LVB is billed according to the downstream traffic/bandwidth generated during video streams.
LVB provides two billing modes: bill-by-traffic and bill-by-bandwidth, both of which are daily pay-as-you-go. You can choose the billing mode that best suits your needs. The default mode for new users is bill-by-traffic.
LVB bill-by-traffic utilizes tiered pricing with a daily billing cycle. See the table below for rates:
Traffic Tier | Price (USD/GB/Day) |
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0–500 GB | 0.0459 |
500 GB (inclusive)–2 TB | 0.0441 |
2 TB (inclusive)–50 TB | 0.0406 |
50 TB (inclusive)–100 TB | 0.0335 |
≥ 100 TB | 0.0282 |
Note:
The conversion scale for traffic/bandwidth is 1000; for example, 1 TB = 1,000 GB.
Billing description:
Billing example:
LVB bill-by-bandwidth utilizes tiered pricing billed by the daily peak bandwidth with a daily billing cycle. See the table below for rates:
Bandwidth Tier | Price (USD/Mbps/Day) |
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0–500 Mbps | 0.1129 |
500 Mbps (inclusive)–5 Gbps | 0.1094 |
5 Gbps (inclusive)–20 Gbps | 0.1041 |
≥ 20 Gbps | 0.1024 |
Note:
The conversion scale for traffic/bandwidth is 1000; for example, 1 TB = 1,000 GB.
Billing description:
Billing example:
Note:
If you have a large-scale live streaming business and the consumption of Tencent Cloud resources has exceeded or is expected to exceed 10,000 USD, a daily billing mode may not meet your needs. Please contact the Tencent Cloud sales team or submit a ticket to discuss your options.
The global traffic and bandwidth statistics in LVB record the downstream traffic and bandwidth generated by connecting users and global acceleration origin servers. LVB provides two billing modes: bill-by-traffic and bill-by-bandwidth, both of which are daily pay-as-you-go. The default mode for new users is bill-by-traffic.
Global LVB bill-by-traffic utilizes tiered pricing with a daily billing cycle. See the table below for rates:
Traffic Tier | Price (USD/GB/Day) |
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0–500 GB | 0.0794 |
500 GB (inclusive)–2 TB | 0.0759 |
2 TB (inclusive)–50 TB | 0.0724 |
50 TB (inclusive)–100 TB | 0.0671 |
≥ 100 TB | 0.06 |
Note:
The conversion scale for traffic/bandwidth is 1000; for example, 1 TB = 1,000 GB.
Billing description:
Billing example:
Suppose you held a global LVB session on January 1, 2019 and generated 1 TB of downstream traffic, the LVB traffic fees you need to pay on January 2, 2019 are as follows:
Daily traffic fees = 0.0759 (USD/GB) * 1000 (GB) = 75.9 USD.
Global LVB bill-by-bandwidth utilizes tiered pricing billed by the daily peak bandwidth with a daily billing cycle. See the table below for rates:
Bandwidth Tier | Price (USD/Mbps/Day) |
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0–500 Mbps | 0.2294 |
500 Mbps (inclusive)–5 Gbps | 0.2118 |
≥ 5 Gbps | 0.1941 |
Billing description:
Billing example:
Suppose you held a global LVB session on January 1, 2019 and generated 600 Mbps of downstream bandwidth, the LVB bandwidth fees you need to pay on January 2 are as follows:
Daily bandwidth fees = 0.2118 (USD/Mbps) * 600 (Mbps) = 127.08 USD.
LVB provides standard transcoding and top speed codec transcoding services which are billed according to the encoding method used, live stream resolution (i.e., live stream video image size), and transcoding duration. The transcoding feature is disabled by default and can be enabled via the LVB Console or TencentCloud API if needed.
If you use the watermarking or stream mixing feature, transcoding fees will also be incurred, and the resolution will be the same as the resolution of the watermarked live stream. The prices of standard transcoding and top speed codec transcoding are as follows:
Codec | Recommended Bitrate (Kbps) | Resolution | Price (USD/Minute) | Notes (the greater of the absolute values is defined as the width) |
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H.264 | 500 | 480p | 0.0028 | Width ≤ 640 and height ≤ 480 |
1000 | 720p | 0.0057 | Width ≤ 1280 and height ≤ 720 | |
2000 | 1080p | 0.0111 | Width ≤ 1920 and height ≤ 1080 | |
2K | 0.024 | Width ≤ 2560 and height ≤ 1440 | ||
4000 | 4K | 0.0491 | Width > 2560 or height > 1440 | |
H.265 | 500 | 480p | 0.0141 | Width ≤ 640 and height ≤ 480 |
1000 | 720p | 0.0275 | Width ≤ 1280 and height ≤ 720 | |
2000 | 1080p | 0.0549 | Width ≤ 1920 and height ≤ 1080 | |
2K | 0.1183 | Width ≤ 2560 and height ≤ 1440 | ||
4000 | 4K | 0.2366 | Width > 2560 or height > 1440 |
Note:
- For example, if the width is 1280 and the height is 480, the video will be recorded as 720p. The greater value is always taken to be the width.
