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VPN Gateway:Billing overview

Last Updated:Sep 29, 2024

When you enable the SSL-VPN feature for a VPN gateway, you are charged for using the VPN gateway. The billing rules vary based on the features that are enabled for the VPN gateway.

Billing rules

Feature enabled for a VPN gateway

Billable item

Billing method

Billing cycle

SSL-VPN

  • SSL-VPN connection fee

  • Data transfer fee

  • SSL specification fee

Pay-as-you-go.

This billing method allows you to use resources and pay for them afterwards. You are billed 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 lists 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 lists the unit prices for different SSL specifications. 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, the client of an enterprise in the Chinese mainland connects to a virtual private cloud (VPC) over an SSL-VPN connection. Only the SSL-VPN feature is enabled for the VPN gateway. The VPN gateway can connect to up to five clients. The bandwidth of the VPN gateway is 10 Mbit/s, and 10 GB of traffic is sent from the VPN gateway to the client from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 02, 2023. In this case, the following fees are generated:

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

  • SSL specification fee = USD 0.048 per hour × 24 hours = USD 1.152

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

  • Total fees = SSL-VPN connection fee + SSL specification fee + Data transfer fee = USD 3.818

References

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