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    Last updated: 2023-09-28 15:55:06
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      Billing Details for Different VOD Services

      Item
      Description
      Storage
      Storage fees are incurred for storing files with VOD (for files saved in VOD, you can change their attributes, search them, delete them, automatically downgrade their storage classes, and automatically reduce their playback bitrate). The fees are calculated based on your peak storage usage in the billing cycle, and the price varies with storage class.
      Media processing fees are incurred for transcoding files you save in VOD (including general transcoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, Top Speed Codec transcoding, video editing, and watermark removal). The fees are calculated based on the duration of the output file (rounded to the next minute), and the price varies with the specifications of the output file. Each task is billed only once. If a task fails, no fees will be charged.
      Client upload acceleration: Fees are calculated based on the traffic consumed by an upload.
      Playback acceleration: Fees are calculated based on the traffic consumed for playback, and the price varies with region.
      Data retrieval fees are incurred for retrieving media from ARCHIVE or DEEP_ARCHIVE. The fees are calculated based on the size of the file retrieved, and the price varies with the retrieval mode.
      Media AI
      Fees are incurred for using VOD's AI capability to moderate media files stored in VOD. The fees are calculated based on the file duration. Each task is billed only once. If a task fails, no fees will be charged.
      Copyright protection fees are incurred for using VOD's content protection solutions (digital watermark and commercial-grade DRM).
      Additional fees are incurred if you use VOD's value-added services.
      Note:
      You can refer to Billing Examples to estimate your cost of using VOD services.

      Must-Knows

      In the pay-as-you-go mode, fees are billed based on your actual usage of different VOD services. You can view your usage details in the VOD console.
      Daily billing:
      Billing method: By default, fees are billed on a daily basis. To change to monthly billing, please contact sales (in the monthly billing mode, only bill-by-bandwidth is supported).
      Billing time: Between 12:00 and 18:00 each day, VOD calculates your usage of the previous day, generates a bill, and deducts the fees.
      Monthly billing:
      Billing method: VOD calculates your usage each day during a month, adds it up, and bills it at the beginning of the following month.
      Billing time: Fees incurred each month are billed and deducted between the 1st and 3rd day of the following month.
      If you have a large business volume (storage usage greater than 1 PB or daily traffic consumption over 10 TB), you can contact sales for more billing options.
      

      Storage

      Pricing

      Storage Class
      Regions
      Price (USD/GB)
      STANDARD
      Chinese mainland
      0.0006
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Jakarta, Toronto, Bangkok, Tokyo)
      0.0009
      STANDARD_IA (minimum storage days: 30)
      Chinese mainland
      0.0004
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Jakarta, Toronto, Bangkok, Tokyo)
      0.0006
      ARCHIVE (minimum storage days: 90)
      Chinese mainland
      0.0002
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Jakarta, Toronto, Bangkok, Tokyo)
      0.0003
      DEEP ARCHIVE (minimum storage days: 180)
      Chinese mainland
      0.00006
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Jakarta, Toronto, Bangkok, Tokyo)
      0.0001

      Billing details

      Prices vary with storage region and storage class. If you change the storage class of a media file, the price for the new storage class will apply.
      Storage fees are charged based on the storage class and peak storage used per day. Storage fees for regions inside and outside the Chinese mainland are charged separately.
      Formula: Daily storage fee = Peak storage used in the Chinese mainland (GB) x Unit price (USD/GB) + Peak storage used outside the Chinese mainland (GB) x Unit price (USD/GB).
      Note:
      In the daily billing mode, VOD calculates your storage usage each day and bills it the following day. With monthly billing, VOD calculates your storage usage each day, adds it up, and then bills it at the beginning of the following month. For the billing time, see Billing Overview.

      Billing examples

      Assume that on January 1, you stored media files in STANDARD in the Chinese mainland and the peak storage usage was 100 GB. You also stored media files in STANDARD_IA in Mumbai and the peak storage usage was 50 GB. On January 2, the storage fee billed for January 1 would be as follows: 100 (GB) x 0.0006 (USD/GB) + 50 (GB) x 0.0006 (USD/GB) = 0.06 (USD) + 0.03 (USD) = 0.09 (USD)
      Note:
      You can delete files in the console to avoid incurring storage fees.
      Minimum storage duration for STANDARD_IA files is 30 days. Storage fees for 30 days are charged even if the file is stored for a shorter period.
      Minimum storage duration for ARCHIVE files is 90 days. Storage fees for 90 days are charged even if the file is stored for a shorter period.
      Minimum storage duration for DEEP ARCHIVE files is 180 days. Storage fees for 180 days are charged even if the file is stored for a shorter period.
      Base conversion: 1 GB = 1,000 MB; 1 MB = 1,000 KB; 1 Gbps = 1,000 Mbps; 1 Mbps = 1,000 Kbps.

