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Billing Items

Billing

There are yearly/monthly and pay-per-use billing modes. Each one has different advantages and disadvantages. For details, see Table 1. To learn about the pricing for EIP, see EIP Pricing Details.

Table 1 EIP billing items

Billing Item

Billing Item Description

Billing Mode

Formula

Unit Price

EIP bandwidth

Billed by bandwidth or traffic

  • If a yearly/monthly EIP is billed by bandwidth, the bandwidth will be billed.
  • If a pay-per-use EIP is billed by bandwidth, the bandwidth will be billed.
  • If a pay-per-use EIP is billed by traffic, the traffic will be billed.
  • If an EIP is added to a shared bandwidth, the shared bandwidth will be billed.

Yearly/monthly and pay-per-use

Billed at a fixed price per hour

For details about the unit price of EIP bandwidth, see EIP Pricing Details.

The unit price of the EIP bandwidth varies by region. For details, see EIP Pricing Details.

EIP

If a pay-per-use EIP is billed by bandwidth, by traffic, or it is added to a shared bandwidth, there will be reservation price if the EIP is not bound to any instance.

NOTE:

If an EIP is bound to an instance, there will be no reservation price.

Pay-per-use

Billed at a fixed price per hour

The EIP reservation price varies by region. For details, see EIP Pricing Details.

Billing Examples

Suppose you purchased an EIP billed by bandwidth of 6 Mbit/s on April 18, 2023, 08:45:00, bound the EIP to an instance on April 18, 2023, 09:45:00, unbound the EIP from the instance on April 19, 2023, 06:45:00, and released the EIP on April 19, 2023, 08:55:00.

The EIP reservation price is $0.005 USD per hour, and the bandwidth price (6 Mbit/s) is $0.1068 USD per hour.

Table 2 shows the calculation details. The total price is $2.5968 USD.

Table 2 Price details of the EIP billed by bandwidth

Date

Billing Duration

Price (Bandwidth Price + EIP Reservation Price)

Total Price (USD)

2023/04/18

60 minutes

2023/04/18 08:45:00 - 2023/04/18 09:45:00

  • EIP reservation price: 60/60 x 0.005 =0.005
  • Bandwidth price: 60/60 x 0.1068 =0.1068

Total price on April 18, 2023: 0.005 + 0.1068 + 0 + 1.5219 =1.6337

855 minutes

2023/04/18 09:45:00 - 2023/04/19 00:00:00

  • EIP reservation price: 0
  • Bandwidth price: 855/60 x 0.1068 =1.5219

2023/04/19

405 minutes

2023/04/19 00:00:00 - 2023/04/19 06:45:00

  • EIP reservation price: 0
  • Bandwidth price: 405/60 x 0.1068 =0.7209

Total price on April 19, 2023: 0 + 0.7209 + 0.0108 + 0.2314 =0.9631

130 minutes

2023/04/19 06:45:00 - 2023/04/19 08:55:00

  • EIP reservation price: 130/60 x 0.005 =0.0108
  • Bandwidth price: 130/60 x 0.1068 =0.2314
  • The prices are just examples. The actual prices are those displayed on EIP Pricing Details.
  • If an EIP billed by traffic uses a dedicated bandwidth, only the bandwidth used in the outbound direction will be billed.

Reference

For billing examples of each billing item in yearly/monthly mode, see Yearly/Monthly Billing.

For billing examples of each billing item in pay-per-use mode, see Pay-per-Use Billing.