Alibaba Cloud Key Management Service pricing

As alibabacloud.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Default keys	Default keys are provided at no charge · Server-side encryption for Alibaba Cloud services · Free service keys and customer master keys	On request
Software Key Management Instance	Subscription (prepaid) · 1,000 QPS · 1,000 keys · 0 secrets · 0 data keys	$500 a month
Hardware Key Management Instance	Subscription (prepaid) · 2,000 QPS · 1,000 keys · 0 secrets · 0 data keys	$1,799 a month