Billing Overview
Last updated: 2025-07-15 17:42:40
This section describes the billing composition and billing method of TDMQ for the RocketMQ 5.x cluster.
Billing Method
TDMQ for RocketMQ offers two types of billing modes: monthly subscription (prepaid) and pay-as-you-go (postpaid) .
Monthly Subscription is a billing method that requires prepayment for resource use and is primarily suitable for steady business operation scenarios. You need to analyze resource use requirements according to the actual business volumes, paying upfront for one or multiple months or even years.
Pay-As-You-Go is a billing method that charges based on the actual usage of the resource specifications you purchased. It is mainly suitable for scenarios such as testing environments or those with uncertain peak traffic. You can first use the resources and then pay for them, with the costs being settled on the hour.
Billable Items
TDMQ for RocketMQ is sold in the form of clusters composed of the following billable items:
Billable Items | Billing Method | Billing Rules |
Storage Fees | Pay-As-You-Go | The storage fees for the TDMQ for RocketMQ clusters are billed based on the size of the storage space occupied by the message storage and its retention duration. |
Computing Specifications | Monthly subscription Pay-As-You-Go | TDMQ for RocketMQ clusters uses messaging TPS as their computational capabilities and provides different TPS specifications for each cluster version. Computational fees are billed based on the size of the TPS specification and its duration of use. The calculation rules for TPS are divided into two dimensions: message type and message size. Message Type: TDMQ for RocketMQ supports four types of messages: General messages, Scheduled and Delayed messages, Transactional messages, and Sequential messages. Both Scheduled and Delayed messages, Transactional messages, and Sequential messages are classified as advanced feature messages. General Message: Sending or consuming a single generic message. Whether the message is successfully sent or consumed, the message TPS is calculated as one time per second. Advanced Feature Message: Sending or consuming a single advanced feature message; the message TPS will be calculated five times per second. For example, if one Topic sends two transactional messages and consumes one transactional message, the resulting messaging TPS is calculated as 2x5+1x5=15 messages per second. Message Size: The message size is gauged in units of 4 KB. Messages that are less than 4KB will be considered as 4 KB. For instance, for a message request of 18 KB, the TPS for message sending would be ⌈18/4⌉ = 5 times per second. ⌈ ⌉ signifies rounding up to the nearest integer. |
Elastic TPS Costs | Pay-As-You-Go | Each specification of TDMQ for the RocketMQ cluster is bound by TPS limitations. For the Pro and Platinum versions of the cluster, once a certain level of TSP specification has been purchased, the part exceeding the computational specification will be charged according to TPS count. Elastic TPS is suitable for a scenario where occasional bursts of small amounts of traffic occur on the business side. If your business volume frequently exceeds computational specification limitations, it is recommended to upgrade your cluster specifications. |
Public Network Bandwidth Costs | Monthly subscription
Pay-As-You-Go | Once public network bandwidth is enabled, the billing mode defaults to match the cluster. If the cluster uses a monthly subscription, public network bandwidth will also be billed as a monthly subscription. After enabling public network bandwidth, fees will be charged based on the duration of public network bandwidth usage, and it can be turned off separately midway. If public network access is not enabled, no fee is charged. |
Pricing Explanation
Storage Fees
TDMQ for RocketMQ cluster storage fees are calculated based on the size of the storage space occupied by message storage and the duration of storage. The billing method is pay-as-you-go (postpaid), with the billing unit as "XX dollars/GB/hour." An invoice is generated hourly. An invoice is generated hourly, and less than an hour is considered as one hour.
Storage fees = Storage space × Usage duration × Storage unit price
Storage Charge Type | Price (USD/GB/Hour) |
Hourly Storage Billing (Postpaid) | 0.0003 |
Computing Specification Costs
Billing for TDMQ for RocketMQ clusters is calculated based on the size of the specifications and the duration of use. The billing modes include both monthly subscription and pay-as-you-go options.
Monthly Subscription: The billing unit is "XX USD/month."
