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Billing Overview

Last updated: 2024-08-06 09:40:13

    Overview

    The billable items for StreamLive mainly include three parts: live transcoding fees, relaying fees and frame capturing fees. In addition, for StreamLive features that rely on the capabilities of other Tencent Cloud products, fees for the corresponding product will be incurred as well.
    Billable Item
    Description
    Billing Mode
    Live transcoding
    Standard transcoding
    Incurred for using the standard transcoding feature.
    Billed based on the transcoding duration (the price varies with the resolution of the output stream).
    Daily pay-as-you-go
    Top Speed Codec (TSC) transcoding
    Incurred for using the TSC transcoding feature
    Billed based on the transcoding duration (the price varies with the resolution of the output stream).
    Daily pay-as-you-go
    Audio transcoding
    Incurred for using the audio transcoding feature.
    Billed based on the transcoding duration.
    Daily pay-as-you-go
    Relaying
    Billed according to the traffic consumed (a tiered pricing model is used).
    Daily pay-as-you-go
    Frame Capturing
    Incurred for using the frame capturing feature.
    Billed based on the image count in thousands.
    Daily pay-as-you-go
    StreamLive features that depend on other Tencent Cloud products:
    Feature
    Description
    Billing Mode
    Recording
    The scheduled recording feature (whose event type is `Time Record`) relies on Cloud Object Storage (COS). Using it will incur COS fees.
    Time shifting
    The time shifting feature is implemented by Cloud Streaming Services (CSS). Using it will incur CSS time shifting fees.
    Face blurring
    The face blurring feature is implemented by Media Processing Service (MPS). Using it will incur MPS content recognition fees.
    Smart subtitling
    Smart subtitling (caption source: analysis) is implemented by Media Processing Service (MPS). Using it will incur MPS intelligent identification fees.
    Highlights
    The highlights feature relies on Media Processing Service (MPS) and Cloud Object Storage (COS). Using it will incur MPS intelligent analysis fees and COS fees.

    Live Transcoding

    StreamLive offers three types of transcoding capabilities: standard transcoding, TSC transcoding, and audio transcoding. They are billed according to the transcoding duration. The price varies with the codec used and resolution of the output video.
    TSC uses intelligent, dynamic transcoding technologies and a high-precision bitrate control model to produce videos with higher definitions and lower bitrates. For details, see TSC Transcoding.
    Your transcoding fees vary according to the transcoding mode you use.
    Transcoding Mode
    Fees
    Joint transcoding
    Video transcoding fees
    Separate transcoding
    Video transcoding fees
    Audio transcoding fees
    Audio-only transcoding
    Audio transcoding fees

    Must-knows

    Billing mode: Pay-as-you-go.
    Billing cycle: The transcoding feature is billed daily. The fees incurred each day (from 00:00 to 24:00 (UTC+8)) are deducted the following day at the time of billing.
    When input data is first received after you start a channel (the channel status is "RUNNING"), the system will start transcoding the data according to the transcoding templates bound to the channel's output. If an output is bound with two transcoding templates, transcoding fees will be calculated separately according to the codec used and the output resolution. Please note that after input data is first received, as long as the channel is still in "RUNNING" status, even if no data is received or generated for a certain period of time, transcoding fees will still be incurred. This is because the system inserts frames in between automatically. Only channels whose status is "IDLE" will not incur transcoding fees.
    Transcoding duration is rounded up to the nearest minute. The system calculates your transcoding cost by dividing your total transcoding minutes by 60 and then multiplying the result by the unit price of transcoding.
    Joint transcoding only incurs video transcoding fees. Audio transcoding fees are charged only if you use audio-only transcoding.

    Standard transcoding

    Pricing

    Codec
    Resolution
    Price (USD/hour)
    Remarks (the long side is whichever dimension is longer)
    H.264 (AVC)
    480p
    0.1818
    Long side ≤ 640 px and short side ≤ 480 px
    720p
    0.3636
    Long side ≤ 1280 px and short side ≤ 720 px
    1080p
    0.7272
    Long side ≤ 1936 px and short side ≤ 1088 px
    2K
    1.4544
    Long side ≤ 2560 px and short side ≤ 1440 px
    4K
    3.1288
    Long side > 2560 px or short side > 1440 px
    H.265 (HEVC)
    480p
    0.9453
    Long side ≤ 640 px and short side ≤ 480 px
    720p
    1.8907
    Long side ≤ 1280 px and short side ≤ 720 px
    1080p
    3.7814
    Long side ≤ 1936 px and short side ≤ 1088 px
    2K
    7.5628
    Long side ≤ 2560 px and short side ≤ 1440 px
    4K
    15.1257
    Long side > 2560 px or short side > 1440 px
    Note
    For example, if the long side of an output video is 1280 px and the short side is 480 px, the price for 720p will apply. The long side is whichever dimension is longer.

    Billing details

    Billable item: Standard transcoding duration
    Billing rule: Your standard transcoding durations in a natural day are multiplied by the respective unit prices (which depend on the codec used and resolution of the output video) to determine the fee.

