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Simple Log Service:Pay-by-feature

Last Updated:Aug 07, 2025

Simple Log Service uses a pay-as-you-go billing method where you are charged only for the specific features and resources you use. This pay-by-feature model allows you to use resources on demand and provides granular control over your costs.

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Billing overview

This is a post-pay model where you are billed for your actual resource consumption. In each settlement cycle, a bill is generated and the corresponding fee is deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account balance.

Scenarios

The pay-by-feature billing mode is suitable for the following scenarios:

  • Your resource usage frequently fluctuates.

  • Your business has short-term or unpredictable resource requirements.

  • You need the flexibility to use various features without long-term commitments.

Billable items

The pay-by-feature billing mode supports all billable items of Simple Log Service. For more information, see Billable items of pay-by-feature.

Billing cycle

Usage from the previous day is billed daily at 00:00. Fees are deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account on a daily basis.

Note

If the sum of the balance and vouchers in your Alibaba Cloud account is less than the payable amount, the system sends you a notification by text message or email.

Free quotas

In pay-by-feature billing mode, Simple Log Service provides free quotas for specific billable items.

Important

Simple Log Service provides monthly free quotas, and the quotas are reset at the end of each month. If the amount of resources that you consume in a month does not exceed the free quotas, you are not charged. Otherwise, you are charged for the excess amount.

  • Storage space occupied by log data: 500 MB per month

  • Index traffic of log data: 500 MB per month

  • Read and write traffic: 500 MB per month

  • Read and write operations: 1 million per month

  • Active shards: 31 shard days per month

    For more information, see Why am I charged for active shards?

Pricing

For more information about the pricing of the pay-by-feature billing mode, visit Pricing of Simple Log Service.

Billing examples

For more information about the billing examples based on the pay-by-feature billing mode, see Billing examples.