Billing Mode | Billing Item Formula | Link Storage Duration | Sampling Policy | Description |
Pay-as-you-go (postpaid) | Total cost = Reported amount cost + Link storage cost The total cost of reporting volume = Report quantity (million) × Unit price of report quantity Link storage cost = Report quantity (million) × Link storage duration (days) × Unit price of link storage | Select as needed; storage duration affects consumption. | Default is 100%; sampling can be done as needed, and the sampling rate will affect the link storage fees. | The default billing mode of APM is pay-as-you-go. According to the actual usage of each billing item, it is measured, settled, deducted and billed hourly. See Pay-as-you-go (postpaid). |
Package (Prepaid) | Packages are charged based on the number of probes (Agents) and usage duration, with the individual billing item being Agent * Hour. After each application process is connected to APM, it will consume 1 Agent * Hour per hour. | Select as needed, up to 30 days, without affecting consumption. | Fixed at 10% and retain all exceptional linkages. | Purchase first, use later. In specific scenarios, the package can reduce product costs. At settlement, the system will prioritize offsetting the usage of the package, and the excess part of the resource package will be billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information, see Package (Prepaid). |