Pay-as-you-go (postpaid): The billing unit is "XX USD/hour." An invoice is generated hourly. An invoice is generated hourly, and less than an hour is considered as one hour. Settlement is done daily, and the bill will be pushed for deductions on the following day.
Computing Specification Costs = Unit price of the computing specification x Usage duration.
Compute Specification Fees = Compute Specification Unit Price × Usage Duration.
Each compute specification supports a different free quota for topics. Exceeding the free quota will incur certain charges. For the charging policy, see the "Topic Charging Rules for Exceeded Limits" section below. If the number of topics you need exceeds the maximum capacity of the current cluster specifications, it is recommended to upgrade to enhance the computing cluster specifications.
The number of Groups and the number of Topics are 10:1 by default. You can adjust the quota of Groups by adjusting the quota of Topics.
Version | TPS Specifications | Topic Free Quota (Units) | Maximum Increasable Topic Number Limit (Units) | Region: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Qingyuan | Region: Hong Kong (China), Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei (China), Bangkok, Silicon Valley, Jakarta, Frankfurt, Virginia, São Paulo, and Seoul | Region: Shenzhen Finance, Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone | |||
| | | | Pay-as-You-Go Price (USD/Hour) | Monthly Subscription Price (USD/Month) | Pay-as-You-Go Price (USD/Hour) | Monthly Subscription Price (USD/Month) | Pay-as-You-Go Price (USD/Hour) | Monthly Subscription Price (USD/Month) |
Trial Edition | 500 | 50 | 99 | 0.11 | 54.86 | 0.15 | 71.31 | 0.18 | 87.77 |
Basic or Platinum Edition | 1000 | 100 | 999 | 0.24 | 114.29 | 0.31 | 148.57 | 0.38 | 182.86 |
| 2000 | 100 | 999 | 0.36 | 171.43 | 0.46 | 222.86 | 0.57 | 274.29 |
| 3000 | 100 | 999 | 0.48 | 228.57 | 0.62 | 297.14 | 0.76 | 365.71 |
| 4000 | 100 | 999 | 0.60 | 285.71 | 0.77 | 371.43 | 0.95 | 457.14 |
| 5000 | 100 | 999 | 0.71 | 342.86 | 0.93 | 445.71 | 1.14 | 548.57 |
| 6000 | 200 | 999 | 0.83 | 400.00 | 1.08 | 520.00 | 1.33 | 640.00 |
| 7000 | 200 | 999 | 0.95 | 457.14 | 1.24 | 594.29 | 1.52 | 731.43 |
| 8000 | 200 | 999 | 1.07 | 514.29 | 1.39 | 668.57 | 1.71 | 822.86 |
| 9000 | 200 | 999 | 1.19 | 571.43 | 1.55 | 742.86 | 1.90 | 914.29 |
| 10000 | 200 | 999 | 1.31 | 628.57 | 1.70 | 817.14 | 2.10 | 1,005.71 |
