Production studios support the pay-as-you-go and subscription billing methods. If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method, you can create production studios in general mode and playlist mode and virtual studios. If you use the subscription billing method, you can create production studios in general mode and playlist mode. You are charged for each production studio based on the output resolutions and durations of streaming and transcoding. This topic describes the billing rules of production studios.
Pricing
Streaming fees and transcoding fees are calculated based on the corresponding output resolutions and durations. The following prices are for reference only. To view the actual prices, visit the Alibaba Cloud official website.
Streaming
Pay-as-you-go
Mode | Output resolution | Chinese mainland (USD/minute) | Singapore (USD/minute) | Indonesia (USD/minute) | Saudi Arabia (USD/minute) |
General mode | ≤ 480p (SD) | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.03 |
≤ 720p (HD) | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.06 | |
≤ 1080p (Ultra HD) | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 | |
Playlist mode | ≤ 480p (SD) | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.02 |
≤ 720p (HD) | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.04 | |
≤ 1080p (Ultra HD) | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.06 | |
Virtual studio | ≤ 480p (SD) | 1.1154 | 1.1154 | 1.1154 | 1.34 |
≤ 720p (HD) | 1.1154 | 1.1154 | 1.1154 | 1.34 | |
≤ 1080p (Ultra HD) | 1.1154 | 1.1154 | 1.1154 | 1.34 |
Transcoding
Region | Unit price (USD/minute) | ||
Output resolution ≤ 480p | Output resolution ≤ 720p | Output resolution ≤ 1080p | |
Chinese mainland | 0.0097 | 0.0191 | 0.0382 |
Singapore | 0.0099 | 0.0198 | 0.0396 |
SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) | 0.0119 | 0.0238 | 0.0475 |
If you need more output resolutions, contact us.
Billing rules
Streaming
Pay-as-you-go
Item | Description |
Billing policy | You are charged for each production studio based on the streaming duration and output resolution. The duration is counted in minutes. Important If you do not stop a production studio or set an expiration time, the production studio keeps running and incurring fees. |
Billing cycle | You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of each day are issued within 1 hour after 00:00 on the following day. The actual time of bill issue is determined by the system. Once the bills are issued, the fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account. |
Billing method | You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. |
Transcoding
Item | Description |
Billing policy | You are charged based on the transcoding duration and output resolutions. |
Billing cycle | You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of each day are issued within 1 hour after 00:00 on the following day. The actual time of bill issue is determined by the system. Once the bills are issued, the fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account. |
Billing method | You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. |
Billing example
Scenario: In a live center in the Chinese mainland region, you create a production studio in general mode, and set the streaming output resolution and the transcoding resolution to 720p and 480p, respectively. On June 17, you use the production studio for 100 minutes.
Pricing: As shown in the "Pricing" section of this topic, the unit price of streaming with an output resolution of 720p is 0.050 USD/minute, and the unit price of transcoding with an output resolution of 480p is 0.0097 USD/minute.
Fees for the production studio on June 17: USD 0.050 × 100 + USD 0.0097 × 100 = USD 5.97. The bills are issued after 00:00 on June 18 and the fees are automatically deducted.