When you purchase a dedicated or shared Express Connect circuit, you are charged for the port over which the circuit is delivered. This is also known as the resource usage fee. The resource usage fee varies based on port specifications and port types.

Billing rules

The following table describes how the resource usage fee is billed.

ItemDescription
Billing cycles and bill generation timeBilling cycle: on a monthly basis.

The billing cycle is based in the UTC+8 time zone, and is accurate to the second. Each billing cycle starts from the time when the service is activated or renewed and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date. If the service is renewed before it expires, the next billing cycle starts when the previous billing cycle ends.

After a billing cycle ends, bills are generated on the first day of the following calendar month.

For example, you created an Express Connect circuit at 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022. The initial subscription duration is one month, and you manually renewed the circuit for one month before it expires.
  • First billing cycle: from 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022 to 00:00:00 on September 10, 2022
  • Second billing cycle: from 00:00:00 on September 10, 2022 to 00:00:00 on October 10, 2022
Billing formula

The total resource usage fee attributed to an Alibaba Cloud account is the sum of the resource usage fees of each region. The resource usage fee of each region is calculated based on the following formula:

Resource usage fee = ∑(Unit price of resource usage × Duration)

Port pricing

Port for a dedicated Express Connect circuit

The prices listed in the following table are for reference only. To view the actual prices, go to the buy page.

SpecificationsPricing for regions within the Chinese mainland (USD/month)Pricing for regions outside the Chinese mainland (USD/month)
1 Gbit/s and lower85210
10 Gbps7201,600
40 Gbps2,4505,500
100 Gbps5,20011,700

Port for a shared Express Connect circuit

The prices listed in the following table are for reference only. To view the actual prices, go to the buy page.
Note Before you purchase a shared Express Connect circuit, make sure that the construction of the Express Connect circuit has been completed and that you have created a port. For more information, see Create and manage a dedicated connection over an Express Connect circuit.
SpecificationsPricing for regions within the Chinese mainland (USD/month)Pricing for regions outside the Chinese mainland (USD/month)
50 Mbps2020
100 Mbps3040
200 Mbps4055
300 Mbps4585
400 Mbps55115
500 Mbps60140
1 Gbps85210
2 Gbps150475
5 Gbps3751,100
8 Gbps6001,400
10 Gbps7201,600

Examples

Assume that you created a 10 Gbit/s port for a dedicated Express Connect circuit and a 2 Gbit/s port for a shared Express Connect Circuit in the China (Beijing) region at 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022. The initial subscription duration is one month and you manually renewed the circuit for one month before it expires. The resource usage fee for the China (Beijing) region is calculated as follows:

Resource usage fee: (720 USD/month + 150 USD/month) × 2 months = USD 1,740