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    VPN Gateway:Billing

    Last Updated:Sep 29, 2024

    You can associate an IPsec-VPN connection with a VPN gateway or a route router. The involved billable items for IPsec-VPN connections vary with the types of resources that are associated with IPsec-VPN connections. This topic describes the billing rules for IPsec-VPN connections that are associated with different types of resources.

    IPsec-VPN connections associated with VPN gateways

    Billing rules

    Feature enabled for a VPN gateway

    Billable item

    Billing method

    Billing cycle

    IPsec-VPN

    • IPsec-VPN connection fee

    • Data transfer fee

    Pay-as-you-go.

    This billing method allows you to use resources and pay for them afterward. You are charged based on the resources that are consumed.

    One hour.

    If the usage duration is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour.

    SSL-VPN and IPsec-VPN

    • IPsec-VPN connection fee

    • SSL-VPN connection fee

    • Data transfer fee

    • SSL specification fee

    Billable items

    Important

    • The prices described in the following table are for reference only. The prices displayed on the buy page prevail.

    • The maximum bandwidth supported by VPN gateways in the China (Nanjing - Local Region) region is 500 Mbit/s.

      View the supported regions in the Chinese mainland

      China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Nanjing - Local Region), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), and China (Chengdu)

    • In the following table, "Not supported" indicates that the bandwidth specification is not supported by VPN gateways in the corresponding region.

    IPsec-VPN and SSL-VPN connection fees

    VPN gateways provide different bandwidth specifications. If the same bandwidth specification is used in the same region, the unit prices for IPsec-VPN and SSL-VPN connections are the same. The following table describes the unit prices. Unit: USD per hour.

    Region

    10 Mbit/s

    100 Mbit/s

    200 Mbit/s

    500 Mbit/s

    1000 Mbit/s

    Chinese mainland

    0.059

    0.209

    0.209

    0.767

    0.767

    China (Hong Kong)

    0.087

    0.262

    0.262

    1.025

    1.025

    Singapore

    0.087

    0.262

    0.262

    1.025

    1.025

    Japan (Tokyo)

    0.091

    0.275

    0.275

    0.767

    0.767

    South Korea (Seoul)

    0.091

    0.275

    0.275

    0.767

    0.767

    Thailand (Bangkok)

    0.087

    0.262

    0.262

    1.025

    1.025

    Philippines (Manila)

    0.087

    0.262

    0.262

    1.025

    1.025

    Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

    0.080

    0.240

    0.240

    0.878

    0.878

    Indonesia (Jakarta)

    0.086

    0.262

    0.262

    0.734

    0.734

    Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

    0.087

    0.389

    0.389

    1.088

    Not supported

    US (Virginia)

    0.066

    0.295

    0.295

    0.826

    0.826

    US (Silicon Valley)

    0.082

    0.392

    0.392

    1.095

    1.095

    Germany (Frankfurt)

    0.077

    0.359

    0.359

    1.003

    1.003

    UK (London)

    0.077

    0.359

    0.359

    1.003

    1.003

    UAE (Dubai)

    0.090

    0.420

    0.420

    1.231

    Not supported

    SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

    Important

    The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

    0.104

    0.314

    0.314

    1.230

    Not supported

    Data transfer fee

    You are charged for data transfer from Alibaba Cloud to a data center over an IPsec-VPN connection. You are not charged for data transfer from a data center to Alibaba Cloud over an IPsec-VPN connection. Unit: USD per GB.

    Region

    Unit price

    Chinese mainland

    0.125

    China (Hong Kong)

    0.153

    Singapore

    0.117

    Japan (Tokyo)

    0.120

    South Korea (Seoul)

    0.125

    Thailand (Bangkok)

    0.117

    Philippines (Manila)

    0.110

    Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

    0.125

    Indonesia (Jakarta)

    0.110

    Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

    0.096

    US (Virginia)

    0.078

    US (Silicon Valley)

    0.078

    Germany (Frankfurt)

    0.070

    UK (London)

    0.070

    UAE (Dubai)

    0.447

    SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

    Important

    The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

    0.140

    SSL specification fee

    After the SSL-VPN feature is enabled, you must select an SSL specification based on the number of clients that you want to connect at a time. The following table describes the unit prices for different SSL specifications in different regions. Unit: USD per hour.

