Billing Overview

In this document, you will learn about how CCE resources are billed, how you can renew subscriptions and manage costs, and what happens if your account goes into arrears.

• Billing Modes

  There are yearly/monthly and pay-per-use billing modes to meet your requirements. For details, see Overview.

  • Yearly/Monthly: You pay upfront for the amount of time you expect to use the resources for. You will need to make sure you have a top-up account with a sufficient balance or have a valid payment method configured first.
  • Pay-per-use: You can start using CCE resources first and then pay as you go.

  You can also change the billing mode later if it no longer meets your needs. For details, see Overview.

• Billed Items

  You will be billed for clusters, nodes, and other cloud service resources. For details about the billing factors and formulas for each billed item, see Billed Items.

  For more information about the billing examples and the billing for each item, see Billing Examples.

• Renewing Subscriptions

  If a yearly/monthly cluster is about to expire, but you want to continue using it, you need to renew the subscription within the specified period. Otherwise, the cluster will be automatically released and data may be lost. You can renew your subscription manually or automatically. For details, see Overview.

• Viewing Bills

  In Billing Center, choose Billing and check the CCE transactions and bills. For details, see Bills.

• Arrears

  If there is not a sufficient account balance to pay for your bill and there is no other payment method configured, your account will go into arrears. If you want to continue using your cloud services, you will need to top up your account in a timely manner. For details, see Arrears.

• Stopping Billing

  If you no longer need to use your cloud service resources, you can unsubscribe from or delete them to stop the billing. For details, see Billing Termination.