    Billing formula

    Standard transcoding fee = Transcoding duration x Unit price (determined by the codec and output resolution)

    Billing example

    Assume that on January 1, 2021, you transcoded a one-hour live stream to 720p using the H.264 codec and watermarked a 30-min live stream (the output resolution is 480p). The following transcoding fee would be billed on January 2, 2021:
    0.3636 (USD/hour) x 1 (hour) + 0.1818 (USD/hour) x 0.5 (hour) = 0.4545 USD

    TSC transcoding

    Pricing

    Codec
    Resolution
    Price (USD/hour)
    H.264 (AVC)
    480p
    0.5999
    720p
    1.1999
    1080p
    2.3998
    2K
    4.7995
    4K
    10.3250
    H.265 (HEVC)
    480p
    3.1195
    720p
    6.2393
    1080p
    12.4786
    2K
    24.9572
    4K
    49.9148

    Billing details

    Billable item: TSC transcoding duration
    Billing rule: Your TSC transcoding durations in a natural day are multiplied by their respective unit prices (which depend on the resolution of the output video) to determine the fee.

    Billing formula

    TSC transcoding fee = Transcoding duration x Unit price (determined by the output resolution)

    Billing example

    Assume that on August 1, 2021, you used the TSC transcoding feature to transcode a one-hour live stream to 720p and a 30-min live stream to 480p. The following transcoding fee would be billed on August 2, 2021:
    1.1999 (USD/hour) x 1 (hour) + 0.5999 (USD/hour) x 0.5 (hour) = 1.49985 USD

    Audio transcoding

    StreamLive's audio transcoding feature allows you to transcode audio to multiple formats to meet different business needs. It's a useful and reliable feature that can spare you the trouble of adaption and reduce your labor and hardware costs.

    Pricing

    Billable Item
    Billed By
    Price
    Audio transcoding
    The audio transcoding duration.
    0.1218 USD/hour

    Billing details

    Billable item: Audio transcoding duration
    Billing rules: Your audio transcoding duration in a natural day is multiplied by the unit price to determine the fee.

    Billing formula

    Audio transcoding fee = Transcoding duration x Unit price

    Billing example

    Assume that you used the audio-only transcoding feature to transcode a five-hour live stream on February 1, 2021. The following audio transcoding fee would be billed on February 2, 2021:
    0.1218 (USD/hour) x 5 (hours) = 0.609 USD

    

    Relaying

    Relaying fees will be incurred if you use StreamLive to publish streams to a third party.

    Must-knows

    Billing mode: Pay-as-you-go.
    Billing cycle: The relaying feature is billed daily. The fees incurred each day (from 00:00 to 24:00 (UTC+8)) are deducted the following day at the time of billing.
    If your output type is "HLS_STREAM_PACKAGE", "DASH_STREAM_PACKAGE", "HLS_ARCHIVE", or "DASH_ARCHIVE", relaying fees will not be charged.

    Pricing

    Region
    Traffic Tier
    Price (USD/GB)
    Hong Kong
    0-300 GB
    0.1176
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0804
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0784
    Singapore
    0-300 GB
    0.1176
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0804
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0784
    Santa Clara
    0-300 GB
    0.0882
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0686
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0490
    Virginia
    0-300 GB
    0.0882
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0686
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0490
    Frankfurt
    0-300 GB
    0.0882
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0686
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0490
    Mumbai
    0-300 GB
    0.1071
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0804
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0784
    Bangkok
    0-300 GB
    0.1071
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.0833
    1.5-5 TB
    0.0804
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0784
    Tokyo
    0-300 GB
    0.1341
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.1047
    1.5-5 TB
    0.1011
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.0988
    Seoul
    0-300 GB
    0.1260
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.1220
    1.5-5 TB
    0.1200
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.1170
    São Paulo
    0-300 GB
    0.1470
    300 GB - 1.5 TB
    0.1352
    1.5-5 TB
    0.1235
    ≥ 5 TB
    0.1117

    Billing details

    Billable item: Relaying traffic.
    Billing rule: A tiered pricing model is used. The relaying traffic consumed is multiplied by its unit price in each tier, and the results are added up to determine the fee.

    Billing formula

    Relaying fee = Amount of traffic relayed x Unit price

    Billing example

    Assume that on August 5, 2021, you used StreamLive in Hong Kong to relay a live stream to the local address "rtp://129.226.27.xxx:57024". The traffic consumed was 1.8 TB. The following relaying fee would be incurred:
    300 (GB) × 0.1176 (USD/GB) + 1200 (GB) × 0.0833 (USD/GB) + 300 (GB) × 0.0804 (USD/GB) = 159.36 USD

    Frame Capturing

    When you use StreamLive frame capture feature to output images, frame capturing fees wil be incurred.

    Must-knows

    Billing mode: Pay-as-you-go.
    Billing cycle: The frame capturing feature is billed daily. The fees incurred each day (from 00:00 to 24:00 (UTC+8)) are deducted the following day at the time of billing.
    If you need to store the images in Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS), please refer to the billable items in COS.
    If you need to output the images to a third-party storage service, system will charge relaying fees based on the actual usage. For details, please refer to: StreamLive relaying fees.

    Pricing

    0.0176 USD/1000 images

    Billing details

    Billable item: Frame capture.
    Billing rule: The total number of images in a natural day is calculated in units of thousands, then multiplied by the unit price.

    Billing formula

    Frame capturing fee = The number of images (in thousands) × Unit price.

    Billing example

    Assume that on August 1, 2024, you used StreamLive frame capturing feature and output a total of 1,800 images. The following frame capture fee would be incurred:
    0.0176 (USD /1000 images) x 1.8 (thousand images) = 0.03168 USD.
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