    Region

    5 SSL connections

    10 SSL connections

    20 SSL connections

    50 SSL connections

    100 SSL connections

    500 SSL connections

    1,000 SSL connections

    Chinese mainland

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    China (Hong Kong)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Singapore

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Japan (Tokyo)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    South Korea (Seoul)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Thailand (Bangkok)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Philippines (Manila)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Indonesia (Jakarta)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    US (Virginia)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    US (Silicon Valley)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    Germany (Frankfurt)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    UK (London)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    UAE (Dubai)

    0.048

    0.074

    0.117

    0.226

    0.328

    1.090

    1.547

    SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

    Important

    The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

    0.058

    0.089

    0.14

    0.271

    0.394

    1.308

    1.856

    Example

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    As shown in the preceding figure, an on-premises data center of an enterprise in the Chinese mainland is connected to a VPN gateway over an IPsec-VPN connection. This way, the data center can communicate with a virtual private cloud (VPC). If the VPN gateway has only the IPsec-VPN feature enabled, the bandwidth specification of the VPN gateway is 10 Mbit/s, and 10 GB of traffic is sent from the VPN gateway to the on-premises data center from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 2, 2023, the following fees are generated:

    • IPsec-VPN connection fee = USD 0.059 per hour × 24 hours = USD 1.416

    • Data transfer fee = USD 0.125 per GB × 10 GB = USD 1.25

    • Total fee = IPsec-VPN connection fee + Data transfer fee = USD 2.666

    IPsec-VPN connections associated with transit routers

    Billing rules

    Network type of IPsec-VPN connection

    Billable item

    Billing method

    Billing cycle

    Internet

    • IPsec-VPN connection fee

    • Data transfer fee

    • Transit router connection fee

    • Transit router traffic processing fee

    Pay-as-you-go.

    This billing method allows you to use resources and pay for them afterward. You are charged based on the resources that are consumed.

    One hour.

    If the usage duration is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour.

    Private network

    • IPsec-VPN connection fee

    • Transit router connection fee

    • Transit router traffic processing fee

    Billable items

    Note

    • The prices described in the following table are for reference only. The prices displayed on the buy page prevail.

      View the supported regions in the Chinese mainland

      China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Nanjing - Local Region), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), and China (Chengdu)

    • For the billing of IPsec-VPN connections that are associated with transit routers, this topic describes only the IPsec-VPN connection fee and data transfer fee. For more information about the transit router connection fee and transit router data transfer fee, see Billing rules.

    IPsec-VPN connection fee

    The unit price of IPsec-VPN connections in the SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is USD 0.06 per hour per connection. The unit price of IPsec-VPN connections in other regions is USD 0.05 per hour per connection.

    Data transfer fee

    You are charged for data transfer from Alibaba Cloud to a data center over an IPsec-VPN connection. You are not charged for data transfer from a data center to Alibaba Cloud over an IPsec-VPN connection. Unit: USD per GB.

    Region

    Unit price

    Chinese mainland

    0.125

    China (Hong Kong)

    0.153

    Singapore

    0.117

    Japan (Tokyo)

    0.120

    South Korea (Seoul)

    0.125

    Thailand (Bangkok)

    0.117

    Philippines (Manila)

    0.110

    Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

    0.125

    Indonesia (Jakarta)

    0.110

    Australia (Sydney) Closing Down

    0.096

    US (Virginia)

    0.078

    US (Silicon Valley)

    0.078

    Germany (Frankfurt)

    0.070

    UK (London)

    0.070

    SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

    Important

    The SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region) region is operated by a partner.

    0.140

    Example

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    As shown in the preceding figure, an on-premises data center in the Chinese mainland is connected to a transit router over a public IPsec-VPN connection. This way, the data center can communicate with a VPC. If 5 GB of traffic is sent to the transit router and 10 GB of traffic is sent to the data center over an IPsec-VPN connection from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 2, 2023, the following fees are generated:

    • IPsec-VPN connection fee = USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 24 hours × 1 connection = USD 1.2

    • Data transfer fee = USD 0.125 per GB × 10 GB = USD 1.25

    • Transit router connection fee = USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 24 hours × 1 connection = USD 1.2

    • Transit router traffic processing fee = USD 0.02 per GB × 5 GB = USD 0.1

    • Total fee = IPsec-VPN connection fee + Data transfer fee + Transit router connection fee + Transit router traffic processing fee = USD 3.75