You can associate an IPsec-VPN connection with a VPN gateway or a route router. The involved billable items for IPsec-VPN connections vary with the types of resources that are associated with IPsec-VPN connections. This topic describes the billing rules for IPsec-VPN connections that are associated with different types of resources.
IPsec-VPN connections associated with VPN gateways
Billing rules
Feature enabled for a VPN gateway | Billable item | Billing method | Billing cycle |
IPsec-VPN |
| Pay-as-you-go This billing method that allows you to use resources and pay for them afterwards. You are billed based on the resources that are consumed. | One hour. If the usage duration is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour. |
SSL-VPN and IPsec-VPN |
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Billable items
The prices listed in the following table are for reference only. The prices on the buy page shall prevail.
The maximum bandwidth supported by VPN gateways in the China (Nanjing - Local Region) region is 200 Mbit/s.
In the following table, "Not supported" indicates that the bandwidth specification is not supported by VPN gateways in the corresponding region.
IPsec-VPN and SSL-VPN connection fees
VPN gateways provide different bandwidth specifications. If the same bandwidth specification is used in the same region, the unit prices for IPsec-VPN and SSL-VPN connections are the same. The following table lists the unit prices. Unit: USD per hour.
Region | 10 Mbit/s | 100 Mbit/s | 200 Mbit/s | 500 Mbit/s | 1000 Mbit/s |
Chinese mainland | 0.059 | 0.209 | 0.209 | 0.767 | 0.767 |
China (Hong Kong) | 0.087 | 0.262 | 0.262 | 1.025 | 1.025 |
Singapore | 0.087 | 0.262 | 0.262 | 1.025 | 1.025 |
Japan (Tokyo) | 0.091 | 0.275 | 0.275 | 0.767 | 0.767 |
South Korea (Seoul) | 0.091 | 0.275 | 0.275 | Not supported | Not supported |
Thailand (Bangkok) | 0.087 | 0.262 | 0.262 | Not supported | Not supported |
Philippines (Manila) | 0.087 | 0.262 | 0.262 | Not supported | Not supported |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 0.080 | 0.240 | 0.240 | 0.878 | 0.878 |
India (Mumbai) | 0.082 | 0.249 | 0.249 | Not supported | Not supported |
Indonesia (Jakarta) | 0.087 | 0.262 | 0.262 | 0.734 | 0.734 |
Australia (Sydney) | 0.087 | 0.389 | 0.389 | Not supported | Not supported |
US (Virginia) | 0.066 | 0.295 | 0.295 | 0.826 | 0.826 |
US (Silicon Valley) | 0.082 | 0.392 | 0.392 | Not supported | Not supported |
Germany (Frankfurt) | 0.077 | 0.359 | 0.359 | 1.003 | 1.003 |
UK (London) | 0.077 | 0.359 | 0.359 | 1.003 | 1.003 |
UAE (Dubai) | 0.090 | 0.420 | 0.420 | Not supported | Not supported |
Data transfer fee
You are charged for data transfer from Alibaba Cloud to a data center over an IPsec-VPN connection. You are not charged for data transfer from a data center to Alibaba Cloud over an IPsec-VPN connection. Unit: USD per GB.
Region | Unit price |
Chinese mainland | 0.125 |
China (Hong Kong) | 0.153 |
Singapore | 0.117 |
Japan (Tokyo) | 0.120 |
South Korea (Seoul) | 0.125 |
Thailand (Bangkok) | 0.117 |
Philippines (Manila) | 0.010 |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 0.125 |
India (Mumbai) | 0.117 |
Indonesia (Jakarta) | 0.090 |
Australia (Sydney) | 0.096 |
US (Virginia) | 0.078 |
US (Silicon Valley) | 0.078 |
Germany (Frankfurt) | 0.070 |
UK (London) | 0.070 |
UAE (Dubai) | 0.447 |
SSL specification fee
After the SSL-VPN feature is enabled, you must select an SSL specification based on the number of clients that you want to connect at a time. The following table lists the unit prices for different SSL specifications. Unit: USD per hour.
SSL connections | Unit price |
5 | 0.048 |
10 | 0.074 |
20 | 0.117 |
50 | 0.226 |
100 | 0.328 |
500 | 1.090 |
1000 | 1.547 |
Example
As shown in the preceding figure, an on-premises data center of an enterprise in the Chinese mainland is connected to a VPN gateway over an IPsec-VPN connection. This way, the data center can communicate with a virtual private cloud (VPC). If the VPN gateway has only the IPsec-VPN feature enabled, the bandwidth specification of the VPN gateway is 10 Mbit/s, and 10 GB of traffic is sent from the VPN gateway to the on-premises data center from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 2, 2023, the following fees are generated:
IPsec-VPN connection fee = USD 0.059 per hour × 24 hours = USD 1.416
Data transfer fee = USD 0.125 per GB × 10 GB = USD 1.25
Total fee = IPsec-VPN connection fee + Data transfer fee = USD 2.666
IPsec-VPN connections associated with transit routers
Billing rules
Network type of IPsec-VPN connection | Billable item | Billing method | Billing cycle |
Internet |
| Pay-as-you-go This billing method that allows you to use resources and pay for them afterwards. You are billed based on the resources that are consumed. | One hour. If the usage duration is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour. |
Private network |
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Billable items
The prices listed in the following table are for reference only. The prices on the buy page shall prevail.
For the billing of IPsec-VPN connections that are associated with transit routers, this topic describes only the IPsec-VPN connection fee and data transfer fee. For more information about the transit router connection fee and transit router data transfer fee, see Billing rules.
IPsec-VPN connection fee
The unit price of IPsec-VPN connections is USD 0.05 per hour per connection.
Data transfer fee
You are charged for data transfer from Alibaba Cloud to a data center over an IPsec-VPN connection. You are not charged for data transfer from a data center to Alibaba Cloud over an IPsec-VPN connection. Unit: USD per GB.
Region | Unit price |
Chinese mainland | 0.125 |
China (Hong Kong) | 0.153 |
Singapore | 0.117 |
Japan (Tokyo) | 0.120 |
South Korea (Seoul) | 0.125 |
Thailand (Bangkok) | 0.117 |
Philippines (Manila) | 0.010 |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 0.125 |
India (Mumbai) | 0.117 |
Indonesia (Jakarta) | 0.090 |
Australia (Sydney) | 0.096 |
US (Virginia) | 0.078 |
US (Silicon Valley) | 0.078 |
Germany (Frankfurt) | 0.070 |
UK (London) | 0.070 |
UAE (Dubai) | 0.447 |
Example
As shown in the preceding figure, an on-premises data center in the Chinese mainland is connected to a transit router over a public IPsec-VPN connection. This way, the data center can communicate with a VPC. If 5 GB of traffic is sent to the transit router and 10 GB of traffic is sent to the data center over an IPsec-VPN connection from 00:00:00 on June 1, 2023 to 00:00:00 on June 2, 2023, the following fees are generated:
IPsec-VPN connection fee = USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 24 hours × 1 connection = USD 1.2
Data transfer fee = USD 0.125 per GB × 10 GB = USD 1.25
Transit router connection fee = USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 24 hours × 1 connection = USD 1.2
Transit router traffic processing fee = USD 0.02 per GB × 5 GB = USD 0.1
Total fee = IPsec-VPN connection fee + Data transfer fee + Transit router connection fee + Transit router traffic processing fee = USD 3.75