Professional Version | 4000 | 300 | 999 | 1.14 | 548.57 | 1.49 | 713.14 | 1.83 | 877.71 |
| 6000 | 300 | 999 | 1.63 | 780.00 | 2.11 | 1,014.00 | 2.60 | 1,248.00 |
| 8000 | 300 | 999 | 2.11 | 1,011.43 | 2.74 | 1,314.86 | 3.37 | 1,618.29 |
| 10000 | 300 | 999 | 2.59 | 1,242.86 | 3.37 | 1,615.71 | 4.14 | 1,988.57 |
| 15000 | 325 | 3000 | 3.30 | 1,585.71 | 4.30 | 2,061.43 | 5.29 | 2,537.14 |
| 20000 | 350 | 3000 | 3.90 | 1,871.43 | 5.07 | 2,432.86 | 6.24 | 2,994.29 |
| 25000 | 375 | 3000 | 4.49 | 2,157.14 | 5.84 | 2,804.29 | 7.19 | 3,451.43 |
| 30000 | 400 | 3000 | 5.09 | 2,442.86 | 6.62 | 3,175.71 | 8.14 | 3,908.57 |
| 35000 | 425 | 3000 | 5.68 | 2,728.57 | 7.39 | 3,547.14 | 9.09 | 4,365.71 |
| 40000 | 450 | 3000 | 6.28 | 3,014.29 | 8.16 | 3,918.57 | 10.05 | 4,822.86 |
| 45000 | 475 | 3000 | 6.88 | 3,300.00 | 8.94 | 4,290.00 | 11.00 | 5,280.00 |
| 50000 | 500 | 3000 | 7.47 | 3,585.71 | 9.71 | 4,661.43 | 11.95 | 5,737.14 |
| 55000 | 550 | 3000 | 7.66 | 3,675.00 | 9.95 | 4,777.50 | 12.25 | 5,880.00 |
| 60000 | 600 | 3000 | 8.21 | 3,942.86 | 10.68 | 5,125.71 | 13.14 | 6,308.57 |
| 65000 | 650 | 3000 | 8.77 | 4,210.71 | 11.40 | 5,473.93 | 14.04 | 6,737.14 |
| 70000 | 700 | 3000 | 9.33 | 4,478.57 | 12.13 | 5,822.14 | 14.93 | 7,165.71 |
| 75000 | 750 | 3000 | 9.89 | 4,746.43 | 12.86 | 6,170.36 | 15.82 | 7,594.29 |
| 80000 | 800 | 3000 | 10.45 | 5,014.29 | 13.58 | 6,518.57 | 16.72 | 8,022.86 |
| 85000 | 850 | 3000 | 11.00 | 5,282.14 | 14.31 | 6,866.79 | 17.61 | 8,451.43 |
| 90000 | 900 | 3000 | 11.56 | 5,550.00 | 15.03 | 7,215.00 | 18.50 | 8,880.00 |
| 95000 | 950 | 3000 | 12.12 | 5,817.86 | 15.76 | 7,563.21 | 19.39 | 9,308.57 |
| 100000 | 1000 | 3000 | 12.68 | 6,085.71 | 16.48 | 7,911.43 | 20.29 | 9,737.14 |
Platinum Edition (Dedicated Resources) | 10000 | 1000 | 10000 | 4.61 | 2,214.29 | 6.00 | 2,878.57 | 7.38 | 3,542.86 |
| 20000 | 1000 | 10000 | 5.95 | 2,857.14 | 7.74 | 3,714.29 | 9.52 | 4,571.43 |
| 30000 | 1000 | 10000 | 7.29 | 3,500.00 | 9.48 | 4,550.00 | 11.67 | 5,600.00 |
| 40000 | 1000 | 10000 | 8.63 | 4,142.86 | 11.22 | 5,385.71 | 13.81 | 6,628.57 |
| 50000 | 1000 | 10000 | 9.97 | 4,785.71 | 12.96 | 6,221.43 | 15.95 | 7,657.14 |
| 60000 | 1100 | 20000 | 10.42 | 5,000.00 | 13.54 | 6,500.00 | 16.67 | 8,000.00 |
| 70000 | 1200 | 20000 | 11.61 | 5,571.43 | 15.09 | 7,242.86 | 18.57 | 8,914.29 |
| 80000 | 1300 | 20000 | 12.80 | 6,142.86 | 16.64 | 7,985.71 | 20.48 | 9,828.57 |
