F5 DNS Cloud Service Pricing¶
F5 Cloud Services charges monthly for services consumed in the preceding month. You are billed only for resources used.
Two factors determine pricing for the DNS Cloud Service:
- The number of hosted zones
- The number of queries
Number of hosted zones¶
The number of hosted zones is charged monthly and is based on the highest number of zones reached during the month.
The charge is tiered; the more zones you host, the lower the fee. When you exceed the limit of a tier, the next zone and subsequent zones are charged at the rate for the next tier.
| Free tier | 1 free zone |
| Zone tier 1 | $.20 per zone - Up to 25 zones |
| Zone tier 2 | $.10 per zone - 26 to 10,000 zones |
| Zone tier 3 | $.03 per zone - Over 10,000 zones |
Number of queries¶
The query volume fee is charged monthly and is based on the total number of queries made during the month in increments of 1 million (rounded up to the nearest million).
The charge is tiered; the more query volume you receive, the lower the fee. When you exceed a given tier, the next query and subsequent queries are charged at the rate for the next tier.
| Free tier | Up to 3 million queries |
| Query tier 1 | $.40 per million queries - Up to 1 billion |
| Query tier 2 | $.20 per million queries - Over 1 billion |
Free tier¶
All users have a free tier, which is useful when you want to try the service without incurring any charges.
If usage stays below the free tier thresholds, no charges apply. Any usage beyond the free tier is charged at standard rates.
The free tier includes:
- 1 free zone per month
- 3 million queries per month (~1 query per second)
Pricing examples¶
Example 1¶
This pricing example is for a customer who has 200 zones and receives a total of 50 million queries per month.
| Item | Rate | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 zone | $0 (free tier) | $0 |
| 25 zones | $.40 (zone tier 1) | $10 |
| 174 zones | $.10 (zone tier 2) | $17.40 |
| 3 M queries | $0 (free tier) | $0 |
| 47 M queries | $.40 (query tier 1) | $18.80 |
| Monthly Total | $46.20 | |
Example 2¶
This pricing example is for a customer who has 10 zones and receives a total of 1.235 billion queries per month.
| Item | Rate | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 zone | $0 (free tier) | $0 |
| 9 zones | $.40 (zone tier 4) | $3.60 |
| 3 M queries | $0 (free tier) | $0 |
| 1,000 M queries | $.40 (query tier 1) | $20 |
| 232 M queries | $.20 (query tier 2) | $46.40 |
| Monthly Total | $70 | |