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Billing Overview

Last updated: 2023-09-14 16:33:46

Billing Overview

IM is billed on a monthly billing cycle:
Fees are billed by calendar month. Fees incurred in a calendar month will be deducted within the first 3 days of the next month.
A package is necessary before you can run Call successfully.The validity period of a package is from the day of purchase to the same day the following month. For example, a package purchased on March 1, 2023 is valid from March 1, 2023 to April 1, 2023.

Basic Services

The basic service fee covers two parts: the resource plan fee and resource usage exceeding the quota in a plan fee.
Resource plan: IM offers the Free, Pro, and Ultimate editions. The edition for a created application defaults to the Free edition (free). You can choose a plan based on your needs. For resource plan comparison, see Comparison of billing plans.
Fees for out-of-plan resource usage: The fees charged for DAU count and peak group count that exceed the free quota of the Pro or Ultimate edition plan.
The following table compares
the features of different plans
:
Feature
Free
Pro
Ultimate
Global coverage
Supported
Supported
Supported
Maximum users
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
Maximum friends for a single user
20
3,000
3,000
Maximum groups a single user can join
50
500
1,000
Maximum members per group (non–audio-video group)
20
200
2,000
Maximum non–audio-video groups (excluding disbanded ones)
100
Unlimited
Unlimited
Maximum audio-video groups that can be created
10
50
Unlimited
Maximum net increase in group quantity per day
10,000
10,000
10,000
Free retention period of historical messages
7 days
7 days
30 days
Quota of free daily active users (DAU)
100/month
10,000/month
10,000/month
Free peak group count
100,000/month
100,000/month
100,000/month
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Concurrent logins on multiple devices on the same platform
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Local message search (Android and iOS)
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Message history for new members in audio-video groups
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Read receipts for group messages
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Targeted group messages
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
List of online audio-video group members
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Broadcast messaging of audio-video group
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
User status
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Conversation mark
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Conversation group
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Audio-video group member banning
Not supported
Not supported
Supported
Maximum audio-video groups that can be created: The total number of audio-video groups that can be created by all users under an application (SDKAppID). Audio-video groups support only text, image, short audio, and custom messages. Services such as Cloud Streaming Services and Tencent Real-Time Communication need to be activated separately.
Maximum net increase in group quantity per day: The net total number of groups (of all types) that can be created by all users under an application (SDKAppID) in a calendar day. Its value is 10,000, and up to 5 online broadcasting chat rooms can be created. If the quantity of groups created reaches the threshold of the day, but you need to create more groups, delete the groups that are no longer needed. For more information, see Groups.
DAU: The number of unique users that log in to IM on a given day. A user that logs in repeatedly on the same day only counts as one DAU.
Peak group count: indicates the total number of groups created and joined by all users under an application (SDKAppID). Charges are billed according to the peak value in a calendar month.
Community: A community allows users to join and leave freely. It is suitable for chat scenarios with a super large number of community members, such as knowledge sharing and game discussion. For more information, see Groups.

Value-Added Services

Each value-added service is subject to a separate billing method. Value-added services are available only in Pro and Ultimate editions.
Caution:
The free edition of the audio/video call feature (a value-added service) is available under the Free edition plan.
Billable Item
Description
Setting the number of audio-video groups (AvChatRoom) to unlimited
Applies to all users under an application (SDKAppID).
Increasing the maximum members per non-audio-video group
Applies to all groups under an application (SDKAppID). Different group types have different member limits. For more information, see Group Features.
Increasing the maximum number of groups a single user can join
Applies to all users under an application (SDKAppID).
Extending the retention period of historical messages
Applies to a single application (SDKAppID).While this service supports extending the retention periods of text, image, short audio, short video, file, and custom messages, specific message types supported vary by SDK version. For more information, see Message Storage. You can extend the retention period to up to 360 days in the console.
Call
Call can enable features such as 1-to-1 calls, group calls, and multi-platform call making/answering for your Chat application. It applies to an individual application (SDKAppID). For more billing details, see Call.

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