| 90000 | 1400 | 20000 | 13.99 | 6,714.29 | 18.19 | 8,728.57 | 22.38 | 10,742.86 |
| 100000 | 1500 | 20000 | 15.18 | 7,285.71 | 19.73 | 9,471.43 | 24.29 | 11,657.14 |
| 120000 | 1600 | 30000 | 17.56 | 8,428.57 | 22.83 | 10,957.14 | 28.10 | 13,485.71 |
| 140000 | 1700 | 30000 | 19.94 | 9,571.43 | 25.92 | 12,442.86 | 31.90 | 15,314.29 |
| 160000 | 1800 | 40000 | 21.73 | 10,428.57 | 28.24 | 13,557.14 | 34.76 | 16,685.71 |
| 180000 | 1900 | 40000 | 23.81 | 11,428.57 | 30.95 | 14,857.14 | 38.10 | 18,285.71 |
| 200000 | 2000 | 40000 | 25.89 | 12,428.57 | 33.66 | 16,157.14 | 41.43 | 19,885.71 |
| 250000 | 2500 | 40000 | 31.10 | 14,928.57 | 40.43 | 19,407.14 | 49.76 | 23,885.71 |
| 300000 | 3000 | 40000 | 36.31 | 17,428.57 | 47.20 | 22,657.14 | 58.10 | 27,885.71 |
| 350000 | 3500 | 40000 | 41.52 | 19,928.57 | 53.97 | 25,907.14 | 66.43 | 31,885.71 |
| 400000 | 4000 | 40000 | 46.73 | 22,428.57 | 60.74 | 29,157.14 | 74.76 | 35,885.71 |
| 450000 | 4500 | 40000 | 51.93 | 24,928.57 | 67.51 | 32,407.14 | 83.09 | 39,885.71 |
| 500000 | 5000 | 40000 | 57.14 | 27,428.57 | 74.29 | 35,657.14 | 91.43 | 43,885.71 |
| 600000 | 6000 | 99999 | 63.99 | 30,714.29 | 83.19 | 39,928.57 | 102.38 | 49,142.86 |
| 700000 | 7000 | 99999 | 73.66 | 35,357.14 | 95.76 | 45,964.29 | 117.86 | 56,571.43 |
| 800000 | 8000 | 99999 | 83.33 | 40,000.00 | 108.33 | 52,000.00 | 133.33 | 64,000.00 |
| 900000 | 9000 | 99999 | 93.01 | 44,642.86 | 120.91 | 58,035.71 | 148.81 | 71,428.57 |
| 1000000 | 10000 | 99999 | 102.68 | 49,285.71 | 133.48 | 64,071.43 | 164.29 | 78,857.14 |
Elastic TPS Costs
Only the Professional version and Platinum version clusters support the "Elastic TPS" feature and are subject to these costs.
The TROCKET cluster's Elastic TPS are calculated by the pay-as-you-go (postpaid) billing method. The billing unit is "XX dollars/TPS/hour". An invoice is generated hourly, and less than an hour is considered as one hour.
The cost of elastic TPS for each hour = the highest increment TPS value in 1 hour x Unit price of the elastic TPS.
For example: a certain Professional Edition Cluster had a previous TPS specification of 6,000. After enabling elastic scaling, an additional 4,000 elastic TPS was added, changing the total TPS to 10,000. If the highest TPS reached within an hour was 9,000, the fee would be calculated as unit price 0.00084 * exceeded 3,000 TPS * 1 hour = 2.52 USD.
