Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus Pro Edition supports the subscription billing method. This topic describes the limits on the billing method and the billable items of Prometheus Service Pro Edition.

Limits

The following Prometheus instance types support the subscription billing method:

Billable items

You are charged for Prometheus Service based on the capacity of your Prometheus instances and the storage duration of your data samples. Different Prometheus instance types support different capacity options. The following table describes the capacity options.

Capacity options

Prometheus instance for Container Service

The Prometheus instance for Container Service type 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. For information about billing, see Billing of Prometheus instances for Container Service.

Capacity optionsNumber of nodesNumber of data samples that can be reported for custom metrics per monthDescription
Small1~53 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.
Medium6~2010 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.
Large21~5025 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 large51~20060 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.
CustomMore than 200For 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 the extra large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.

Prometheus instance for Remote Write, ECS, and Flink Serverless

You can configure the custom capacity for the preceding Prometheus instance types. For information about billing, see Billing of Prometheus instances for Remote Write, ECS, and Flink Serverless.

Capacity optionsNumber of data samples that can be reported for custom metrics per monthDescription
Small3 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.
Medium10 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.
Large25 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 large60 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.
CustomMore than 60 billionYou 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.

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 samples for a metric?

Note Prometheus Service automatically clears the historical metrics that exceed the storage duration.

Usage notes

  • 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 Prometheus Service page, find the Prometheus instance and choose Service Change > Specification Upgrade in the Actions column.
  • The metrics are classified into two types: basic metrics and custom metrics. For more information, see Basic metrics. Custom metrics refer to non-basic metrics.

Free trial

The first time that you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance, you can use Managed Service for Prometheus free of charge for one month. You can log on to Trial Center to obtain a free trial.

  • Prerequisites: To apply for a one-month free trial for a subscription Prometheus instance, the following conditions must be met:
    1. This is the first time that you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
    2. The medium or small capacity is selected.
    3. The storage duration is set to 1 Month.
    Important Each Alibaba Cloud account can apply for only one free trial for a subscription Prometheus instance. If the first Prometheus instance that you create does not meet the preceding requirements, you can no longer apply for a free trial.
  • Free-trial period: the subscription duration, which is the first month since the subscription Prometheus instance is purchased.
    • If you select Auto-renewal on the buy page, you are automatically billed for the Prometheus instance after the free trial ends.
    • If you select Auto-renewal on the buy page, you can manually renew the Prometheus instance after the free trial ends. For more information, see How do I renew a subscription instance? . If you do not renew the Prometheus instance after the free trial ends, the billing method is switched to pay-as-you-go. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.

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+8:00). The billing cycle starts at the time when the subscription Prometheus instance is purchased or renewed (accurate to the second) and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date.

Note The unit for the billing cycles of a Prometheus instance is calendar years or months.