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Updated on 2026-09-15 GMT+08:00

Resource Planning and Costs

This solution will deploy the resources listed in the following table. The costs are only estimates and may differ from the final prices. For details, see Price Calculator.

Community Standalone Edition

Table 1 Resource planning and costs (pay-per-use)

Huawei Cloud Service

Configuration Example

Quantity

Estimated Cost for One Complete Process (1 hour)

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • CIDR Block: 172.16.0.0/16

1

$0.00

Subnet

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • IPv4 CIDR Block: 172.16.1.0/24
  • Gateway: 172.16.1.1

1

$0.00

SecurityGroup

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Allow ping: 0.0.0.0/0
  • Open port 22 to allow Cloud Shell login: 119.8.185.245/32

1

$0.00

Flexus X Instance

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Specifications: Flexus X Instance | Performance Mode (Disabled) | x1.8u.16g | 8 vCPUs | 16 GiB
  • System Disk: High I/O | 100GB
  • Image: Ubuntu 22.04 server 64bit

1

$0.2862

Elastic IP (EIP)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Routing Type: Dynamic BGP
  • Billing Mode: traffic
  • Bandwidth: 300Mbit/s

1

$0.114/GB

MaaS tokens (Optional)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Billing Mode: Token-based billing
  • Model: DeepSeek-V3

-

Input: $0.27/1M tokens

Output: $1.078/1M tokens

Total

-

-

$0.2862 + Public network traffic price + MaaS tokens billing

Table 2 Resource planning and costs (yearly/monthly)

Huawei Cloud Service

Configuration Example

Quantity

Estimated Monthly Cost

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • CIDR Block: 172.16.0.0/16

1

$0.00

Subnet

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • IPv4 CIDR Block: 172.16.1.0/24
  • Gateway: 172.16.1.1

1

$0.00

SecurityGroup

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Allow ping: 0.0.0.0/0
  • Open port 22 to allow Cloud Shell login: 119.8.185.245/32

1

$0.00

Flexus X Instance

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Specifications: Flexus X Instance | Performance Mode (Disabled) | x1.8u.16g | 8 vCPUs | 16 GiB
  • System Disk: High I/O | 100GB
  • Image: Ubuntu 22.04 server 64bit

1

$151.85

Elastic IP (EIP)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Routing Type: Dynamic BGP
  • Billing Mode: traffic
  • Bandwidth: 300Mbit/s

1

$0.114/GB

MaaS tokens (Optional)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Billing Mode: Token-based billing
  • Model: DeepSeek-V3

-

Input: $0.27/1M tokens

Output: $1.078/1M tokens

Total

-

-

$151.85+ Public network traffic price + MaaS tokens billing

CCE Container High Availability Edition

Table 3 Resource planning and costs (pay-per-use)

Huawei Cloud Service

Configuration Example

Quantity

Estimated Cost for One Complete Process (1 hour)

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • CIDR Block: 192.168.0.0/16

1

$0.00

Subnet

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • IPv4 CIDR Block: 192.168.200.0/24, 192.168.201.0/24, 192.168.202.0/24
  • Gateway: 192.168.200.1, 192.168.201.1, 192.168.202.1

3

$0.00

SecurityGroup

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Allow ping: 0.0.0.0/0
  • Open port 22 to allow Cloud Shell login: 119.8.185.245/32

4

$0.00

Cloud Container Engine (CCE)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: CCE Turbo
  • Specifications: cce.s2.small (50 nodes)
  • Master Nodes: 3

1

$0.54

Flexus X Instance

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Specifications: Flexus X Instance | Performance Mode (Disabled) | x1.8u.16g | 8 vCPUs | 16 GiB
  • System Disk: General Purpose SSD | 100GB
  • Image: Ubuntu 22.04 server 64bit

3

$0.8847

Elastic IP (EIP)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Routing Type: Dynamic BGP
  • Billing Mode: traffic
  • Bandwidth: 300Mbit/s

3

$0.114/GB

Elastic Load Balance (ELB)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: Dedicated load balancer
  • AZs: 2
  • Specifications: Elastic
  • Load Balancing Type: Application load balancing

1

$0.025/hour+LCU $0.00833/LCU (Charge LCU fees based on actual usage)

NAT Gateway (NAT)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Gateway: Public network
  • Type: Small

1

$2.438

Distributed Cache Service DCS (for Redis)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: Redis 6.0 (Master/Standby)
  • Specifications: 1G (Basic) | Replicas: 2

1

$0.034

RDS for MySQL

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: MySQL (Master/Standby)
  • Specifications: rds.mysql.n1.xlarge.2.ha | 4 vCPUs | 8 GB(General-purpose)
  • Storage: Cloud SSD | 100 GB

1

$0.77

MaaS tokens (Optional)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Billing Mode: Token-based billing
  • Model: DeepSeek-V3

1

Input: $0.27/1M tokens

Output: $1.078/1M tokens

Total

-

-

$4.6917 + Application LCU billing + Public network traffic price + MaaS tokens billing

Table 4 Resource planning and costs (yearly/monthly)

Huawei Cloud Service

Configuration Example

Quantity

Estimated Monthly Cost

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • CIDR Block: 192.168.0.0/16

1

$0.00

Subnet

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • IPv4 CIDR Block: 192.168.200.0/24, 192.168.201.0/24, 192.168.202.0/24
  • Gateway: 192.168.200.1, 192.168.201.1, 192.168.202.1

3

$0.00

SecurityGroup

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Allow ping: 0.0.0.0/0
  • Open port 22 to allow Cloud Shell login: 119.8.185.245/32

4

$0.00

Cloud Container Engine (CCE)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: CCE Turbo
  • Specifications: cce.s2.small (50 nodes)
  • Master Nodes: Single

1

$81.63

Flexus X Instance

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Specifications: Flexus X Instance | Performance Mode (Disabled) | x1.8u.16g | 8 vCPUs | 16 GiB
  • System Disk: General Purpose SSD | 100GB
  • Image: Ubuntu 22.04 server 64bit

3

$474.45

Elastic IP (EIP)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Routing Type: Dynamic BGP
  • Billing Mode: traffic
  • Bandwidth: 300Mbit/s

3

$0.114/GB

Elastic Load Balance (ELB)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: Dedicated load balancer
  • Specifications: Fixed
  • AZs: 2
  • Load Balancing Type: Application load balancing
  • Application load balancing: Small I

1

$66.7

NAT Gateway (NAT)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Gateway: Public network
  • Type: Small

1

$57.3

Distributed Cache Service DCS (for Redis)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: Redis 6.0 (Master/Standby)
  • Specifications: 1G (Basic) | Replicas: 2

1

$31.32

RDS for MySQL

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Type: MySQL (Master/Standby)
  • Specifications: rds.mysql.n1.xlarge.2.ha | 4 vCPUs | 8 GB(General-purpose)
  • Storage: Cloud SSD | 100 GB

1

$410.92

MaaS tokens (Optional)

  • Region: AP-Singapore
  • Billing Mode: Token-based billing
  • Model: DeepSeek-V3

1

Input: $0.27/1M tokens

Output: $1.078/1M tokens

Total

-

-

$1122.32 + Public network traffic price + MaaS tokens billing