Cloud Live Recording

The Cloud Live recording fee covers the monthly recording service and used storage space. You are billed based on the peak number of concurrent recording streams per month and storage fees generated when the live content is recorded and stored in Object Storage Service (OBS).

• Prices
  • Recording storage fee. If the recording is stored in an OBS bucket, the fee is charged by OBS.
• Billing rules

  Monthly recording: You are billed based on the peak number of concurrent recording streams in a month.

  Table 1 Billing description

  Rule Item	Description
  Billing Rule	The maximum number of daily concurrent recording streams in a month is used as the billing point. NOTE: If a stream is recorded in HLS, MP4, and FLV formats, the billing point applies to each recording format.
  Billing Cycle	You are billed based on month in real time.
  Billing Mode	Pay-per-use
  Bill Run Time	After the current billing cycle (calendar month) ends, the specific bill run time is subject to the system.
  Settlement Time	Fees are automatically deducted after bill run.

• Examples

  Assume that you use Cloud Live recording in EU-Dublin on January 1 and 2. On January 1, one 300-minute livestream is recorded in MP4 format. On January 2, one 300-minute livestream is recorded in MP4 and FLV formats, respectively, and the total output duration is 600 minutes.

  Process: According to the tiered pricing table, the monthly recording service price is $5.29 USD/stream/month.

  Results: The monthly recording service fee generated in January is 2 x $5.29 USD/stream/month = $10.58 USD.