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How Is an EIP Billed?

EIPs can be billed on a yearly/monthly or pay-per-use basis.

Table 1 EIP billing details

Billing Mode

Billed By

EIP Retention Fee

Bandwidth Price

Public Network Traffic Price

Yearly/Monthly

Bandwidth

-

Included

Not included

Pay-per-use

Bandwidth

EIP retention fee is not included if the EIP is bound to an ECS, BMS, or load balancer.

EIP retention fee is included if the EIP is unbound but not released.

Included

Not included

Traffic

Not included

Included

  • "Not included" indicates that the fee will not be included in the bill. "Included" indicates that the fee will be included in the bill.
  • For details about the EIP pricing, see Product Pricing Details.