Version | TPS Specification (Transactions/Second) | Elastic TPS Upper Limit (Transactions/Second) | Price (USD/TPS/Hour, Region: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Qingyuan) | Price (USD/TPS/Hour, Region: Taipei (China), Hong Kong (China), Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, Silicon Valley, Jakarta, Frankfurt, Virginia, São Paulo, and Seoul) | Price (USD/TPS/Hour, Region: Shenzhen Finance and Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone) |
Trial Version | Does Not Support Elastic TPS Capability | Not Involved | | | |
Basic | Does Not Support Elastic TPS Capability | | | | |
Professional Version | 4,000 | 2,500 | 0.0008 | 0.00104 | 0.00128 |
| 6,000 | 4,000 | | | |
| 8,000 | 5,000 | | | |
| 10,000 | 6,000 | | | |
| 15,000 | 9,000 | | | |
| 20,000 | 12,000 | | | |
| 25,000 | 13,000 | | | |
| 30,000 | 15,000 | | | |
| 35,000 | 18,000 | | | |
| 40,000 | 20,000 | | | |
| 45,000 | 22,000 | | | |
| 50,000 | 25,000 | | | |
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| 75,000 | 30,000 | | | |
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| 95,000 | 35,000 | | | |
| 100,000 | 40,000 | | | |
Platinum Version | 10,000 | 6,000 | 0.0017 | 0.00221 | 0.00272 |
| 20,000 | 12,000 | | | |
| 30,000 | 18,000 | | | |
| 40,000 | 25,000 | | | |
| 50,000 | 30,000 | | | |
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| 80,000 | 40,000 | | | |
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| 140,000 | 50,000 | | | |
| 160,000 | 60,000 | | | |
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| 200,000 | 80,000 | | | |
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| 300,000 | 100,000 | | | |
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| 400,000 | 150,000 | | | |
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| 800,000 | 300,000 | | | |
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| 1,000,000 | 350,000 | | | |
Billing Example:
Suppose your cluster is located in Guangzhou, the cluster type is professional version, and the purchased basic messaging TPS specification is 10,000 times/second, the elastic TPS upper limit is 6,000 times/second, and the unit price of elastic TPS is $0.0008/TPS/second. Suppose the message sending and receiving situation of this cluster is as follows between 14:00–15:00:
At 14:00, the peak TPS usage of the cluster is 9,000 times per second with no use of elastic TPS.
At 14:01, the peak TPS usage of the cluster is 9,500 times per second with no use of elastic TPS.
At 14:02, the peak TPS usage of the cluster is 10,500 times per second, thus 500 times per second of the elastic TPS is used.
……, the peak TPS usage of the cluster consistently remained between 8,000–9,000 times per second with no use of elastic TPS.
At 14:58, the peak TPS usage of the cluster is 12,000 times per second, thus 2,000 times per second of the elastic TPS is used.
At 14:59, the peak TPS usage of the cluster is 11,000 times per second, thus 1,000 times per second of the elastic TPS is used.
Consequently, within this hour, we take the maximum increments of TPS in one hour, which is 2,000 times per second. Therefore, the cost for the elastic TPS generated within this hour is 2,000 x 0.0008 = 1.6 USD.
Public Network Bandwidth Costs
There are three billing modes for public network bandwidth: monthly subscription, billing by hour, and billing by traffic.
Note:
To facilitate better resource lifecycle management for customers, if the computing specification of the cluster is monthly subscription, the public network supports monthly subscription and billing by traffic. If the computing specification of the cluster is billing by hour, the public network supports billing by hour and billing by traffic.
Monthly Subscription
Bandwidth Range | Price (USD/Month) | ||||
| Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen Finance, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Qingyuan | Hong Kong (China), Taipei (China), Silicon Valley, Virginia, and São Paulo | Singapore and Frankfurt | Bangkok, Tokyo, and Seoul | Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone |
1 Mbps | 3.29 | 4.29 | 3.29 | 3.57 | 4.93 |
2 Mbps | 6.57 | 8.57 | 6.57 | 7.14 | 9.86 |
3 Mbps | 10.14 | 12.86 | 9.86 | 10.71 | 15.21 |
4 Mbps | 13.71 | 17.14 | 13.14 | 14.29 | 20.57 |
5 Mbps | 17.86 | 21.43 | 16.43 | 17.86 | 26.79 |
6 Mbps and above (n is the configured upper limit of bandwidth) | 17.86 + 11.43 x (n-5) | 21.43 + 14.29 x (n-5) | 16.43 + 11.43 x (n-5) | 17.86 + 11.43 x (n-5) | 26.79 + 17.14 x (n-5) |
Billing by Hour
Billing is based on the total amount of data transmitted over the public network (measured in GB), with settlements completed on an hourly basis. Charges are settled according to actual traffic usage.
