Help Center/ Media Processing Center/ Billing/ Billing Modes/ Pay-per-Use Billing
Updated on 2026-03-26 GMT+08:00
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Pay-per-Use Billing

Pay-per-use: In each billing cycle, the system calculates the fee based on the actual usage of each resource multiplied by the unit price, and then deducts the fee from the account balance.

With pay-per-use billing, you can use MPC resources as long as you have enough balance in your account.

Billing Cycles

The following describes how a pay-per-use CDR is generated:

  • If settlement is performed by hour, a CDR is generated four hours later.
  • If settlement is performed by day, a CDR is generated after 16:00 on the next day.
  • If settlement is performed by month, a CDR is generated in the first three days of the next month.

Billing Formulas

Cost = Used resources x Unit price

For details about the prices of each billing item in pay-per-use mode, see MPC Pricing Details. You can use the price calculator to quickly estimate the price of the MPC resources that you select.

Billing Examples

For example, if you transcode a 120-minute video at the 480 x 480 resolution from 09:00 to 10:00 on a day, the transcoding cost for that hour is $1.128 USD (120 x 0.0094).

Parent topic: Billing Modes