This topic describes the rules for applying ApsaraVideo VOD resource plans and the limits and offset order of resource plans.

Effective and offset time

After you purchase a resource plan, it immediately takes effect and can be used to offset fees. However, the bills are generated 3 to 4 hours after the fees are offset.

For example, Alice purchased an outbound data transfer plan of 1 TB for the Chinese mainland at 10:30:30 (UTC+8) on August 12, 2021. The data transfer plan was valid for one month. In this case, the bill for the billing cycle from 10:00:00 to 11:00:00 was generated around 14:00:00 (UTC+8) on August 12, 2021.

Offset limits

Limits
Item Description
Resource
  • ApsaraVideo VOD resource plans can be used to offset only the resource fees of VOD.
  • Resource plans of a specific type can be used to offset only the fees for billable items that are specific to the resource plans. If you purchase multiple resource plans of the same type, these resource plans are used in sequence to offset resource fees. The resource plans of different types are mutually exclusive.
Metering method You can use ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plans to offset resource fees only when you use the pay-by-data-transfer metering method.
Region Specific resource plans can be used only in specific regions. The following items describe the limits:
  • A region-specific resource plan can be applied only in the region that you specify when you purchase the resource plan.
  • ApsaraVideo VOD storage plans can be used in all regions.
Quota and expiration time If a resource plan expires or its quota is exhausted, subsequent resource usage is automatically billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Example

For example, Alice purchased a data transfer plan of 1 TB for the Chinese mainland on July 1, 2021. The data transfer plan was valid for one year. Alice purchased another data transfer plan of 5 TB for the Chinese mainland on August 1, 2021. The data transfer plan was valid for one year. As of December 01, 2021, Alice had used a total of 8 TB of traffic. In this case, data transfer plans that Alice purchased on July 01, 2021 and August 01, 2021 are applied, and you are charged for 2 TB on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Offset order for resource plans

Description

You can purchase multiple resource plans of the same type and add up their quotas. If you have purchased multiple resource plans of the same type, the resource plans are applied based on the following order and rules:
  • Resource plans are used in chronological order of expiration time. The resource plan that expires first is used first. Resource plans that expire at the same time are used in chronological order of purchase time.
  • If all the resource plans of the specified type are exhausted, resource overage is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Example

For example, Alice purchased a data transfer plan of 1 TB for the Chinese mainland on July 1, 2021. The data transfer plan was valid for one year. On August 1, 2021, Alice purchased another data transfer plan of 1 TB for the Chinese mainland. The data transfer plan was valid for six months. In this case, the data transfer plan that was purchased on August 1, 2021 was applied first.