      Media Processing

      Media processing includes general transcoding, TSC transcoding, AV1, adaptive bitrate streaming, video editing, and watermark removal.
      Note:
      For AV1 transcoding, the fees incurred depends on the resolution of the output video. The pricing of AV1 transcoding is the same as that of H.265 general transcoding.

      General transcoding

      General transcoding includes general video transcoding, remuxing, and audio transcoding.

      Pricing

      Codec
      Resolution
      Price (USD/Min)
      Transcoding Type No.
      H.264
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.003
      1
      H.264
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.0061
      2
      H.264
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      0.0121
      3
      H.264
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      0.0242
      4
      H.264
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      0.0521
      5
      H.265
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.0158
      6
      H.265
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.0315
      7
      H.265
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      0.063
      8
      H.265
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      0.126
      9
      H.265
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      0.2521
      10
      Audio transcoding
      -
      0.002
      21
      Remuxing
      -
      0.0028
      22
      Note:
      The transcoding type number determines the component usage and component usage unit fields in your bill. It tells you the codec and resolution of a billed item.

      Billing details

      TSC transcoding is billed according to the resolution and duration of the output file.
      Rules: General transcoding fees are charged based on the output duration and specifications. Specifications refer to the codec used and short side (px) of the file generated. Remuxing and audio transcoding are charged based on the output duration.

      Billing examples

      Assume that you transcoded a video file of 100 minutes into 2560 x 1440 and 1280 x 640 respectively using the H.264 codec on January 1, as well as an audio file of 100 minutes. On January 2, the transcoding fee billed for January 1 would be as follows:
      For the 2560 x 1440 video, the unit price for 2K (short side ≤ 1440 px) applies, which is 0.0242 USD/min.
      For the 1280 x 640 video, the unit price for HD (480 px < short side ≤ 720 px) applies, which is 0.0061 USD/min.
      The unit price of audio transcoding is 0.002 USD/min.
      0.0242 (USD/min) x 100 (min) + 0.0061 (USD/min) x 100 (min) + 0.002 (USD/min) x 100 (min) = 3.23 (USD)
      Note:
      To learn more about the billing of transcoding, see Billing Examples.

      TSC transcoding

      Pricing

      Codec
      Resolution
      Price (USD/Min)
      Transcoding Type No.
      H.264
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.01
      11
      H.264
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.02
      12
      H.264
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      0.04
      13
      H.264
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      0.08
      14
      H.264
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      0.1721
      15
      H.265
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.052
      16
      H.265
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.104
      17
      H.265
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      0.208
      18
      H.265
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      0.416
      19
      H.265
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      0.8319
      20
      Note:
      The transcoding type number determines the component usage and component usage unit fields in your bill. It tells you the codec and resolution of a billed item.

      Billing details

      TSC transcoding is billed according to the resolution and duration of the output file.
      Rules: TSC transcoding fees are based on the output duration and specifications. Specifications refer to the codec used and short side (px) of the file generated.

      Adaptive bitrate streaming

      Pricing

      Adaptive bitrate streaming is charged based on the output duration and specifications. Specifications refer to the codec used and short side (px) of the file generated.

      Billing details

      The billing rules are the same as those for general transcoding. Output videos of different resolutions are charged separately.

      Billing examples

      Assume that on January 1, you used the codec H.264 to transcode a video of 100 minutes into three resolutions: FHD (1920 x 1080), HD (1280 x 720), and SD (640 x 480). On January 2, the fee billed for January 1 would be as follows: 0.0121 (USD/min) x 100 (min) + 0.0061 (USD/min) x 100 (min) + 0.003 (USD/min) x 100 (min) = 2.21 (USD)
      Note:
      Because the video is transcoded into three specifications, each specification is charged and the fee is the sum of the three.
      Adaptive bitrate streaming is required for encryption. The encryption feature itself is free.

