Changing Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

Scenarios

Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing mode in which your ECS will be billed based on service duration. This cost-effective mode is ideal when the duration of ECS usage is predictable.

If you require a more flexible billing mode, in which your ECS will be billed based on usage frequency and duration, you can change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

After the billing mode is changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use, the new billing mode takes effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription has expired.

Constraints

You have passed real-name authentication.
You can change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use only for ECSs whose status is Provisioned on the Renewals page.
The billing modes of products in a solution portfolio cannot be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

Procedure

Log in to the management console.
On the top navigation bar, choose Billing & Costs > Renewal.
The Renewals page is displayed.
Customize search criteria.
- On the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can search for the ECSs with the billing mode changed to pay-per-use.
- On the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled tabs, you can also change the billing mode of the ECSs to pay-per-use (taking effect after the subscription expires).
Change the ECS billing mode to pay-per-use after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.
- Single ECS: Select the ECS for which you want to change the billing mode, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
- Multiple ECSs: Select the ECSs for which you want to change the billing mode, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the ECS list.
Confirm the change details and click Change to Pay-per-Use.