.359

1.003

1.003

UAE (Dubai)

0.090

0.420

0.420

1.231

Not supported

SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

Important

The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

0.104

0.314

0.314

1.230

Not supported

Data transfer fee

You are charged for data transfer from Alibaba Cloud to a data center over an IPsec-VPN connection. You are not charged for data transfer from a data center to Alibaba Cloud over an IPsec-VPN connection. Unit: USD per GB.

Region

Unit price

Chinese mainland

0.125

China (Hong Kong)

0.153

Singapore

0.117

Japan (Tokyo)

0.120

South Korea (Seoul)

0.125

Thailand (Bangkok)

0.117

Philippines (Manila)

0.110

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

0.125

Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.110

Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

0.096

US (Virginia)

0.078

US (Silicon Valley)

0.078

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.070

UK (London)

0.070

UAE (Dubai)

0.447

SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

Important

The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

0.140

SSL specification fee

After the SSL-VPN feature is enabled, you must select an SSL specification based on the number of clients that you want to connect at a time. The following table describes the unit prices for different SSL specifications in different regions. Unit: USD per hour.

Region

5 SSL connections

10 SSL connections

20 SSL connections

50 SSL connections

100 SSL connections

500 SSL connections

1,000 SSL connections

Chinese mainland

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

China (Hong Kong)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Singapore

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Japan (Tokyo)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

South Korea (Seoul)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Thailand (Bangkok)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Philippines (Manila)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

US (Virginia)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

US (Silicon Valley)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

UK (London)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

UAE (Dubai)

0.048

0.074

0.117

0.226

0.328

1.090

1.547

SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

Important

The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

0.058

0.089

0.14

0.271

0.394

1.308

1.856

Example

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As shown in the preceding figure, an on-premises data center of an enterprise in the Chinese mainland is connected to a VPN gateway over an IPsec-VPN connection. This way, the data center can communicate with a virtual private cloud (VPC). If the VPN gateway has only the IPsec-VPN feature enabled, the bandwidth specification of the VPN gateway is 10 Mbit/s, and 10 GB of traffic is sent from the VPN gateway to the on-premises data center from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 2, 2023, the following fees are generated:

  • IPsec-VPN connection fee = USD 0.059 per hour × 24 hours = USD 1.416

  • Data transfer fee = USD 0.125 per GB × 10 GB = USD 1.25

  • Total fee = IPsec-VPN connection fee + Data transfer fee = USD 2.666

IPsec-VPN connections associated with transit routers

Billing rules

Network type of IPsec-VPN connection

Billable item

Billing method

Billing cycle

Internet

  • IPsec-VPN connection fee

  • Data transfer fee

  • Transit router connection fee

  • Transit router traffic processing fee

Pay-as-you-go.

This billing method allows you to use resources and pay for them afterward. You are charged 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.

Private network

  • IPsec-VPN connection fee

  • Transit router connection fee

  • Transit router traffic processing fee

Billable items

Note
  • The prices described in the following table are for reference only. The prices displayed on the buy page prevail.

    View the supported regions in the Chinese mainland

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

  • For the billing of IPsec-VPN connections that are associated with transit routers, this topic describes only the IPsec-VPN connection fee and data transfer fee. For more information about the transit router connection fee and transit router data transfer fee, see Billing rules.

IPsec-VPN connection fee

The unit price of IPsec-VPN connections in the SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is USD 0.06 per hour per connection. The unit price of IPsec-VPN connections in other regions is USD 0.05 per hour per connection.

Data transfer fee

You are charged for data transfer from Alibaba Cloud to a data center over an IPsec-VPN connection. You are not charged for data transfer from a data center to Alibaba Cloud over an IPsec-VPN connection. Unit: USD per GB.

Region

Unit price

Chinese mainland

0.125

China (Hong Kong)

0.153

Singapore

0.117

Japan (Tokyo)

0.120

South Korea (Seoul)

0.125

Thailand (Bangkok)

0.117

Philippines (Manila)

0.110

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

0.125

Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.110

Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

0.096

US (Virginia)

0.078

US (Silicon Valley)

0.078

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.070

UK (London)

0.070

SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

Important

The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

0.140

Example

image

As shown in the preceding figure, an on-premises data center in the Chinese mainland is connected to a transit router over a public IPsec-VPN connection. This way, the data center can communicate with a VPC. If 5 GB of traffic is sent to the transit router and 10 GB of traffic is sent to the data center over an IPsec-VPN connection from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 2, 2023, the following fees are generated:

  • IPsec-VPN connection fee = USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 24 hours × 1 connection = USD 1.2

  • Data transfer fee = USD 0.125 per GB × 10 GB = USD 1.25

  • Transit router connection fee = USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 24 hours × 1 connection = USD 1.2

  • Transit router traffic processing fee = USD 0.02 per GB × 5 GB = USD 0.1

  • Total fee = IPsec-VPN connection fee + Data transfer fee + Transit router connection fee + Transit router traffic processing fee = USD 3.75