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    Elastic IP Address:Billing overview

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    Elastic IP Address:Billing overview

    Last Updated:Aug 14, 2024

    Elastic IP addresses (EIPs) support the following line types: BGP (Multi-ISP) and BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro. The two types support the pay-as-you-go and subscription billing methods.

    Note

    • All regions support BGP (Multi-ISP) EIPs.

    • Only the following regions support BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro EIPs: China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Philippines (Manila), Indonesia (Jakarta), and Thailand (Bangkok). BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro EIPs support only the pay-as-you-go billing method in the following regions: Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Philippines (Manila), Indonesia (Jakarta), and Thailand (Bangkok).

    Billing methods

    EIPs support the subscription and pay-as-you-go billing methods. The billing methods support different metering methods for Internet data transfer. Each metering method is ideal for specific scenarios. You can select a metering method based on your business requirements.

    Billing method

    Metering method

    Scenarios

    Pay-as-you-go

    Pay-by-data-transfer

    • Scenarios in which traffic fluctuates, such as the gaming and video industries.

    • Scenarios that expect temporary traffic spikes.

    If you cannot estimate the traffic usage, we recommend that you select the pay-by-data-transfer metering method.

    Pay-by-bandwidth

    • Scenarios in which traffic is stable.

    • Scenarios that expect temporary traffic spikes.

    Subscription

    Pay-by-bandwidth

    • Scenarios in which the usage period of resources can be estimated.

    • Scenarios in which traffic is stable.

    • Scenarios that require long-term use of resources. (In these scenarios, the subscription billing method is more cost-effective.)

    Billable items

    The billable items vary based on the metering method for EIP Internet data transfer. The following figure shows the billable items of EIP.

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    Fee

    Item

    References

    Internet data transfer fees

    • Bandwidth fee: You are charged based on the specified maximum bandwidth value, regardless of the actual data transfer.

      • If you use the subscription billing method, you are charged based on the specified maximum bandwidth and the subscription duration.

      • If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method and the pay-by-bandwidth metering method, you are charged based on the specified maximum bandwidth and the usage duration.

    • Data transfer fee: If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method and the pay-by-data-transfer metering method, you are charged based on the data transfer over the Internet per hour.

    EIP configuration fee (public IP retention fee)

    You are charged an EIP configuration fee based on the unit price of public IP addresses and usage duration.

    • You are not charged an EIP configuration fee for subscription EIPs.

    • For pay-as-you-go EIPs:

      • You are not charged an EIP configuration fee in the following scenarios:

        • The EIP is associated with an elastic container instance or an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance in a virtual private cloud (VPC). The number of EIPs that your Alibaba Cloud account can own does not exceed 2,000.

        • You are not charged an EIP configuration fee for EIPs allocated from an IP address pool. For more information, see Billing.

      • In other scenarios, you are charged an EIP configuration fee by default.

      Note

    EIP configuration fee (public IP retention fee)

    EIP association fee

    Important

    If you purchased EIPs for the first time after 00:00:00 (UTC+8) on January 15, 2020, you are charged an EIP association fee. If you purchased EIPs before 00:00:00 (UTC+8) on January 15, 2020, you are not charged an EIP association fee.

    In a calendar day, whether you are charged an EIP association fee is determined based on the number of times that EIPs are associated by each account in each region.

    • Free of charge: EIP association times ≤ five times the quota

    • Charged: EIP association times > five times the quota

      • You are charged USD 0.149 for each extra association. Association fees are calculated and bills are generated on a daily basis.

      • If the quota on EIPs is changed, EIP association fees are still charged based on the original quota on the day when the change is made. EIP association fees are charged based on the new quota starting the next day.

    Note

    The quota is equal to the default number of EIPs that your Alibaba Cloud account can own. For more information about how to view quotas, see View and manage quotas.

    Example: Assume that your account has a default quota of 20 EIPs. On May 6, 2024, the quota is increased to 30.

    • On and before May 6, 2024, the number of times that you can use this account to associate EIPs in each region per day is: 20 × 5 = 100.

      If you associate EIPs 110 times in a region, you are charged a total fee of USD 1.49 for the extra association times.

    • Starting May 7, 2024, the number of times that you can use this account to associate EIPs in each region per day is: 30 × 5 = 150.

    None

    Billing cycle

    The following table describes the billing cycles of EIPs.

    Billing cycle

    Fee deduction time and bill generation time

    Applicable fees

    Hour

    A bill is generated within 1 hour after the current billing cycle ends. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system.

    Day

    A bill is generated in the early hours of the next day. The system determines the time when bills are generated.

    Month

    A bill is generated on the first day of the following calendar month. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system.

    Internet data transfer fee: Bandwidth fees for subscription EIPs

    Pricing

    For more information about the billable items of EIPs, see Subscription and Pay-as-you-go. The prices on the buy page shall prevail.

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    Billing methods

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