Managed Service for Prometheus:Billing overview

Data samples: You are not charged a data reporting fee for the data samples of basic metrics. You are charged a data reporting fee only for the data samples of custom metrics.

Storage duration: You are charged a data storage fee based on the storage duration of basic metrics and custom metrics. By default, each data sample is stored for 15 days. If you want to store data for a longer duration, you can modify the Storage Days parameter on the Storage Duration tab based on your business requirements. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.

Capacity options:

• Prometheus instance for Container Service

  Prometheus instances for Container Service provide 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. For more information, see Billing of Prometheus instances for Container Service.

  Capacity	Number of nodes	Number of data samples 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 samples 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 samples 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 samples 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 samples 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 samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select a custom capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.

• General-purpose Prometheus instance, Prometheus instance for Flink Serverless, and Prometheus instance for ECS

  You can configure the custom capacity for the preceding Prometheus instance types. For more information, see Billing of general-purpose Prometheus instances, Prometheus instances for ECS, and Prometheus instances for Flink Serverless.

  Capacity	Number of data samples that can be reported for custom metrics per month	Description
  Small	3 billion	For example, you need to report 3 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the small capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
  Medium	10 billion	For example, you need to report 8 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the medium capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
  Large	25 billion	For example, you need to report 20 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
  Extra large	60 billion	For example, you need to report 50 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the extra large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
  Custom	More than 60 billion	You can configure the number of data samples that you can report for custom metrics. For example, you need to report 80 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the custom capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.

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. 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.

Storage duration

You can store metrics for one month, three months, or six months. If you select 1 Month as the storage duration when you purchase a Prometheus instance, you can change the storage duration to 3 months or 6 months. For more information, see How do I change the storage duration of the data entries for a metric?