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    Server Load Balancer:CLB billing

    Last Updated:Dec 17, 2024

    Classic Load Balancer (CLB) supports the pay-as-you-go billing method. This topic describes the metering methods and billable items of CLB.

    Note

    Adjustments are made to the billable items of CLB. Beginning 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024, the following new billable items are used by pay-as-you-go CLB instances:

    • Instance fee is renamed public IP retention fee.

    • A billable item instance fee is added.

    For more information, see CLB billing adjustments.

    Metering methods

    • Pay-as-you-go CLB instances support two metering methods: pay-by-LCU and pay-by-specification.

    • CLB supports the following metering methods for Internet data transfer: pay-by-bandwidth and pay-by-data-transfer

    Billing method

    Metering method

    Instance type

    Billing method of Internet data transfer

    Scenario

    Pay-as-you-go

    Pay-by-LCU

    Internet-facing

    Pay-by-data-transfer

    • Scenarios in which workloads expect periodic or large fluctuations, such as the gaming and video industries.

    • Scenarios that experience temporary traffic spikes.

    Internal-facing

    N/A

    Pay-by-specification

    Internet-facing

    Pay-by-data-transfer

    • Scenarios in which traffic volumes remain relatively stable.

    • Scenarios that experience temporary traffic spikes.

    Pay-by-bandwidth

    Internal-facing

    N/A

    Billable items

    The following figure shows the billable items of a pay-as-you-go CLB CLB instance.

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    Billing cycles

    The following table describes the billing cycles supported by CLB.

    Pay-as-you-go

    Billing cycle

    Fee deduction time and bill generation time

    Billable item

    Hourly

    You are charged on an hourly basis. A bill is generated about 1 hour after the end of a billing cycle. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

    A pay-as-you-go CLB instance is billed based on the following billable items:

    • Instance fee

    • LCU fee

    • Specification fee

    • Data transfer fee

    • Public IP retention fee

    For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.

    Daily

    You are charged on a daily basis. A bill is typically generated in the early morning of the next day. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

    Bandwidth fees (pay-as-you-go)

    For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.

    Pricing

    For more information about the pricing of each CLB billable item, see Pay-as-you-go. The prices on the buy page shall prevail.

    You can use the LCU calculator to calculate the number of LCUs consumed by a CLB instance.

    References

    Billing methods:

    Specification changes:

    Learn more: