Dear Alibaba Cloud users, Alibaba Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) plans to adjust the pricing for its subscription products.
Adjustment time
The expected adjustment date is February 1, 2024 (UTC+8). The actual adjustment time is based on the actual effective time.
Adjustment details
The overall prices of subscription products are reduced by 28%. For example, the monthly price of a subscription WAF Pro Edition instance is decreased from USD 776 to USD 556. To view the new prices, go to the WAF 3.0 (Subscription) buy page on or after February 1, 2024.
After the preceding reduction takes effect, the prices of the following billable items are increased for WAF instances outside the Chinese mainland: additional QPS quota and burstable QPS (pay-as-you-go) quota.
Additional QPS quota pricing:
Bot management
API security
Before adjustment
After adjustment - Chinese mainland
After adjustment - Outside the Chinese mainland
Disabled
Disabled
USD 0.6 per QPS
USD 0.5 per QPS
USD 0.6 per QPS
Disabled
Enabled
USD 1 per QPS
USD 0.8 per QPS
USD 0.9 per QPS
Enabled
Disabled
USD 1 per QPS
USD 0.8 per QPS
USD 0.9 per QPS
Enabled
Enabled
USD 1.4 per QPS
USD 1.1 per QPS
USD 1.2 per QPS
Burstable QPS (pay-as-you-go) quota pricing:
Bot management
API security
Before adjustment
After adjustment - Chinese mainland
After adjustment - Outside the Chinese mainland
Disabled
Disabled
USD 0.03 per QPS
USD 0.02 per QPS
USD 0.03 per QPS
Disabled
Enabled
USD 0.05 per QPS
USD 0.035 per QPS
USD 0.045 per QPS
Enabled
Disabled
USD 0.05 per QPS
USD 0.035 per QPS
USD 0.045 per QPS
Enabled
Enabled
USD 0.07 per QPS
USD 0.05 per QPS
USD 0.06 per QPS
Thank you for your understanding and support.