Charge Item Overview
Updated at：2025-11-03
Overview
The charge items of BOS service include four parts: Storage Fees, Traffic Fees, Request Fees, and Data Processing Fees. Depending on your usage, each item will incur different fees.
Charge type
BOS currently offers two charge methods: pay-as-you-go and prepaid resource packages:
- Pay-as-you-go charge type: Total BOS bill amount = storage fee unit-price × usage duration + request fee unit-price × usage specification + traffic fee unit-price × usage specification + data processing fee unit-price × usage specification.
- Resource package charge type: You purchase the corresponding resource packages in advance, and BOS will deduct the resource package credit quota according to the resource usage in each charge cycle.
Description:
- To learn about the charge categories and list prices of BOS under these two charge methods, please refer to BOS Charge Categories and Price List.
- To learn details such as the metering type and charge cycle of BOS under the pay-as-you-go charge type, please refer to BOS Pay-as-you-go Charge Type Description.
- To learn about the purchase and usage instructions of BOS prepaid resource packages, please refer to BOS Package Classify Types and Usage Instructions.
- To estimate the usage cost of BOS, please enter the BOS Price Calculator for calculation.
- When you activate the BOS service and upload data, if no prepaid resource packages are purchased, the system defaults to a pay-as-you-go model. If no operations are performed after activating the BOS service, no fees will be incurred.
- All BOS charge items are charged based on minute-level traffic calculation, and related fees are billed hourly. You can view the Detailed Hour and Resource Bills in the console’s "Finance - Bill Details".
Cost composition
The charge items of BOS service consist of 4 cost modules. For information on the charge items included in each cost module, please refer to Storage Fees, Traffic Fees, Request Fees and Data Processing Fees.
