Cloud Stream Live

Billing by Traffic

This billing mode is applicable when the traffic fluctuates greatly.

• Prices

  For details, see Product Pricing Details.

• Billing rules

  Table 1 Billing description

  Rule Item	Description
  Billing Rule	You are billed at a tiered price based on the traffic usage in different areas. The accumulation period is one calendar month. That is, if the usage reaches a traffic tier range in a calendar month, you are billed at the unit price of the traffic tier range. The traffic usage in different areas cannot be accumulated. After a calendar month, the traffic usage is cleared and accumulated again. The number system of traffic is 1,024. For example, 1 PB = 1,024 TB = 1,024 x 1,024 GB.
  Billing Cycle	A bill is generated on the hour.
  Billing Direction	By default, only output is billed. If the ratio between upstream streaming and downstream playback is greater than 1/50, input is also billed. The unit prices for input and output are the same.
  Billing Mode	Pay-per-use Prepaid resource package.
  Bill Run Time	After the current billing cycle (hours) ends, the usage in an hour is usually billed four hours later (subject to the system).
  Settlement Time	Fees are automatically deducted after bill run.

• Usage estimation

  Assume that you have 10 live sessions in a day. If the bitrate of each live session is 1 Mbit/s, there are 1,000 viewers, and each viewer watches for one hour on average, the consumed traffic is:

  1 Mbit/s / 8 x 3,600s x 1,000 (viewers) x 10 = 4,500,000 MB / 1,024 = 4,395 GB

• Examples

  If you use Live within the billing cycle in EU-Dublin, the billing details are as follows:

  Assume that traffic is consumed only from 20:00 to 21:00 on January 1 and 2.

  • From 20:00 to 21:00 (one billing cycle) on January 1, the downstream traffic is 6 TB and the upstream traffic is 0.1 TB. In this case, upstream streaming/downstream playback ≤ 1/50, you will not be billed for upstream streaming.
  • From 20:00 to 21:00 (one billing cycle) on January 2, the downstream traffic is 7 TB and the upstream traffic is 1 TB. In this case, upstream streaming/downstream playback > 1/50, you will be billed for upstream streaming.

  The traffic fees that you need to pay in the billing cycles on January 1 and 2 are calculated as follows:

  Process: According to the tiered pricing table, the price of 0 TB to 10 TB (included) is $0.03 USD/GB, and the price of 10 TB to 50 TB (included) is $0.027 USD/GB. The 6 TB traffic generated on January 1 is priced at $0.03 USD/GB. Of the 8 TB traffic generated on January 2, the pricing of 4 TB (10 TB minus the 6 TB generated on January 1) is $0.03 USD/GB, and that of the remaining 4 TB (8 TB minus 4 TB) is $0.027 USD/GB.

  Results:

  Bill from 20:00 to 21:00 on January 1: 6 × 1,024 GB × $0.03 USD/GB = $184.32 USD. Bills are generated in batches after each hour of playback.

  Bill from 20:00 to 21:00 on January 2: 4 × 1,024 GB × $0.03 USD/GB + (6 + 7 – 10) × 1,024 GB × $0.027 USD/GB = $233.47 USD. Bills are generated in batches after each hour of playback.

Billing by Daily Peak Bandwidth

This billing mode is applicable when the traffic is relatively stable, that is, the playback traffic on a single day is evenly distributed in each time segment.

• Prices

  For details, see Product Pricing Details.

• Billing rules

  Table 2 Billing description

  Rule Item	Description
  Billing Rule	You are billed based on the daily peak bandwidth (in Mbit/s). The bandwidth usage of the billing cycle is calculated once every five minutes and 288 values will be obtained every day. The maximum value is used as the billing value of the current day. You are billed at a tiered price based on the bandwidth usage in different areas. That is, if the usage reaches a bandwidth tier range on a single day, you are billed at the unit price of the bandwidth tier range. The number system of bandwidth is 1,000. For example, 1 Gbit/s = 1,000 Mbit/s.
  Billing Cycle	By day. The usage for each day (00:00:00 to 23:59:59) will be billed on the following day.
  Billing Direction	By default, only output is billed. If the ratio between upstream streaming and downstream playback is greater than 1/50, input is also billed. The unit prices for input and output are the same.
  Billing Mode	Pay-per-use
  Bill Run Time	After the current billing cycle (calendar day) ends, the system deducts fees at about 20:00:00 (GMT+08:00) the next day. The actual fee deduction time is subject to the system bill run time.
  Settlement Time	Fees are automatically deducted after bill run.

• Usage estimation

  Assume that you have a live session at 9:00, with a bitrate of 1 Mbit/s and 200 viewers at peak hours, and another live session at 14:00, with a bitrate of 1.5 Mbit/s and 200 viewers at peak hours:

  • The peak bandwidth at 9:00 is about 200 Mbit/s (1 Mbit/s x 200 viewers).
  • The peak bandwidth at 14:00 is about 300 Mbit/s (1.5 Mbit/s x 200 viewers).

  In this case, the daily peak bandwidth on the current day is 300 Mbit/s.

• Examples

  If you use Live within the billing cycle in , the billing details are as follows:

  • On January 15, 2 Mbit/s bandwidth is used for upstream streaming, and 200 Mbit/s bandwidth is used for downstream playback. In this case, upstream streaming/downstream playback ≤ 1/50, you will not be billed for upstream streaming.
  • On January 16, 10 Mbit/s bandwidth is used for upstream streaming, and 300 Mbit/s bandwidth is used for downstream playback. In this case, upstream streaming/downstream playback > 1/50, you will be billed for upstream streaming.

  The bandwidth fees that you need to pay on January 15 and 16 are calculated as follows:

  (200 + 300 +10) Mbit/s × $0.082 USD/Mbit/s = $41.82 USD.

Billing by 95th Percentile Bandwidth

This billing mode is applicable to customers who have a budget of more than $15,000 USD each month. Contact your account manager and apply for this billing mode if you need it.