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Updated on 2026-05-29 GMT+08:00
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Billing Cycle

You can view the bill of a resource in the Billing section of Billing Center to learn about its usage and billing information in a certain period.

Bill Reporting Period

Pay-per-use: The usage of pay-per-use resources is reported to the billing system at a fixed interval for settlement. A pay-per-use resource is billed by hour, day, or month, depending on the resource's usage type. For details, see Bill Run for Pay-per-Use Resources.

  • Basic service billing

    For livestreaming acceleration, in the traffic-based billing mode, traffic used in a given hour will be billed 4 hours later.

    For livestreaming acceleration, in the daily peak bandwidth billing mode, billing occurs at about 20:00 (GMT+08:00) the next day.

    For livestreaming acceleration, in the 95th percentile bandwidth billing mode, billing occurs at about 20:00 (GMT+08:00) on the first day of the next month.

    For Media Live transcoding, in the pay-per-use billing mode, usage is calculated hourly and applied to your bill in real time (subject to the system). If you have purchased a resource package, usage during the package validity period is deducted from the package allowance and will not incur additional costs.

  • Value-added service billing

    Cloud Live transcoding: calculated by hour and applied in real time (subject to the system)

Example: If traffic-based billing is used, the expenditures generated from 08:00 to 09:00 are applied to your account at about 13:00.

Parent topic: Bills