      Video editing

      Video editing is either a general transcoding or TSC transcoding task.

      Pricing

      Note:
      The price of video editing is determined by the codec used, the output resolution, and whether it's a general transcoding or TSC transcoding task.

      Billing details

      Fees are charged based on the output duration, the transcoding mode, and the output specifications (the codec used and the short side).
      Rules: Each task is charged once according to the output specifications.
      Formula: Video editing fees = Output file duration (min) x Unit price (USD/min)

      Billing examples

      Assume that on January 1, you used the VOD editing feature to splice video A (10 min, 640 x 480) and video B (15 min, 1280 x 720) into video C (25 min, 1280 x 720). The TSC transcoding mode was used. On January 2, the fee billed for January 1 would be as follows: 0.02 (USD/min) x 25 (min) = 0.5 (USD)
      Note:
      The codec used in the above examples is H.264. For information about the video editing APIs, see EditMedia and ComposeMedia.

      Watermark removing

      Pricing

      Resolution
      Price (USD/Min)
      8K (short side ≤ 4320 px)
      0.41
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      0.21
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      0.1
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      0.05
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.03
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.02

      Billing details

      Watermark removal is billed based on the resolution and duration of the output video.
      Rules: Watermark removal fees are based on the duration and resolution (short side) of the video file generated.

      Billing examples

      Assume that you used the watermark removal service of VOD on January 1. Two videos were generated, each 100 minutes long, and their resolutions were 2560 x 1440 and 1280 x 640 respectively. On January 2, the fee billed for January 1 would be as follows:
      For the 2560 x 1440 video, the unit price for 2K (short side ≤ 1440 px) applies, which is 0.1 USD/min.
      For the 1280 x 640 video, the unit price for HD (480 px < short side ≤ 720 px) applies, which is 0.03 USD/min.
      0.1 (USD/min) x 100 (min) + 0.03 (USD/min) x 100 (min) = 13 USD

      Remaster

      VOD's remaster feature can remove image noise, restore outlines, perform super resolution, enhance details, enhance colors, and convert SDR to HDR.

      Pricing

      Resolution
      Price (USD/Min)
      Audio
      0.015
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.271
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.542
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      1.083
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      2.167
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      4.333

      Billing details

      Remaster fees are billed according to the duration and resolution (short side) of the output file.
      Rules: Each remaster task is charged once according to the output resolution.
      Formula: Remaster fees = Output file duration (min) x Unit price (USD/min)

      Billing examples

      Assume that you remastered a 10-minute video whose resolution is 1024 x 540 on January 1 and generated a 10-minute video whose resolution is 2048 x 1080. On January 2, the following remaster fee would be billed: 1.083 (USD/min) x 10 (min) = 10.83 (USD)

      Acceleration Service

      Outside the Chinese mainland, the following regions are supported:
      Region
      Coverage
      Asia Pacific 1
      Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand
      Asia Pacific 2
      Taiwan (China), Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia
      Asia Pacific 3
      Philippines, India, Australia, and more
      Middle East
      Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye
      Europe
      United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Spain
      North America
      US, Canada
      South America
      Brazil
      Africa
      South Africa
      Note:
      CDN service fees for regions inside and outside the Chinese mainland are charged separately based on usage. The price varies with region.

      Pricing

      The acceleration service is billed daily based on a volume pricing model. The more traffic you use a day, the lower the unit price will be. The pricing tiers are as follows:
      Traffic (USD/GB)
      Chinese mainland
      Asia Pacific 1
      Asia Pacific 2
      Asia Pacific 3
      Middle East
      Europe
      North America
      South America
      Africa
      0 GB - 500 GB (exclusive)
      0.039
      0.0748
      0.1236
      0.1138
      0.1951
      0.0715
      0.0715
      0.1675
      0.1951
      500 GB - 2 TB (exclusive)
      0.038
      0.0699
      0.1138
      0.1041
      0.1789
      0.0634
      0.0634
      0.1593
      0.1789
      2 TB - 50 TB (exclusive)
      0.036
      0.0585
      0.1057
      0.0911
      0.1675
      0.0504
      0.0504
      0.1463
      0.1675
      50 TB - 100 TB (exclusive)
      0.033
      0.0504
      0.0911
      0.0813
      0.1545
      0.0325
      0.0325
      0.1382
      0.1545
      > 100 TB
      0.025
      0.0455
      0.0846
      0.0715
      0.1382
      0.026
      0.026
      0.1301
      0.1382
      Note:
      For more information, see Billing Examples.
      Base conversion: 1 GB = 1,000 MB; 1 MB = 1,000 KB; 1 Gbps = 1,000 Mbps; 1 Mbps = 1,000 Kbps.

