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    Server Load Balancer:SLB billing

    Last Updated:Dec 11, 2023

    Different types of Server Load Balancer (SLB) instances have different billing rules. This topic describes the billing rules for Application Load Balancer (ALB), Classic Load Balancer (CLB), and Network Load Balancer (NLB) instances.

    Billing of different types of SLB instances

    Service

    References

    ALB

    NLB

    CLB

    Comparison of billing rules

    The following section describes the billing methods and billable items of ALB, NLB, and CLB. You can view and learn about the billing methods and billable items of each service.

    ALB

    ALB计费组成

    NLB

    NLB计费组成

    For more information about the pricing rules of pay-as-you-go NLB instances, see NLB billing rules.

    CLB

    CLB计费说明

    For more information about the pricing rules of pay-as-you-go CLB instances, see Pay-as-you-go.

    The following table compares the pricing rules and usage calculations of Load Balancer Capacity Units (LCUs) of ALB, NLB, and CLB.

    Sub-service

    LCU unit price

    (USD/LCU/hour)

    LCU definition

    References

    ALB

    0.007

    An ALB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 25 new connections per second

    • 3,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    • 1,000 rules processed per hour

      Note

      The rules include forwarding rules, lines of code in AScript, and additional certificates. These items have the same free-of-charge quota, which is 25.

    LCU fees

    NLB

    0.005

    For TCP data transfer, an NLB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 800 new connections per second

    • 100,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    For UDP data transfer, an NLB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 400 new connections per second

    • 50,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    For SSL over TCP data transfer, an NLB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 50 new connections per second

    • 3,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    LCU fees

    CLB

    0.007

    For TCP data transfer, a CLB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 800 new connections per second

    • 100,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    For UDP data transfer, a CLB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 400 new connections per second

    • 50,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    For HTTP or HTTPS data transfer, a CLB LCU provides the following resources:

    • 25 new connections per second

    • 3,000 concurrent connections (sampled every minute)

    • 1 GB of data transfer processed per hour

    • 1,000 rules processed per hour

      Note

      The rules are forwarding rules. The free-of-charge quota of forwarding rules is 25.

    Specification fee and LCU fee