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Billing Items

Billing

You will be billed for KMS, CSMS, and Dedicated HSM. For details, see Table DEW billing items.

Table 1 DEW billing items

Billing Items

Specifications

Description

Billing Mode

Formula

KMS

Custom keys

Custom keys are created or imported by users using KMS.

Pay-per-use

Key instance fee x Duration + Number of API requests x API request fee

Default keys

A default key is automatically created by another cloud service using KMS, such as Object Storage Service (OBS). The alias of a default key ends with /default.

Pay-per-use

Number of API requests x API request fee

CSMS

Shared secrets

Full lifecycle management is supported for customized secrets in different scenarios.

Pay-per-use

Secret instance fee x Duration + Key instance fee x Duration + Number of API requests x API request fee

Dedicated HSM instance

Platinum edition (outside Chinese mainland)

Dedicated HSM is a cloud service used for encryption, decryption, signature, signature verification, key generation, and the secure storage of keys.

Yearly/Monthly

Confirm the quotation solution based on actual requirements.

Billing Examples

Suppose you created a custom key at June 8, 2023, 9:59:30 and deleted it on June 8, 2023, 10:45:46. The number of API calls using keys is 36,594 within a billing period. The usage period as follows:

  • The first billing period is from 9:00:00 to 10:00:00. Fees are generated from 9:59:30 to 10:00:00. The billing duration is 30 seconds within the period.
  • The second billing period is from 10:00:00 to 11:00:00. Fees are generated from 10:00:00 to 10:45:46. The billing duration is 2,746 seconds within the period.

Figure Pay-per-use KMS billing shows how the total price is calculated.

The prices in the figure are only for reference. For details, see DEW Pricing Details.

Figure 1 Total price for a pay-per-use KMS

For pay-per-use billing examples, see Billing Examples.