Editing and production
ApsaraVideo VOD supports basic and advanced editing. You can edit audio, video, image, and text files 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 item | Description | Billing method |
Editing and production of media files in different specifications and duration | Billing rule: You are charged for the total cost of basic and advanced editing on media files. If you use basic and advanced editing on a video and produce videos with the same specification and resolution, you are charged only for advanced editing. Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system. Pricing: For more information, see the following table.
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Pricing and examples
Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for video editing and production is described in the following table.
Basic editing (Billing unit: USD per minute)
Output specification | Output resolution | Chinese mainland | Japan (Tokyo) | Singapore | Indonesia (Jakarta) | Germany (Frankfurt) | US (Silicon Valley) |
H.264 | ≤ 4K (3840 × 2160) | 0.0427 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.045 | 0.045 |
H.264 | ≤ 2K (2560 × 1440) | 0.0213 | 0.0375 | 0.0375 | 0.0375 | 0.0338 | 0.0338 |
H.264 | ≤ HD (1920 × 1080) | 0.0099 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.0225 | 0.0225 |
H.264 | ≤ SD (1280 × 720) | 0.005 | 0.0125 | 0.0125 | 0.0125 | 0.0113 | 0.0113 |
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 (Tokyo) | Singapore | Indonesia (Jakarta) | Germany (Frankfurt) | US (Silicon Valley) |
H.264 | ≤ 4K (3840 × 2160) | 0.1922 | 0.225 | 0.225 | 0.225 | 0.2025 | 0.2025 |
H.264 | ≤ 2K (2560 × 1440) | 0.0959 | 0.1688 | 0.1688 | 0.1688 | 0.1521 | 0.1521 |
H.264 | ≤ HD (1920 × 1080) | 0.0446 | 0.1125 | 0.1125 | 0.1125 | 0.1013 | 0.1013 |
H.264 | ≤ SD (1280 × 720) | 0.0225 | 0.0563 | 0.0563 | 0.0563 | 0.0509 | 0.0509 |
H.264 | ≤ LD (640 × 480) | 0.0149 | 0.0423 | 0.0423 | N/A | 0.0378 | 0.0378 |
Billing example: If you use basic editing to edit a 100-minute video from 08:00 to 09:00 in the Chinese mainland 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. Then, 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. In this case, your 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
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.
Note Transfer acceleration fees are separately calculated but generated together with outbound traffic (oss_flow_out) fees. For example, you enable the transfer acceleration feature for a bucket and use an acceleration endpoint to download 1 GB of data from the bucket. In this case, you are charged transfer acceleration fees and outbound traffic fees for 1 GB of data.
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 item | Description | Billing method |
| Billing rule: You are charged transfer acceleration fees when you upload and download resources to and from ApsaraVideo VOD in different regions over the Internet. Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system. Enable transfer acceleration: submit a ticket or contact your business manager. Pricing: For more information, see the following table.
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Pricing and examples
Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for transfer acceleration is described in the following table.
Billable item (Billing unit: USD per GB) | Chinese mainland - Chinese mainland | Chinese mainland - Outside Chinese mainland | Outside Chinese mainland - Outside Chinese mainland | Outside Chinese mainland - Chinese mainland |
Upload acceleration traffic | 0.12 | 0.2 | 0.12 | 0.2 |
Download acceleration traffic |
Billing example: If you enable the transfer acceleration feature, upload resources from the Chinese mainland to a region outside the Chinese mainland from 08:00 to 09:00, and generate 900 GB acceleration traffic, the transfer acceleration fees are calculated based on the following formula: 900 × 0.2 = USD 180.
Video AI
ApsaraVideo VOD provides video AI features for automated review. You can use the features to identify, analyze, and understand audio and video content based on your business requirements.
Automated review
The automated review feature can help you accurately identify risky and illegal content in video, audio, and image files, and the corresponding thumbnails and titles in multiple dimensions. You are charged for using the automated review feature based on the duration of reviewed videos in seconds. If automated review fails, you are not charged.
Billable item | Description | Billing method |
Automated review | Billing rule: You are charged based on the duration of reviewed videos. The total duration of the video files is measured in seconds and you are charged by minute. Excess duration in seconds is proportionally calculated. You are charged the sum of the fees for the items. Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system. Enable video AI: Submit a ticket. For more information, see Automated review. Pricing: For more information, see the following table.
| Pay-as-you-go: You are charged the sum of the fees for automated review items. Fee for a review item = Duration of processed video files in minutes × Unit price of the review item in the corresponding tier. Resource plan: For more information about the review plans of ApsaraVideo VOD, see Overview.
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Pricing and examples
Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for automated review is described in the following table.
Region | Pornography detection (USD per minute) | Terrorism content detection (USD per minute) | Ad detection (USD per minute) | Logo detection (USD per minute) | Undesirable content detection (USD per minute) | Audio anti-spam (USD per minute) |
Singapore | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.035 |
China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen) | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 |
Note By default, pornography detection and terrorism content detection are enabled in the preset template of automated review. You are charged for review plans based on the accumulated usage of review items.
Billing example: The following items of the automated review service are used in the China (Shanghai) region: pornography detection for 60,620 seconds of video files, in which 60,020 seconds of video files are successfully processed and 600 seconds of video files failed, and terrorism content detection for 300,010 seconds of video files, in which all video files are successfully processed. You are charged for 1,000 minutes of pornography detection and 5,000 minutes of terrorism content detection. In this case, the fees for automated review are calculated based on the following formula: 1,000 minutes × USD 0.015 per minute + 5,000 minutes × USD 0.015 per minute = USD 90.
Video security
DRM encryption
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 item | Description | Billing method |
DRM | Billing rule: You are charged for requests sent by devices to obtain licenses to play DRM-encrypted videos. Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system. Enable DRM encryption: Enable the feature in the ApsaraVideo VOD console. For more information, see DRM encryption. Pricing: For more information, see the following table.
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Pricing and examples
Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for DRM encryption is described in the following table.
Region | Unit price |
China (Beijing) and China (Shanghai) | USD 0.0012 per request |
Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), and Japan (Tokyo) | USD 0.0015 per request |
Billing example: If 1,000 requests are sent to obtain licenses to play DRM-encrypted videos in the China (Shanghai) region, your DRM encryption fee is calculated based on the following formula: 1,000 × 0.0012 = USD 1.2.
Short video SDK
You are charged for the short video SDK based on the features that you use. You can purchase the features provided by the short video SDK based on your business requirements.
Billable item | Description | Billing method |
Feature | Billing rule: You are charged for the features that you use. Billing cycle: You are charged on a yearly basis. After you submit an order, fees are deducted from your account in real time and a bill is generated within 2 to 3 hours. The validity period of your subscription is 1 year. Pricing: For more information, see the following table.
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Pricing and examples
Pricing: The pricing for the short video SDK is described in the following table.
Feature | Recording | Import | Frame animation | MV | Subtitles |
Price (USD per year) | 4400 | 3000 | 7400 | 7400 | 7400 |
Billing example: If you purchase the import and frame animation features for a year, the incurred fees are calculated based on the following formula: 3,000 + 7,400 = USD 10,400.