This topic describes the billing methods of the main services provided by Resource Management. The services include Resource Directory, Resource Group, Resource Sharing, Tag, and Resource Center.
Resource Directory
This service is free of charge. You can use it immediately after you activate it.
If you enable trusted services that are not free of charge or use a member to activate Alibaba Cloud services, you are charged for the services based on their billing methods.
Resource Group
This service provides basic capabilities for cloud platforms and is free of charge. You need to pay separately for the purchased cloud products.
Resource Sharing
You can use this service without activating it.
This service is free of charge. However, if you share resources of Alibaba Cloud services that are not free of charge, you are charged for the resources based on the billing methods of the services.
Tag
You can use this service without activating it.
This service is free of charge. However, if the Alibaba Cloud services that work with it are not free of charge, you are charged for the services based on their billing methods.
Resource Center
This service is free of charge. You can use it immediately after you activate it.
You only need to pay for the Alibaba Cloud services that you activate. When you use the resource delivery feature to deliver data to services such as Object Storage Service (OSS) and Simple Log Service, you are charged for the services based on their billing methods.