The Intelligent Search MetaInsight feature of Cloud Infinite (CI) provides you with search services for various scenarios. You can analyze files stored in COS by using natural language or structured search conditions to meet your needs for managing, analyzing, and searching stored data. Intelligent Search fees are divided into search, feature extraction, and storage fees. Detailed descriptions are as follows:
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Searching | Refers to the fees incurred during data search and is billed based on the number of searches. | Settled daily | Pay-as-you-go |
Feature extraction | After the dataset for intelligent search is bound to a COS Bucket, relevant file information or features are extracted based on the dataset's search template when metadata indexes are created. The search template contains several operators, which are the smallest processing units for metadata collection. You can view Search Template and Operators to understand the mapping between search templates and operators. Different operators incur different processing fees, which are billed based on the number of processing times. |
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Storage | After metadata indexes are created, storage fees will be incurred and billed based on the average daily number of billed files. |
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Mapping Between Operators and Billing Items
Different operators correspond to different billing items. The mapping between operators and billing items is as follows:
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COS basic metadata operator | | COS |
Image operator | Image vector feature extraction, MetaInsight-Image analysis | Cloud Infinite CI |
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Fees related to face operators are already included in the image search modality, so no separate payment is required.
Product Pricing
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Intelligent Search - Search | Scalar search | Thousand times | USD 0.008 |
Hybrid Search | Thousand times | USD 0.016 |
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Face Search | Thousand times | USD 0.01 |
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Intelligent Search - Feature Extraction | Image vector feature extraction | Thousand times | USD 0.2 |
MetaInsight-Image Analysis | Thousand times | USD 0.35 |
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COS Read Request | Ten thousand times | USD 0.002 |
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Intelligent Search - Storage | Scalar storage | Thousand units/month | USD 0.009 |
Vector Storage | Thousand units/month | USD 0.0198 |
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Billing for scalar storage and vector storage depends on the search mode. When vector search (vector storage) is enabled, scalar data storage is already included, so no separate scalar storage fees are charged. Scalar storage is billed only when scalar search is used.
Billing File Quantity Description for Storage
Vector storage is billed based on the number of billed files, where the number of billed files for a single file = the number of metering units × the coefficient. Details are as follows:
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Vector storage is billed by the number of files. The coefficient for image files is 1, meaning each image file corresponds to 1 billed file.
Billing Examples
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The usage data in the following examples is assumed for illustrative purposes only. Actual fees are based on your real usage. Storage fees are estimated on a full-month (30-day) basis.
Image Search Scenarios
A photo album application connects 100,000 images to Intelligent Search. The search template includes image vector feature extraction and image analysis. In that month, 100,000 hybrid searches and 500,000 scalar searches are initiated.
Image vector feature extraction: 100 thousand times × USD 0.2 = USD 20
MetaInsight-Image Analysis: 100 thousand times × USD 0.35 = USD 35
Vector storage: The coefficient for image files is 1, and the number of billed files is 100,000. 100 thousand × USD 0.0198/month (scalar data storage is already included, so no separate scalar storage fee is charged) = USD 1.98
Hybrid search: 100,000 times = 100 thousand times × USD 0.016 = USD 1.6
Scalar search: 500,000 times = 500 thousand times × USD 0.008 = USD 4
In this scenario, the total cost is: 20 + 35 + 1.98 + 1.6 + 4 = USD 62.58
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COS request fees are incurred when COS is accessed through Intelligent Search MetaInsight. For details, see Request Fees.