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Updated on 2025-06-24 GMT+08:00

Billing Examples

Billing Scenario

Suppose you purchased a pay-per-use EIP at 08:45:00 on April 18, 2023, and the EIP specifications are as follows:
  • Billing mode: Pay-per-use
  • Billed by: Bandwidth
  • EIP type: Dynamic BGP
  • Bandwidth type: Dedicated bandwidth
  • Bandwidth: 5 Mbit/s
  • EIP reservation price: $0.005 USD/hour
  • Bandwidth price: $0.089 USD/hour
  • 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.

You bound the EIP to an instance at 09:45:00 on April 18, 2023, and increased its bandwidth to 10 Mbit/s at 10:45:00 on April 20, 2023. The bandwidth price is $0.178 USD per hour. Since you wanted to use the EIP for a long term, you changed the EIP to yearly/monthly billing with a one-month duration at 12:45:00 on April 30, 2023. So how much will the EIP be billed in April and May?

Billing Analysis

The total price of this EIP involves both pay-per-use and yearly/monthly usage. The billing details are as follows:

Table 1 Billing details

Billing Mode

EIP Status

Billing Duration

Price (Bandwidth+ EIP)

Total Price (USD)

Pay-per-use: 2023/04/17 23:59:59 to 2023/04/30 12:45:00

The EIP has no instance bound.

60 minutes

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

  • EIP: 60/60 x 0.005 = 0.005
  • Bandwidth: 60/60 x 0.089 = 0.089

Total price on April 18, 2023 = 0.005 + 0.089 + 0 + 4.361 + 0 + 43.076 = 47.531

The EIP has an instance bound.

2,940 minutes

2023/04/18 09:45:00 - 2023/04/20 10:45:00

  • EIP: 0
  • Bandwidth: 2,940/60 x 0.089 = 4.361

The EIP has an instance bound and its bandwidth is increased.

14,520 minutes

2023/04/20 10:45:00 - 2023/04/30 12:45:00

  • EIP: 0
  • Bandwidth: 14,520/60 x 0.178 = 43.076

Yearly/Monthly: 2023/04/30 12:45:00 to 2023/05/30 23:59:59

From pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

1 month

2023/04/30 12:45:00 - 2023/05/30 23:59:59

Bandwidth: $85.50 USD/month

$85.50 USD

From April to May, the total price of this EIP is $133.031 USD (47.531 + 85.50).