Data indexing fees - Object Storage Service - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

OSS provides data indexing for the metadata of files (Objects). You can use the metadata of Objects to create custom index conditions. This helps you quickly retrieve lists of Objects.

Important

Data indexing supports two modes: scalar search and vector search. Using these modes to retrieve data incurs metadata management fees. In addition, using scalar search and vector search incurs API request fees that are charged based on the number of API calls.
This topic describes the billable items and billing methods. For more information about pricing, see OSS Pricing.

Billable items

Billable item

Billing condition

Billing rule

Billing cycle

Billing method

Free quota

Metadata management fee - Data Management

Incurred when you enable the scalar search mode for data indexing.

Billed based on the actual number of files.

Billed on an hourly basis.

Pay-as-you-go: Metadata management fee = Number of files × Unit price for metadata management
Resource plan: Not supported

A free quota of 20,000 files per UID per region per month

Metadata management fee - Content Management

Incurred when you enable the vector search mode for data indexing.

Billed based on the billable file count. The billable file count is calculated as follows:

Video files: Billable file count for a single file = (Ceil(Actual size of a single file / 1 MB)) × 0.5
Audio files: Billable file count for a single file = (Ceil(Actual size of a single file / 1 MB)) × 5
Document files: Billable file count for a single file = (Ceil(Actual size of a single file / 1 MB)) × 5
Other file types: Billable file count for a single file = 1

Note: Ceil indicates rounding up to the nearest integer. For example, if a file is 1.3 MB in size, Ceil(1.3) = 2.

Pay-as-you-go: Metadata management fee = Billable file count for a single file × Unit price for metadata management
Resource plan: Not supported

A free quota of 20,000 files per UID per region per month

References

For more information about how to query hourly data in OSS, see OSS hourly data.
For more information about the billing details of the billable items, see Query bills.