- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- Console Guide
- Developer Manual
- API Documentation
- Bucket Configuration
- Image Processing
- Basic Image Processing
- Scaling
- Cropping
- Rotating
- Converting Format
- Quality Change
- Gaussian Blurring
- Adjusting Brightness
- Adjusting Contrast
- Sharpening
- Image Watermarking
- Text Watermarking
- Obtaining Basic Image Information
- Obtaining Image EXIF
- Obtaining Image’s Average Hue
- Removing Image Metadata
- Quick Thumbnail Template
- Pipeline Operators
- Limiting Output Image Size
- Supported Fonts
- Image Styles
- Image Compression
- Blind Watermarking
- Persistent Image Processing
- Basic Image Processing
- AI-Based Content Recognition
- Media Processing
- Common Request Headers
- Common Response Headers
- Error Codes
- Template APIs
- Media Bucket APIs
- Queue APIs
- Job APIs
- Animated Image Job APIs
- Screenshot Job APIs
- Transcoding Job APIs
- Intelligent Thumbnail Job APIs
- Splicing Job APIs
- Multi-Job APIs
- Video Montage Job APIs
- Voice/Sound Separation Job APIs
- Video Enhancement Job APIs
- SDR-to-HDR Job APIs
- Super Resolution Job APIs
- Audio/Video Segmentation Job APIs
- Media Information Query Job
- Media Screenshot API
- Media Information API
- Workflow APIs
- Private M3U8 API
- Callback Content
- Error Codes
- SDK Documentation
- FAQs
- Contact Us
- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- Console Guide
- Developer Manual
- API Documentation
- Bucket Configuration
- Image Processing
- Basic Image Processing
- Scaling
- Cropping
- Rotating
- Converting Format
- Quality Change
- Gaussian Blurring
- Adjusting Brightness
- Adjusting Contrast
- Sharpening
- Image Watermarking
- Text Watermarking
- Obtaining Basic Image Information
- Obtaining Image EXIF
- Obtaining Image’s Average Hue
- Removing Image Metadata
- Quick Thumbnail Template
- Pipeline Operators
- Limiting Output Image Size
- Supported Fonts
- Image Styles
- Image Compression
- Blind Watermarking
- Persistent Image Processing
- Basic Image Processing
- AI-Based Content Recognition
- Media Processing
- Common Request Headers
- Common Response Headers
- Error Codes
- Template APIs
- Media Bucket APIs
- Queue APIs
- Job APIs
- Animated Image Job APIs
- Screenshot Job APIs
- Transcoding Job APIs
- Intelligent Thumbnail Job APIs
- Splicing Job APIs
- Multi-Job APIs
- Video Montage Job APIs
- Voice/Sound Separation Job APIs
- Video Enhancement Job APIs
- SDR-to-HDR Job APIs
- Super Resolution Job APIs
- Audio/Video Segmentation Job APIs
- Media Information Query Job
- Media Screenshot API
- Media Information API
- Workflow APIs
- Private M3U8 API
- Callback Content
- Error Codes
- SDK Documentation
- FAQs
- Contact Us
Billing Mode
CI is pay-as-you-go (postpaid).
- Pay-as-you-go (postpaid) billing mode: Fees are charged by the actual usage. Amounts are deducted and the bill for the previous month is generated on the first day of each month. When you start using CI, it will be pay-as-you-go by default, so you do not need to purchase it.
Pricing
For CI pricing details, see Pricing Overview.
As the data storage service of CI is based on COS, the storage fees will be listed on COS bills. For more information, see COS Pricing Overview.
Amount Freezing Mechanism
After the bill for the current month is settled, 120% of its amount will be frozen for the next month. During settlement the next month, this frozen amount will be unfrozen first for deduction.
Billable Items
CI billable items include image processing, content recognition, content moderation, media processing, file processing, and traffic.
Billing Cycles
The billing cycles and sequence of CI billable items are as detailed below:
| Billable Item | Billing Cycle | Description | Billing Sequence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image processing | Basic image processing | Monthly | Amounts are deducted and the bill for the previous month is generated on the first day of each month | Free tier > pay-as-you-go, or only pay-as-you-go in case of no free tier |
| Advanced image compression | ||||
| Guetzli image compression | ||||
| Blind watermarking | ||||
| Content moderation | Image moderation | Free tier > pay-as-you-go, or only pay-as-you-go in case of no free tier | ||
| Video moderation | ||||
| Audio moderation | ||||
| Text moderation | ||||
| Content recognition | Image tagging (displayed as content recognition on bills) | Monthly | Free tier > pay-as-you-go, or only pay-as-you-go in case of no free tier | |
| QR code recognition | ||||
| Speech recognition | ||||
| Face effect | ||||
| Media processing | Video frame capturing | Monthly | Free tier > pay-as-you-go, or only pay-as-you-go in case of no free tier | |
| Video metadata acquisition | ||||
| Animated image generation | ||||
| Intelligent thumbnail generation | ||||
| File transcoding (audio/video transcoding) | ||||
| Audio/Video splicing | ||||
| File processing | File preview | Monthly | ||
| Privacy and compliance protection | ||||
| Traffic | Monthly | |||
Related Topics
- Currently, CI offers free tiers for various features such as image processing, content moderation, content recognition, media processing, and file processing. For more information, see Free Tier. For feature or discount details, contact us.
- For more information on the COS overdue policy (data retention and destruction), see COS Payment Overdue.
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