Bandwidth Range | Price (USD/Hour) | | ||
| Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Qingyuan, Shenzhen Finance, Hong Kong (China), Taipei (China), Tokyo, Bangkok, and Frankfurt | Singapore, Silicon Valley, and Virginia | Region: Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone | São Paulo and Jakarta |
1–5 Mbps | 0.0057 | 0.0050 | 0.0086 | 0.009 |
6 Mbps and above (n is the configured upper limit of bandwidth) | 0.0200 | 0.0171 | 0.0300 | 0.083 |
Billing by Traffic
Note:
The current billing traffic is outbound traffic, that is, the traffic from CLB to the public network.
To avoid high fees incurred by sudden traffic spikes, you can set a bandwidth upper limit. If the limit is exceeded, packets are dropped by default and no fee will be charged.
The unit conversion for traffic is based on the binary system of 1024, that is, 1 TB = 1,024 GB and 1 GB = 1,024 MB.
Region | Price (Unit: USD/GB) |
Guangzhou/Shanghai/Nanjing/Beijing/Chengdu/Chongqing | 0.14 |
Shenzhen Finance/Shanghai Finance/Beijing Finance | 0.23 |
Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone | 0.17 |
Hong Kong (China)/São Paulo/Singapore/Jakarta/Tokyo/Frankfurt/Seoul/Bangkok/Silicon Valley/Virginia | 0.19 |
Charges for Topics Beyond Specification Limits
Considering the stability of the cluster and real-world use cases, the maximum number of Topics allowed varies with different TPS specifications. Customers can increase the Topic quantity limit on their own via the page. Charges apply according to a tiered pricing structure for any amount that exceeds the free quota.
Notes：
Note: The number of topics here contains only those created through the console. DLQs and retry queues do not occupy quota.
Monthly Subscriptions
Excess Topic Quantity Pricing Tiers | Price (region: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Chongqing) | Price (Region: Hong Kong (China), Taipei (China), Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, and Silicon Valley) | Price (region: Shenzhen Finance and Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone) |
0–100 | 1.6598 USD/Unit/Month | 2.1577 USD/Unit/Month | 2.6556 USD/Unit/Month |
101–200 | 1.3831 USD/Unit/Month | 1.7981 USD/Unit/Month | 2.213 USD/Unit/Month |
201–500 | 1.1065 USD/Unit/Month | 1.4385 USD/Unit/Month | 1.770 USD/Unit/Month |
501–1,500 | 0.8299 USD/Unit/Month | 1.0788 USD/Unit/Month | 1.3278 USD/Unit/Month |
1,501–2,000 | 0.5533 USD/Unit/Month | 0.7192 USD/Unit/Month | 0.8852 USD/Unit/Month |
Above 2,000 | 0.274 USD/Unit/Month | 0.3596 USD/Unit/Month | 0.4426 USD/Unit/Month |
Billing Example:
Customer A purchased A monthly subscription Prepaid Cluster with 5.x Professional Edition 8000 TPS. The user needs 800 topics. The Professional Edition 8000 TPS cluster supports 300 free topics by default, so the excess number of topics is 500. According to the tiered billing at the top, the additional Topic fees are: 1.6598*100 + 1.3831*100 + 1.1065*(500-200) = 636.24 USD/month.
Purchasing pay-as-you-go instances
Excess Topic Quantity Pricing Tiers | Price (region: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu and Chongqing) | Price (Region: Hong Kong (China), Singapore, Bangkok, and Silicon Valley) | Price (region: Shenzhen Finance and Shanghai Autonomous Driving Zone) |
0–100 | 0.0035 USD/Unit/Hour | 0.0045 USD/Unit/Hour | 0.0055 USD/Unit/Hour |
101–200 | 0.0028 USD/Hour | 0.0036 USD/Hour | 0.0044 USD/Hour |
201–500 | 0.0022 USD/Hour | 0.0028 USD/Hour | 0.0035 USD/Unit/Hour |
501–1,500 | 0.0017 USD/Hour | 0.0022 USD/Hour | 0.0028 USD/Hour |
1,501–2,000 | 0.0011 USD/Hour | 0.0014 USD/Hour | 0.0018 USD/Hour |
Above 2,000 | 0.0006 USD/Hour | 0.0007 USD/Hour | 0.0009 USD/Hour |
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