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 |
| 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 |
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Billable items
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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