VAU Fee (Pay-as-You-Go)
EdgeOne value-added services are billed on Value-Added Service Usage Unit (VAU).
Pricing
VAU price: 0.0143 USD
Scope of use: All EdgeOne value-added services except dedicated DDoS mitigation and edge functions (see the table below).
VAU Conversion
This table describes how to convert value-added service usage to VAUs:
Category | Item | Description | Conversion rate |
Usage-based | QUIC requests | 0.5 VAU/10K requests | |
| Smart acceleration requests | 1 VAU/10K requests | |
| Bot requests | 1 VAU/10K requests | |
| Real-time logs | Real-time log entries shipped. | 1 VAU/1M log entries |
| Image processing requests | Requests made for image processing. | Free for a limited time |
Rule quota (Only for Enterprise plan) | Precise access control rule quotas | 50 VAUs/rule/month | |
| Rate limiting rule quotas | 100 VAUs/rule/month | |
Access quota-based (Only for Enterprise plan) | Site quota | Quota of sites included in a plan. | 100 VAUs/site/month |
| Quota for L4 proxy instances in Chinese mainland and Global service areas | Contact us for the quotes | |
| Quota of L4 proxy instances in Global (MLC excluded) service area | | Free of charge |
Note
1. Number of VAUs = Usage of the service x Usage per VAU
2. VAU fees = Total VAUs x VAU unit price.
Example 1: During a billing cycle, 10M QUIC requests and 20M smart acceleration requests are consumed.
For usage-based services, VAUs are calculated depending on the actual usage.
10M QUIC requests= 0.5 × 1000 = 500 VAUs = 500 x 0.0143 = 7.15 USD.
20M smart acceleration requests = 1 x 2000 = 2000 VAUs = 2000 × 0.0143 = 28.6 USD.
So these numbers add up to 35.75 USD.
Example 2: An Enterprise user purchased one more rate limiting rule and one site at different times within the current month.
For quota-based services, VAUs are calculated depending on the proportion of usage days in the current calendar month.
Assume that the quota for one rate limiting rule is purchased at 00:00 on April 1. By the point of 23:59 on April 30, the quota is still valid. The rule quota is converted to 100 VAUs and costs 1.43 USD (100 VAUs × 0.0143 USD). Note that to delete a quota, you need to Contact us.
Assume that the quota of one site is purchased at 00:00 on April 11. By the point of 23:59 on April 30, the quota is still valid. The billable period of this quota usage is 20 days (30 days – 10 days), that is, 20/30 in the proportion of usage days in the calendar month. The site quota is converted to 66.7 VAUs (1 quota × (20/30) × 100 VAUs), which is rounded down to 66 VAUs, resulting in a cost of 0.9438 USD (66 VAUs × 0.0143 USD).