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    Free Tier

    Last updated: 2024-01-06 14:38:07
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      Overview

      COS offers a limited free tier resource pack to all new users(i.e.users activating COS for the first time) to deduct the fees incurred by data stored in the STANDARD storage class, as detailed below:
      Object
      Free Tier
      Validity
      New user
      50 GB STANDARD storage usage
      6 months (180 days)
      Note:
      The storage capacity is calculated in binary, for example, 1 TB = 1024 GB.

      Free Tier

      The free tier is only applicable to public cloud regions. For more information on regions, see Regions and Access Endpoints.
      The free tier offered by COS can be used to deduct only STANDARD storage usage as detailed below. For more information, see Billable Items.
      Note:
      The free tier cannot be used to deduct billable items other than STANDARD storage usage, such as STANDARD_IA storage usage, ARCHIVE storage usage, requests, and traffic. For more information, see Billable Items.
      If your service is suspended due to violations or overdue payment, you will not be eligible for the free tier even within its validity period before the service is resumed.
      Fees
      Billable Item
      Available Free Tier
      Storage capacity fees
      STANDARD storage usage
      Yes.
      New users are entitled to a free tier of 50 GB STANDARD storage usage for 6 months (180 days).
      MAZ_STANDARD storage usage
      No.The free tier cannot be used to deduct billable items other than STANDARD storage usage.
      STANDARD_IA/MAZ_STANDARD_IA storage capacity
      INTELLIGENT TIERING/MAZ_INTELLIGENT TIERING storage capacity
      ARCHIVE storage usage
      DEEP ARCHIVE storage usage
      Requests
      Number of requests
      Data retrievals
      Amount of retrieved data
      Traffic fees
      Public network downstream traffic, CDN origin-pull traffic, cross-region replication traffic, global acceleration traffic
      Management feature fees
      Inventory feature, COS select feature, batch operation feature, object tagging feature
      

      Samples

      Note:
      For more information on billing after the free tier term ends, see Billing Examples.
      Prices in the following examples are for reference only. For the actual prices, see Pricing | Cloud Object Storage.
      Assume that individual user A activated the COS service on March 10, 2019, uploaded 50 GB of files to the STANDARD storage class in Beijing region on March 16 generating 100 requests, and downloaded 10 GB of data over the public network on March 20 generating 100 requests. Apart from these operations, user A did not perform any other operations before the end of September.
      Time
      Description
      Unit Price
      Volume
      Fees (USD)
      March 10, 2019
      User A received a monthly free tier of 50 GB STANDARD storage usage valid for 6 months (180 days).
      -
      -
      Free of charge
      March 17–September 5, 2019
      Starting from March 17, 2019, the STANDARD storage usage fees were settled daily. As user A had a free tier of 50 GB STANDARD storage usage valid between March 10 and September 5, 2019 (180 days), there were no charges.
      -
      -
      Free of charge
      March 17, 2019
      The fees for 100 STANDARD requests were settled.
      0.024 USD/10,000 requests
      100 requests
      0.024 * 100 / 10000 = 0.00024 USD
      March 21, 2019
      The fees for 10 GB public network downstream traffic were settled.
      0.1 USD/GB
      10 GB
      0.1 * 10 = 1 USD
      March 21, 2019
      The fees for 100 STANDARD requests were settled.
      0.01 USD/10,000 requests
      100 requests
      0.01 * 100 / 10000 = 0.0001 USD
      September 6, 2019
      User A's free tier expired on September 6, 2019, so the storage usage from September 6 to September 30, 2019 (25 days) became pay-as-you-go. Fees for 50 GB STANDARD storage usage were settled daily.
      0.024 USD/GB/month
      50 GB
      0.024 / 30 * 50 * 25 = 1 USD

      Access and Query

      After you sign up for a Tencent Cloud account as instructed in Signing Up and log in to the COS console to activate the COS service, the system will automatically issue the free tier to your account.

      Validity Period

      The free tier is valid for 6 months (180 days) after the activation of your COS service.
      For example, if you activated COS at 17:13:14 on March 10, 2019, and assume that 6 months is equal to 180 days, then the free tier would cover your STANDARD storage usage between March 10 and September 5, 2019.

      Billing Sequence

      During the free tier term, you may still be charged for other fees, such as request fees and traffic fees. Therefore, the billing sequence varies by scenario.
      By default, COS bills are settled in a pay-as-you-go manner.
      If you are eligible for the free tier of STANDARD storage usage, then your bills will be settled in the order of free tier > pay-as-you-go billing, that is, you will be charged in a pay-as-you-go manner for the usage in excess of the free tier.

      Troubleshooting

      If you have any questions about the free tier or your bills, see Billing or contact us.
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