Resource plans allow you to use the same amount of resources at more favorable prices. This helps you reduce costs. This topic describes the types and unit prices of resource plans in Function Compute and how to manage resource plans, including how to purchase and view resource plans, and configure quota alerts.
Types and prices
Function Compute provides resources plans of different sizes. You can buy resource plans based on your business requirements to offset fees of billable items of Function Compute. For more information about the billable items, see Billing overview.
Resource plan | Quota (CUs per year) | Price (USD) |
1 | 1 million | 19 |
2 | 10 million | 185 |
3 | 100 million | 1,800 |
4 | 500 million | 8,500 |
5 | 2 billion | 30,000 |
The prices on the buy page shall prevail.
Validity period
The validity period of each type of resource plan is 12 months. A resource plan takes effect from the date when the order is placed and expires at the end of the validity period. After the resource plan expires, the resource quota in the resource plan becomes invalid.
You are charged for resource usage on a pay-as-you-go basis when the resource plans you buy expire or are used up. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.
Offset order
Resource plans and trial quotas are first used to offset fees. If you have purchased multiple resource plans, the resource plan that expire first are preferentially used. After all the trial quotas and resource plans are exhausted, you are charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.
Buy resource plans
Log on to the Function Compute console. In the Resource Plan section on the right side of the Overview page, click Buy Now. On the page that appears, select the resource plan type and specifications.
Refund policy
You can request a full refund after you purchase a resource plan within five days if the resource plan is not used. If the resource plan is used in five days, fees of resource usage are deducted based on the unit prices of Pay-as-you-go before the balance is refunded. You can request only one five-day full refund in each natural year. You cannot request a refund if the resource plan is purchased for more than 5 days.
Manage resource plans
After you buy a resource plan, you can view the purchase records and usage information in Expenses and Costs. In addition, you can enable quota alerting for resource plans to avoid resource unavailability caused by overdue payments. When the remaining quota of a resource plan is lower than the configured threshold, the system notifies you by means such as text messages.
Go to the Manage Reserved Instances page and perform the following steps:
Click the Instances tab to view the purchase records and statistics of resource plans, including the status of resource plans, remaining capacity, effective time, and expiration time.
You can also check the remaining quota of a resource plan in the Resource Plan section on the right side of the Overview page of the Function Compute console.
Click Set Remaining Quota Alert in the upper-right corner. Configure the threshold for quota alerting and then click OK.
Turn on the Enable Alert switch in the Set Remaining Quota Alert Uniformly section to simultaneously enable quota alerts for all resource plans. You can configure different quota alert rules for different resource plans in the list.