Player SDK billing
The Player SDK is billed based on the version and value-added features. You can purchase the corresponding version and value-added features according to your needs.
For more information about the Player SDK features, see Player SDK feature details:
Price and example
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Player SDK Billing Price: The prices for each value-added feature are as follows.
Module | Web H265 playback | Client-side super resolution | Client-side sharpening | Client-side frame interpolation |
Price (USD/year) | 7,400 | 7,400 | 4,400 | 3,000 |
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Player SDK Billing Example: Suppose a user purchases the Web H.265 playback and client-side sharpening features for one year. The resulting fee is: 7,400 USD + 4,400 USD = 11,800 USD.
Short video SDK billing
The short video SDK is billed according to the version and selected features. You can select the appropriate version and features based on your requirements.
For detailed pricing and features of the short video SDK, refer to Short video SDK feature list:
Short video SDK version | Platform | Price (CNY/year) |
Basic Edition | Mobile (Android, iOS) | 1,800 |
Standard Edition | Mobile (Android, iOS) | 30,000 |
Professional Edition | Mobile (Android, iOS) | 50,000 |
Billable items | Billing description | Billing method |
Feature items | Billing Rules: Billed based on feature modules. The total fee is the sum of the fees for each feature. Billing Cycle: Billed annually. Payment is deducted in real-time when the order is submitted, and the bill is generated within 2 to 3 hours. The validity period is one year. Price: For specific prices, see the short video SDK billing price table below.
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Price and Example
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Short Video SDK Billing Price: The prices for each feature are detailed in the following table.
Module | Recording module | Import module | Animated sticker | MV | Caption |
Price (USD/year) | 4,400 | 3,000 | 7,400 | 7,400 | 7,400 |
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Short Video SDK Billing Example: If a user subscribes to the import and animated sticker features for a year, they would incur a fee of 3,000 USD + 7,400 USD, totaling 10,400 USD.
Editing and production billing
ApsaraVideo VOD supports basic and advanced editing. You can edit audio, video, image, and text in the cloud. More features will be added in the future.
You are charged based on the specifications and durations of the output files. Prices may vary based on the region in which ApsaraVideo VOD is activated.
Billable items | Billing description | Billing method |
Editing and production of media files in different specifications and duration | Billing Rules: The total fee is the sum of the fees for each format. If you use both basic and advanced editing on videos with the same specification and resolution, you are charged only for advanced editing based on the specification of the output video. Billing Cycle: Billed hourly. Payment is deducted in real-time (the bill is usually generated 4 to 6 hours after the current billing cycle ends. The specific billing time is subject to the system). Price: For specific prices, see the editing and production billing price table below.
| Pay-as-you-go: The total fee is the sum of the fees for each format. The fee for a single format is calculated based on the following formula: the duration of the final output file (minutes) × the unit price of the format Resource plan: Not supported
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Price and example
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Editing And Production Billing Price: The pay-as-you-go prices are as follows.
Basic editing (Billing unit: USD per minute)
Output specification | Output resolution | Chinese mainland | Japan | Singapore | Indonesia | Germany | United States |
Video (H.264) | ≤ 4K (3840 × 2160) | 0.0427 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.045 | 0.045 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ 2K (2560 × 1440) | 0.0213 | 0.0375 | 0.0375 | 0.0375 | 0.0338 | 0.0338 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ HD (1920 × 1080) | 0.0099 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.0225 | 0.0225 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ SD (1280 × 720) | 0.005 | 0.0125 | 0.0125 | 0.0125 | 0.0113 | 0.0113 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ LD (640 × 480) | 0.0033 | 0.0094 | 0.0094 | 0.0094 | 0.0084 | 0.0084 |
Advanced editing (Billing unit: USD per minute)
Output specification | Output resolution | Chinese mainland | Japan | Singapore | Indonesia | Germany | United States |
Video (H.264) | ≤ 4K (3840 × 2160) | 0.1922 | 0.225 | 0.225 | 0.225 | 0.2025 | 0.2025 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ 2K (2560 × 1440) | 0.0959 | 0.1688 | 0.1688 | 0.1688 | 0.1521 | 0.1521 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ HD (1920 × 1080) | 0.0446 | 0.1125 | 0.1125 | 0.1125 | 0.1013 | 0.1013 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ SD (1280 × 720) | 0.0225 | 0.0563 | 0.0563 | 0.0563 | 0.0509 | 0.0509 |
Video (H.264) | ≤ LD (640 × 480) | 0.0149 | 0.0423 | 0.0423 | None | 0.0378 | 0.0378 |
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Editing And Production Billing Example: Suppose you perform video editing from 08:00 to 09:00 in the Chinese mainland. If you use basic editing to edit a 100-minute video and generate a H.264 video in LD resolution, the editing fee is calculated based on the following formula: 100 × 0.0033 = USD 0.33. If you use advanced editing to edit a 100-minute video and generate a H.264 video in 2K resolution, the editing fee is calculated based on the following formula: 100 × 0.0959 = USD 9.59. The total editing fee for the billing cycle from 08:00 to 09:00 is calculated based on the following formula: 100 × 0.0033 + 100 × 0.0959 = USD 9.92.
