Billing Items

Billing Description

When using EdgeSec, you will be billed for the service edition (mandatory), requests or service traffic protected (mandatory), and expansion package (optional) you use. For details, see EdgeSec billing items.

**Table 1** EdgeSec billing items
Billing Item		Description	Billing Mode	Formula
Edition (mandatory)		You are billed by service edition (enterprise edition).	Yearly/Monthly billing	Service edition x Required duration
Service traffic	Security acceleration traffic	You are billed at tiered traffic prices. The billing cycle is one calendar month. NOTE: The actual network traffic is 7% to 15% higher than the traffic measured at the application layer as there is certain amount of traffic generated by TCP/IP packet headers and TCP retransmission. Therefore, the billable traffic will be typically 10% higher than the statistics displayed on the console. You are billed on an hourly basis. The usage generated in the previous hour is calculated and deducted four hours after the current billing cycle ends. Example: Fees generated from 18:00 to 19:00 are deducted at about 23:30 (subject to the system).	Pay-per-use billing	Actual traffic (GB) x Tiered traffic price Traffic outside China is divided into five tiers: 0 to 10 TB (included) 10 to 50 TB (included) 50 to 100 TB (included) 100 to 1 PB (included) Over 1 PB
Service traffic	Security acceleration traffic		Pay-per-use billing	Traffic in the Chinese mainland is divided into four tiers: 0 to 10 TB (included) 10 to 50 TB (included) 50 to 100 TB (included) Greater than 100 TB
Service requests		You are billed based on the number of HTTP/HTTPS requests that are protected by EdgeSec.	Pay-per-use billing	Actual number of requests (per 10,000 requests) x Unit price
Rule expansion package (optional)		You are billed based on how many packages you purchased	Yearly/Monthly billing	Unit price of a package x Required duration
Domain expansion package (optional)		You are billed based on how many packages you purchased	Yearly/Monthly billing	Unit price of a package x Required duration
Number of whole site acceleration requests		You are billed based on the number of whole site acceleration requests for dynamic and static content.	Pay-per-use billing	Actual number of requests (per 10,000 requests) x Unit price Bills are settled on a monthly basis.

Billing Rules

If a domain name is added to Edge Security Acceleration (ESA), the incremental service fees (including acceleration and security functions) generated by the domain name are charged by ESA only. CDN stops the billing for the domain name.
If a domain name is removed from ESA, the domain name is still charged by ESA before 24:00 on the day it is deleted and then charged by CDN after that time.
For pay-per-use ESA incremental services (billed by traffic and number of requests), the minimum billing cycle is 5 minutes. For example, if a domain name is added to ESA at 10:03, the domain name is charged by CDN before 10:05, and the domain name is charged by ESA from 10:05 to 24:00.
The traffic volume presented on the statistical analysis page is derived from application-layer logs. The actual network traffic, which includes overhead such as TCP/IP packet headers and TCP retransmissions, is typically 7% to 15% higher than the volume displayed. Consequently, the billed traffic volume is generally around 10% higher than the volume shown on the statistical analysis page.

Impacts of Expiration

EdgeSec resource lifecycle shows the statuses a yearly/monthly EdgeSec can go through throughout its lifecycle. After a service is purchased, it enters the valid period and runs normally during this period. If the service is not renewed after it expires, before being deleted, it first enters a grace period and then a retention period.

Figure 1 Lifecycle of a yearly/monthly EdgeSec subscription

Expiration Reminder

From the 7th day before a yearly/monthly EdgeSec subscription expires, the system will send an expiration reminder to the creator of the account by email, SMS, and internal message.

Impacts of Expiration

If your yearly/monthly EdgeSec resource expires and is not renewed, the resource enters the grace periods. During the grace period, you can use the service.

If you do not renew the yearly/monthly EdgeSec resource within the grace period, the resource enters the retention period and the resource status changes to Frozen. You cannot perform any operation on the yearly/monthly resource during the retention period. In addition, the domain name is disabled and services are interrupted.

If the yearly/monthly EdgeSec resource is not renewed by the time the retention period ends, the resource will be released and data cannot be restored.