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Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

After creating a yearly/monthly DB instance, you can change it to pay-per-use for more flexibility, and you can recoup part of what you paid for the subscription.

The pay-per-use billing mode will be applied only after the yearly/monthly billed duration ends and auto-renew will be not in effect.

Constraints

Changing the billing mode of your RDS instance will change that of the instance class, storage space, image, and dedicated resources.

Changing the Billing Mode of an RDS Instance from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
  4. On the Instances page, locate the target DB instance and choose More > Change to Pay-per-use in the Operation column.

    Alternatively, click the DB instance name to go to the Basic Information page. In the Billing Information area, click Change to Pay-per-use on the right of Billing Mode.

    Figure 1 Changing to pay-per-use

  5. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
  6. Confirm the instance billing information and click Change to Pay-per-Use.

Changing the Billing Mode of an EIP from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

Resources such as the EIP that is used by a DB instance may not support the change with this instance. For details about their billing mode change rules and handling methods, see Table 1.

Table 1 EIP billing mode change rules

Resource

Billing Mode

Billed By

Bandwidth Type

Change to Pay-per-Use Billing with the DB Instance

Handling Measure

EIP

Yearly/Monthly

Bandwidth

Dedicated

Not supported

Change the EIP to yearly/monthly billing on the EIP console.

For details, see Changing EIP Billing Mode.

EIP

Yearly/Monthly

Traffic

Dedicated

Not supported

An EIP billed on a yearly/monthly basis cannot be directly changed to be billed by traffic on a pay-per-use basis. To change this:

  1. Change the EIP to be billed by bandwidth on a pay-per-use basis.
  2. Change the EIP to be billed by traffic on a pay-per-use basis.

For details, see Changing EIP Billing Mode.
Figure 2 EIP billing mode change

FAQ

Q: What Bills Are Generated After the Billing Mode of an RDS DB Instance Is Changed from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use?

A: Suppose you bought a yearly/monthly DB instance at 15:29:16 on April 18, 2023 and changed it to pay-per-use billing at 16:30:00 on May 18, 2023. On the Billing Center > Billing page, bills are generated as follows:

  • Yearly/Monthly expenditures for 15:29:16 on April 18 to 23:59:59 on May 18, 2023
  • Pay-per-use expenditures for 23:59:59 on May 18, 2023 to the end time of pay-per-use usage. A bill was generated every hour.
Parent topic: Billing Mode Changes