Billing Overview

In this document, you will learn about how DRS tasks 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. Each one has different advantages and disadvantages.

  • Yearly/Monthly: You pay upfront for the amount of time you expect to use the DRS task 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 the DRS task first and then pay as you go.

  For details about the two billing modes, see Billing Modes.

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

• Billed Items

  You will be billed for configuration and data transmission fees. For details about the billing factors and formulas for each billed item, see Billed Items.

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

• Renewing Subscriptions

  If you want to continue using a DRS task after it expires, you need to renew the DRS subscription within the specified period. Otherwise, resources will be automatically released, and data may be lost. You can renew your subscription manually or automatically. For details, see Overview.

• Viewing Bills

  You can choose Billing & Costs > Bills to check the DRS 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 DRS task, 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 DRS task, you can unsubscribe from or delete it to stop the billing. For details, see Billing Termination.

• Managing Costs

  DRS costs include ownership costs and O&M costs. You can optimize costs in terms of cost collection, resource optimization, upgrade, cost saving awareness, and automatic O&M. For details, see Cost Management.