      Billing details

      Video acceleration is charged based on the accelerated downstream traffic and the acceleration region.
      Rules: Video acceleration fees are charged daily based on the playback traffic accelerated by CDNs.
      Formula: Daily video acceleration fee = Playback traffic (GB) x Unit price (USD/GB) of the corresponding tier

      Billing examples

      Assume that you used the VOD acceleration service on January 1 to accelerate 550 GB of playback traffic. On January 2, the fee billed for January 1 would be as follows: 0.038 (USD/GB) x 550 (GB)= 20.9 (USD)
      Note:
      The monthly billing cycle supports bill-by-bandwidth. If you want to switch to monthly billing, please contact sales.

      Data Retrieval

      To access media assets stored in ARCHIVE or DEEP_ARCHIVE, you must retrieve them first. VOD supports different retrieval modes. Retrieval fees are charged based on the size of the files retrieved.
      Note:
      DEEP_ARCHIVE does not support expedited retrieval.

      Pricing

      Storage Class
      Retrieval Mode
      Regions
      Price (USD/GB)
      STANDARD_IA
      -
      Global
      0.002
      ARCHIVE
      Bulk retrieval
      Chinese mainland
      0.0025
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Toronto, Bangkok)
      0.003
      Expedited retrieval
      Chinese mainland
      0.03
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Toronto, Bangkok)
      0.036
      Standard retrieval
      Chinese mainland
      0.01
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Toronto, Bangkok)
      0.012
      DEEP ARCHIVE
      Bulk retrieval
      Chinese mainland
      0.0026
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Toronto, Bangkok)
      0.00325
      Standard retrieval
      Chinese mainland
      0.02
      Outside the Chinese mainland (Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Moscow, Seoul, Virginia, Singapore, Mumbai, Toronto, Bangkok)
      0.025

      Billing details

      Data retrieval is charged based on the retrieval mode and the size of the files retrieved.
      Rules: Data retrieval fees are charged daily based on the retrieval mode and the size of the files retrieved from DEEP_ARCHIVE or ARCHIVE to STANDARD.
      Formula: Daily retrieval fee = File size (GB) x Unit price (USD/GB).

      Billing examples

      Assume that on January 1, you retrieved 100 GB of data from DEEP_ARCHIVE storage in the bulk retrieval mode in the Chinese mainland. On January 2, the retrieval fee billed for January 1 would be as follows: 100 (GB) x 0.0026 (USD/GB) = 0.26 USD

      Media AI

      Currently, VOD offers the media AI capability of content moderation.

      Content moderation

      VOD can recognize non-compliant content in images, speech, and text in images and generate moderation results as required.

      Pricing

      Content moderation includes audio/video moderation and image moderation.
      Item
      Billed By
      Tier
      Price
      Audio/Video moderation
      The duration of the audio/video file moderated.
      -
      0.016 USD/min
      Image moderation
      The number of image moderation tasks executed.
      0-3 million tasks
      0.000218 USD/task
      3 million - 15 million tasks
      0.000196 USD/task
      15 million - 30 million tasks
      0.000189 USD/task
      Over 30 million tasks
      0.00016 USD/task

      Billing details

      Audio/Video moderation fees are charged based on the duration (rounded up to the nearest minute) of the audio/video file moderated.
      Image moderation fees are charged based on the number of image moderation tasks executed successfully.

      Billing examples

      Assume that you moderated two 30-min videos stored in Singapore and the Chinese mainland respectively. The moderation fee incurred would be 30 x 0.016 + 30 x 0.016 = 0.96 USD.

      Content recognition

      uses AI technologies to recognize faces and text in video images, opening and closing segments, and speech, helping you manage your media assets more accurately and efficiently.

      Pricing

      Item
      Billing Method
      Price
      Content recognition
      Based on content recognition duration
      0.046 USD/min

      Billing examples

      User A wants to perform Content recognition on video B, and the original length of video B is 60 minutes, then the service charge = 60（min） × 0.046（USD/min） = 2.76（USD）。

      Copyright Protection

      Copyright protection includes digital watermark (copyright watermark, traceable watermark), commercial-grade DRM encryption.