- Transcoding fees = price * transcoding duration. If no transcoding service is used, no fees will be incurred.
Billing description:
Billing example:
Suppose you use the LVB transcoding and watermarking service on January 1, 2019, where live stream A is transcoded to H.264_720P
for one hour and live stream B is watermarked at 480p for 30 minutes, the LVB transcoding fees you need to pay on January 2, 2019 are as follows:
Daily LVB transcoding fees = 0.0057 (USD/minute) * 60 (minutes) + 0.0028 (USD/minute) * 30 (minutes) = 0.426 USD.
Codec | Resolution | Price (USD/Minute) |
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H.264 | 480p | 0.0116 |
720p | 0.0222 | |
1080p | 0.0443 | |
2K | 0.0886 | |
4K | 0.1772 | |
H.265 | 480p | 0.0349 |
720p | 0.0665 | |
1080p | 0.1329 | |
2K | 0.2659 | |
4K | 0.5317 |
Note:
Transcoding fees = price * transcoding duration.
Billing description:
Billing example:
Suppose you use the top speed codec transcoding service on January 1, 2019, where live stream A is transcoded to top speed codec H264_720P
for one hour and live stream B is transcoded to top speed codec H264_480P
for 30 minutes, the LVB top speed codec transcoding fees you need to pay on January 2, 2019 are as follows:
Daily LVB top speed codec transcoding fees = 0.0222 (USD/minute) * 60 (minutes) + 0.0116 (USD/minute) * 30 (minutes) = 1.68 USD.
Note:
If you have a large-scale live streaming business and the daily billing mode cannot meet your needs, please contact the Tencent Cloud sales team or submit a ticket to discuss your options.
LVB offers an audio transcoding service. The service offers high-quality audio transcoding features that can transcode audio and video content to multiple formats, helping you reduce your adaptation, labor, and hardware costs, provide more effective and reliable outputs for the audiovisual industry, and optimally adapt to your specific business.
Pricing:
Billable Item | Billing Mode | Price |
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Audio transcoding | Billed by audio transcoding duration | 0.0003 USD/minute |
Billing overview:
Billing example:
If you use the audio transcoding service for 5 hours on December 1, 2020, then the LVB audio transcoding fees you need to pay on December 2, 2020 are as follows:
Daily audio transcoding fees = 0.0003 (USD/minute) x 300 (minutes) = 0.09 USD.
Note:
- Billing for the audio transcoding feature will officially start on December 1, 2020, and bills will be generated according to the billing rules on December 2, 2020.
LVB can record and store live streams in VOD, which will incur VOD fees. The recording feature is disabled by default and can be enabled in the console or through TencentCloud API. This is a paid feature and fees are calculated based on the peak number of concurrent LVB recording channels in the current month. Detailed prices are as follows:
Billing Type | Price (USD/Channel/Month) |
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Peak number of recording channels | 5.2941 |
Billing description:
Billing example:
A recording template is configured for domain names A and B in the LVB Console with 1 recording file format for the former and 2 formats for the latter. Domain name A has 11 LVB pushes on January 12, 2020 and has 10 pushes on other days. Domain name B has 1 LVB push on January 24, 2020.
The recorded video files are stored in the VOD Console by default. After enabling the recording feature, please make sure that your VOD service is functioning; if it has not been activated or has been suspended due to account arrears, LVB recording will not be available, no recording files will be generated, and no recording fees will be incurred.
LVB can take screenshots of live streams. The screencapturing feature is disabled by default and can be enabled in the console or through TencentCloud API. The generated screenshots are stored in COS and will incur COS storage fees. For more information, please see COS Pricing. The first 1,000 screenshots are offered for free every month. Any additional screenshots taken will incur fees. The bill will be calculated according to the total number of screenshots taken for the month. See the following table for rates:
Screenshots | Price (USD/Thousand Screenshots) | Notes |
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≤ 1000 | 0 USD | First 1,000 screenshots each month are free |
> 1000 | 0.0176 USD | The total number of screenshots will be rounded up to the nearest 1,000 |
Billing description:
Billing example:
Suppose you use the LVB screencapturing service from January 1 to February 1, 2019, and a total of 168,000 screenshots are taken in the month, the LVB screencapturing fees you need to pay on February 2, 2019 are as follows:
LVB screencapturing fees for January = 0.0176 (USD/thousand screenshots) * (168 - 1) thousand screenshots = 2.9392 USD.
LVB can intelligently detect pornographic information in live streams. The porn detection feature is disabled by default and can be enabled in the console. Use of this feature will incur porn detection fees and screencapturing fees. The first 1,000 porn detection screenshots are offered for free every month. Any additional screenshots taken will incur fees. The bill will be calculated according to the total number of porn detection screenshots taken for the month. See the following table for rates:
Screenshots | Price (USD/Thousand Screenshots) | Notes |
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≤ 1000 | 0 USD | First 1,000 porn detection screenshots each month are free |
> 1000 | 0.2294 USD | The total number of screenshots will be rounded up to the nearest 1,000 |
This pricing document is for reference only. See your bill for the actual price.
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