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
  • The monthly recording service fee is charged by VOD.
  • If recordings are stored to OBS buckets, OBS charges you for data storage and API requests (including recording upload requests). For details, see OBS Pricing Details.
• 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. The fee is charged by VOD. NOTE: If a stream is recorded in HLS, MP4, and FLV formats, the monthly peak number of concurrent recording streams is 3. If the value of Max Stream Pause Duration is greater than 0, you are still billed based on the number of concurrent recording streams during the stream pause duration. For example, if a livestream is pushed from 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning and Max Stream Pause Duration is set to 300s, the recording task from 9:00 to 10:05 will also be included in the billing statistics.
  Billing Cycle	Calculated on a monthly basis and reflected in real time
  Billing Mode	Pay-per-use
  Bill Run Time	After the current billing cycle (calendar month) ends, the exact time when charges are posted is determined by the system.
  Settlement Time	Settlement occurs automatically after the charges are posted.

• Examples

  Assume that you use Cloud Live recording in AP-Singapore 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 $10.58 USD (2 × $5.29 USD/stream/month).