      Digital watermark

      Digital watermarking can directly embed identification information into digital carriers (multimedia, etc.), without affecting the use value of the original carrier (invisible watermarking), and will not be perceived by users. Only Tencent Cloud VOD can restore watermark information through a special detector, which is widely used in multimedia Security, copyright traceability, media asset management and other fields.

      Pricing

      Add/extract copyright watermarks and source traceable watermarks according to the video duration. Less than one minute will be counted as one minute. Only post-payment is supported.
      Item
      Resolution
      Price (USD/Min)
      Adding digital watermarks
      SD (short side ≤ 480 px)
      0.055
      HD (short side ≤ 720 px)
      0.058
      FHD (short side ≤ 1080 px)
      0.062
      2K (short side ≤ 1440 px)
      0.067
      4K (short side ≤ 2160 px)
      0.072
      Digital watermark extraction
      -
      0.12

      Billing details

      Billing items: digital watermark addition includes copyright watermark and traceable watermark; digital watermark extraction includes copyright watermark and traceable watermark.
      Rules: For videos that need to enable copyright watermarking and anti-piracy traceability functions, digital watermarking is added through transcoding, so digital watermarking, transcoding, and storage fees for transcoded files will be incurred. After the video is pirated, the watermark is extracted from the pirated video through cloud-on-demand, so digital watermark extraction fees will be incurred.

      Billing examples

      Copyright watermark
      You have a video with a resolution of 1080P and a duration of 60 minutes and you need to enable the copyright watermark function. You need to pay Copyright watermark addition fee = 0.062 × 60 = 3.72 USD, transcoding fee = 0.0121 × 60 = 0.726 USD, storage fee = transcoded file size × storage unit price.
      When your video has been pirated and you have acquired the pirated video, you need to pay the copyright watermark extraction fee = 0.12 × 60 = 7.2 USD to perform digital watermark extraction through cloud-on-demand
      Traceable watermark
      Assume that you added a traceable watermark to a 60-minute 1080p video. The H.264 codec and the general transcoding mode were used, and the output format was HLS. The traceable watermarking fee incurred would be 0.062 x (60 x 2) =7.44 USD. The transcoding fee would be 0.0121 x (60 x 2)= 1.452 USD. The storage fee would be the size of the output file multiplied by the storage unit price. If you extract the distributor's user ID in case of unauthorized distribution, the traceable watermark extraction fee incurred would be 0.12 x 60 = 7.2 USD.
      Note:
      Videos are transcoded when you add digital watermarks to them, which incurs transcoding fees. For details, see Media Processing.
      The watermarked videos are saved in VOD, which incurs storage fees. For details, see Storage.

      DRM encryption

      VOD uses established DRM solutions to encrypt videos during transcoding. If you enable DRM encryption, the encryption cost will be included in your transcoding fee. If you play DRM-encrypted videos to viewers, DRM playback fees will be charged based on the number of license requests.

      Pricing

      Item
      Billed By
      Price
      DRM playback licenses
      The number of license requests (only pay-as-you-go supported).
      0.0012 USD/request

      Billing details

      Billable item: The number of license requests to play DRM-encrypted videos.
      Rules: Transcoding fees are incurred for encrypting videos with DRM solutions, and DRM playback fees are charged for playing DRM-encrypted videos based on the number of license requests.
      Billing formula: DRM fees = DRM encryption (transcoding) fees + DRM playback fees (based on the number of license requests)

      Billing examples

      Assume that on January 1, you encrypted a video (length: 10 minutes; resolution: 2560 x 1440) using the general transcoding mode and the H.264 codec. The video generated was 10 minutes long and had a resolution of 1280 x 720, and there were 50 license requests to play it. On January 2, the DRM playback fee billed for January 1 would be as follows:
      The unit price of DRM playback is 0.0012 USD/request.
      DRM playback fee on January 1 = 50 (requests) x 0.0012 (USD/request) = 0.06 USD
      Note:
      DRM encryption/transcoding is billed in the same way as general transcoding. DRM encryption/transcoding fees are incurred each time you encrypt a video.
      Source and output videos saved in VOD incur storage fees. For details, see Storage.
      
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