Do I Have to Purchase a Resource Package? Can I Apply a Package to a Specific Bucket?

You can use OBS even if you have not purchased any resource packages. Without using resource packages, you will be billed on a pay-per-use basis. After you purchase a resource package, you can use it to cover the fees for using OBS. Using resource packages is more cost-effective than the pay-per-use billing. It is recommended that you purchase resource packages based on your needs.

Resource packages are currently managed by type and region. For example, after you purchase a resource package in a region, this package can be used to cover the fees generated by all buckets in that region as long as these buckets meet certain requirements. Therefore, there is no mapping between resource packages and buckets, and you cannot apply a resource package to a specific bucket.

OBS has multiple billing items. Even if you already have a resource package, there may be also other fees generated before the resource package is used up. If you are still being billed for pay-per-use usage when you are using a resource package, see Why Am I Still Being Billed After I Purchased a Resource Package? for troubleshooting.