Managed Service for Prometheus:Billing of Prometheus instances for Container Service

Billable items

You are charged for a subscription Prometheus instance based on the capacity of the instance and the storage duration of data samples.

• Capacity: A Prometheus instance for Container Service provides capacity options based on the number of nodes deployed in your cluster. For example, if you deploy 10 nodes in your cluster, you can select the medium capacity, large capacity, and extra large capacity, but cannot select the small capacity.

  Capacity	Number of nodes	Number of data entries that can be reported for custom metrics per month	Description
  Small	1~5	3 billion	For example, you have deployed 4 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 3 billion data entries for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the small capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
  Medium	6~20	10 billion	For example, you have deployed 10 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 8 billion data entries for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the medium capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
  Large	21~50	25 billion	For example, you have deployed 30 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 20 billion data entries for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
  Extra large	51~200	60 billion	For example, you have deployed 100 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 50 billion data entries for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the extra large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
  Custom	More than 200	For every 20 additional nodes, you can report 10 billion custom metrics per month.	For example, you have deployed 260 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 70 billion data entries for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select a custom capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.

  If the number of reported data samples exceeds the capacity of a Prometheus instance, Managed Service for Prometheus performs throttling on the data samples that you can report to ensure service stability. You can also change the capacity of the Prometheus instance. On the Instances page, find the Prometheus instance and choose Service Change > Specification Upgrade in the Actions column.

  Note

  The metrics are classified into basic metrics and custom metrics. For more information about basic metrics, see Metrics. Custom metrics refer to non-basic metrics.

• Storage duration

  You can store metrics for one month, three months, or six months. If you set the storage duration to one month when you purchase a Prometheus instance, you can change the storage duration to three months or six months.

  Note

  Managed Service for Prometheus automatically clears the historical data samples that have expired.

Billing cycle

The billing cycle of a subscription Prometheus instance is the amount of time to which you commit when you purchase the instance (based on UTC+8). The billing cycle starts at the time when the subscription Prometheus instance is purchased or renewed (accurate to seconds) and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date.

Billing of Managed Service for Prometheus in Alibaba Cloud public cloud

Chinese mainland

Billing example

For example, you have deployed four nodes in your cluster in the China (Hangzhou) region and you need to report 3 billion data samples for custom metrics per month and store the data samples for three months. The minimum capacity that you can select is the small capacity (three months). The average monthly fee is USD 185.58.

If you purchase a pay-as-you-go Prometheus instance, you are charged for data reporting and storage. The monthly fee of the Prometheus instance is calculated based on the following formula: 30 × [50 × 0.126 + (3,000/30 - 50) × 0.102] + 30 × [3,000/30 × 0.01 × (90 - 15)] = USD 2,592. Unit of data samples: million. For more information about the pay-as-you-go billing method, see Pay-as-you-go.

Regions outside the Chinese mainland

Billing example

For example, you have deployed four nodes in your cluster in the China (Hong Kong) region and you need to report 3 billion data samples for custom metrics per month and store the data samples for three months. The minimum capacity that you can select is the small capacity (three months). The average monthly fee is USD 259.81.

If you purchase a pay-as-you-go Prometheus instance, you are charged for data reporting and storage. The monthly fee of the Prometheus instance is calculated based on the following formula: 30 × [50 × 0.176 + (3,000/30 - 50) × 0.143] + 30 × [3,000/30 × 0.01 × (90 - 15)] = USD 2,728.5. Unit of data samples: million. For more information about the pay-as-you-go billing method, see Pay-as-you-go.

Enable the subscription billing method

To enable the subscription billing method for a Prometheus instance for Container Service created before May 1, 2022, submit a ticket. To enable the subscription billing method for a Prometheus instance for Container Service created on or after May 1, 2022, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Enable the subscription billing method when you create a Prometheus instance for Container Service

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.

3. Click Create Prometheus Instance. On the page that appears, click Prometheus Instance for Container Service.

4. In the panel that appears, find the ACK cluster, click Install in the Actions column, set Billing Method to Subscription, and then click OK.

5. On the buy page, specify the capacity, storage duration, and subscription duration, select the terms of service, and then click Buy Now.

   Note

   • A subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service provides the following built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events.

     • The first time you enable the subscription billing method, Performance Monitoring Suite and Cluster Event Collection are selected by default. After you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance, you can use the following features in the console: cluster event collection, workload performance monitoring, ingress performance monitoring, and CoreDNS performance monitoring. For more information, see Built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events.

     • If you do not select Performance Monitoring Suite and Cluster Event Collection on the buy page but you need to use the preceding features later, you can install exporters in the console. For more information, see Built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events.

   • If you select Auto-renewal, you are automatically billed for the Prometheus instance after the subscription duration ends If you do not select Auto-renewal on the buy page, you can manually renew the Prometheus instance after the subscription duration ends. For more information, see Manual renewal.

Method 2: Enable the subscription billing method for an existing Prometheus instance for Container Service

If you have created a Prometheus instance for Container Service in Managed Service for Prometheus Pro Edition, you can perform the following steps to change the billing method of the instance from pay-as-you-go to subscription.

1. Log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.

3. On the Instances page, find the Prometheus instance for Container Service and click Enable Subscription in the Actions column.

4. On the buy page, specify the capacity, storage duration, and subscription duration, select the terms of service, and then click Buy Now.

   Note

   • A subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service provides the following built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events.

     • The first time you enable the subscription billing method, Performance Monitoring Suite and Cluster Event Collection are selected by default. After you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance, you can use the following features in the console: cluster event collection, workload performance monitoring, ingress performance monitoring, and CoreDNS performance monitoring. For more information, see Built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events.

     • If you do not select Performance Monitoring Suite and Cluster Event Collection on the buy page but you need to use the preceding features later, you can install exporters in the console. For more information, see Built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events.

   • If you select Auto-renewal, you are automatically billed for the Prometheus instance after the subscription duration ends If you do not select Auto-renewal on the buy page, you can manually renew the Prometheus instance after the subscription duration ends. For more information, see Manual renewal.

Built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events

A subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service provides the following built-in capabilities: performance monitoring suite and integration with Kubernetes events. The following features are available: cluster event collection, workload performance monitoring, ingress performance monitoring, and CoreDNS performance monitoring. The following table describes these features.

Impact of expiration

If you do not renew an expired subscription Prometheus instance in time, the billing method of the Prometheus instance is automatically switched to pay-as-you-go. For more information, see Overdue payments.

View your bills and resource usage

1. You can check the bills related to Managed Service for Prometheus in the Expenses and Costs console. For more information, see View your bills.

2. To view the resource usage of the previous day, log on to the Managed Service for Prometheus console. On the Instances page, click Resource Usage.