Overview

Introduction

Live uses pay-per-use billing. You can also purchase prepaid resource packages in advance to obtain more discounts. The validity period of a package is one year. After the package quota is used up or the package expires, pay-per-use billing will be used.

Live does not allow unsubscribing from resource packages, so plan the resource quota and validity period carefully before making your purchase.

You can purchase a resource package only after passing real-name authentication. The package can be used only by the account used to purchase it.
After a resource package is purchased, it takes effect at 00:00 (Beijing time) on the current day and is valid for one year.
A resource package is region-specific. For example, if you purchase a transcoding resource package in the CN North-Beijing4 region, you cannot use the resource package to deduct transcoding fees when using video transcoding in the AP-Singapore region.
The quota of a resource package is deducted first. After the quota is used up, fees are automatically deducted from the account balance.
After a resource package expires, the remaining resources in the package become invalid and fees are automatically deducted from the account balance.

Table 1 lists the resource packages provided by Live. See the prices of resource packages with different specifications. You can use the price calculator of Live to quickly estimate the price for the resources that you select.

**Table 1** Resource packages
Resource Package	Function	Constraint
Live CDN traffic package	It is used to deduct the traffic fee generated by Live CDN. Normal traffic package of Cloud Stream Live: applicable only to traffic-based billing. A normal traffic package can be used at any time. Off-peak traffic package of Cloud Stream Live: applicable only to traffic-based billing. Fees generated during off-peak hours (for example, 08:00–18:00, Beijing time) will be deducted from the off-peak traffic package. The actual off-peak hours are displayed on the activity page. If you purchase both a normal traffic package and an off-peak traffic package, the fees generated during off-peak hours will be deducted from the off-peak traffic package first. NOTE: The package cannot be used to deduct the traffic fees generated by the origin server.	This package is applicable only to the traffic-based billing of Live CDN, and can be used only in the region to which the package belongs. If you change traffic-based billing to another billing option, your purchased packages will not be available until the billing option is changed back to traffic-based billing.

Resource Package Use Sequence

Use sequence

If there are multiple resource packages with the same attributes, the package that expires soonest will be used first. See the examples below.

Examples

Scenario
A customer purchased two Live CDN traffic packages of CN North-Beijing4. Resource package A: 500 GB, took effect on October 1, 2022 and valid for one year. That is, the package would expire on October 1, 2023. Resource package B: 1 TB, took effect on October 10, 2022 and valid for one year. That is, the package would expire on October 10, 2023.
Use Sequence
October 1 to October 9, 2022	Only package A was used for deduction. Usage beyond 500 GB would be billed on a pay-per-use basis.
October 10, 2022 to September 30, 2023	Both packages A and B were used for deduction. Package A was used first, and any usage beyond 500 GB was covered by package B. If the quota of both packages combined was used up, any other usage would be billed on a pay-per-use basis.
October 1 to October 9, 2023	Package A had expired, and only package B was used for deduction. Usage beyond 1 TB would be billed on a pay-per-use basis.
October 10, 2023 and later	Both packages A and B had expired. The customer was billed on a pay-per-use basis.