Function Compute provides a free trial plan for users who log on to the Function Compute console for the first time. The free trial quotas are shared by the Alibaba Cloud account and RAM users. Trial quotas are provided for three consecutive cycles. Each cycle lasts for a month. Excess resource usage in each cycle is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. If you want to save costs when trial quotas are used up, you can purchase resource plans.
Trial quotas
Trial quotas are provided for three consecutive cycles. Each cycle lasts for a month. Each cycle is reset at 00:00 on the 1st of each natural month. If you obtain the trial quotas in the middle of a natural month, the second half of that month and the first half of the last month combined constitute a cycle. For example, the following items list the three cycles if claim the trial plan of Function Compute at 09:00 on September 15, 2024:
Cycle 1: [09:00 September 15, 2024 to 24:00 September 30, 2024] + [00:00 December 1, 2024 to 09:00 December 15, 2024]
Cycle 2: [00:00 October 1, 2024 to 24:00 October 31, 2024]
Cycle 3: [00:00 November 1, 2024 to 24:00 November 30, 2024]
A total of 150,000 CUs of trial quota is provided in each cycle. You are charged on a pay-as-you-go basis when the quota is used up in each cycle. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.
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After the trial quotas expire or are used up, you can purchase resource plans to save costs. For more information, see Resource plans.
For more information about billing methods, see Billing overview.