Transfer acceleration billing
ApsaraVideo VOD supports upload and download acceleration across regions. You are charged transfer acceleration fees. Prices vary based on the region in which ApsaraVideo VOD is activated.
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Transfer acceleration fees are separately calculated but generated together with outbound traffic (oss_flow_out) fees. For example, if you enable the transfer acceleration feature for a bucket and use an acceleration endpoint to download 1 GB of data from the bucket, you are charged transfer acceleration fees and outbound traffic fees for 1 GB of data.
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If you upload and download resources only to and from the VOD bucket, the transfer acceleration fees are added to your ApsaraVideo VOD bill. If you enable the transfer acceleration feature for an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket in ApsaraVideo VOD and then upload and download resources to and from the OSS bucket, the transfer acceleration fees are added to your OSS bill.
Billable items | Billing description | Billing method |
| Billing Rules: Upload or download acceleration traffic refers to the cumulative traffic of uploading content to ApsaraVideo VOD (via upload acceleration) or downloading content from ApsaraVideo VOD (via download acceleration) over the Internet in different regions. You are charged based on the upload and download acceleration traffic in different regions. Billing Cycle: Billed hourly. Payment is deducted in real-time (the bill is usually generated 4 to 6 hours after the current billing cycle ends. The specific billing time is subject to the system). Activation Method: Please submit a ticket or contact Alibaba Cloud sales to apply for activation. Price: For specific prices, see the transfer acceleration billing price table below.
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Price and example
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Transfer Acceleration Billing Price: The pay-as-you-go prices are as follows.
Billable items (Billing unit: USD/GB) | Chinese mainland to Chinese mainland | Chinese mainland to outside China | Outside China to outside China | Outside China to Chinese mainland |
Upload acceleration traffic | 0.12 | 0.2 | 0.12 | 0.2 |
Download acceleration traffic |
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Transfer Acceleration Billing Example: Suppose the upload acceleration traffic from the Chinese mainland to outside China is 900 GB from 08:00 to 09:00. The corresponding traffic fee is calculated based on the following formula: 900 GB × 0.2 USD/GB = 180 USD.
Video security
DRM billing
You can use the DRM encryption feature provided by ApsaraVideo VOD to encrypt videos. DRM encryption is implemented during video transcoding. You are charged only for transcoding when you transcode a video. You are charged for DRM encryption every time a device requests a license to play a DRM-encrypted video.
Billable items | Billing description | Billing method |
DRM | Billing Rules: Billed based on the number of requests for DRM-encrypted video licenses on the device. Billing Cycle: Billed hourly. Payment is deducted in real-time (the bill is usually generated 4 to 6 hours after the current billing cycle ends. The specific billing time is subject to the system). Activation Method: Enable it in the VOD console. For more information, see Configure DRM encryption. Price: For specific prices, see the DRM billing price table below.
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Price and example
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DRM billing price: The pay-as-you-go prices are as follows.
Region | Price |
China (Beijing), China (Shanghai) | 0.0012 USD/request |
Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo) | 0.0015 USD/request |
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DRM Billing Example: Suppose a user uses the DRM billing service and the total number of video license requests in the China (Shanghai) region is 1,000. The resulting fee is calculated based on the following formula: 1,000 requests × 0.0012 USD/request = 1.2 USD.