Bills

You can view OBS billing details in the Billing Center. The bills cover all pay-per-use and yearly/monthly usage.

Bill Generation

Transaction records for resource package subscriptions are generated immediately after being paid for.

OBS usage is billed by the hour. You are not charged immediately after a record is generated.

Viewing Bills of a Specific Resource

In the bucket list, copy the name of the bucket whose bill you want to view.
On the right of the top navigation bar, click Billing & Costs.
Choose a billing cycle and specify a display dimension (Usage by default).
Select Resource ID as the search criteria, enter the bucket name copied in 1, and click the icon.

You can also click above the list to export the bill details.

Mapping Between Usage Types and Billed Items

OBS usage types in the Billing Center are inconsistent with OBS billed items. Table 1 explains the mapping between them, which can help you better understand the costs.

**Table 1** Mapping between usage types and billed items
Usage Type	Usage Type Code	Billed Item	Description
Data processing size	data_process_size	Data processing	Size of the processed images
Get_Standard Storage	get	Requests	GET requests for Standard objects
Get_Infrequent Access Storage	get_warm	Requests	GET requests for Infrequent Access objects
get_cold	get_cold	Requests	Requests for downloading Archive objects from a bucket with direct reading enabled
Put_Standard Storage	put	Requests	PUT requests for Standard objects
Put_Infrequent Access Storage	put_warm	Requests	PUT requests for Infrequent Access objects
put_cold	put_cold	Requests	PUT requests for Archive objects
Delete_Standard Storage	delete	Requests	DELETE requests for Standard objects
Delete_Infrequent Access Storage	delete_warm	Requests	DELETE requests for Infrequent Access objects
delete_cold	delete_cold	Requests	DELETE requests for Archive objects
pfs_get	pfs_get	Requests	GET requests for parallel file systems
pfs_put	pfs_put	Requests	PUT requests for parallel file systems
pfs_delete	pfs_delete	Requests	DELETE requests for parallel file systems
pfs_rename	pfs_rename	Requests	RENAME requests for parallel file systems
restore_bk	restore_bk	Requests	Requests for batch restoring Archive objects
restore_sd	restore_sd	Requests	Requests for restoring Archive objects at a standard speed
restore_ex	restore_ex	Requests	Requests for restoring Archive objects at an expedited speed
transition warm	transition_warm	Requests	Requests for transitioning objects from Standard to Infrequent Access based on a lifecycle rule. You are billed for the number of successfully transitioned objects. Specifically, if N objects are successfully transitioned, you are billed for N requests.
transition cold	transition_cold	Requests	Requests for transitioning objects to Archive based on a lifecycle rule. You are billed for the number of successfully transitioned objects. Specifically, if N objects are successfully transitioned, you are billed for N requests.
download s3cold	download_s3cold	Data transfer	Traffic for transitioning objects to Archive based on a lifecycle rule
cross region syn copy	cross_region_syn_copy	Requests and data transfer	You are billed for the number of successfully replicated objects. There will be traffic costs if objects are replicated over the Internet.
Download_Standard Storage	download	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when Standard objects are downloaded
Download cdn	download.cdn	Data transfer	Traffic generated when data is pulled by Huawei Cloud CDN from OBS 3.0 buckets.
Download_Standard Storage.External	download.external	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when Standard objects are downloaded or listed over the Internet
Download_Standard Storage.Internal	download.internal	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when Standard objects are downloaded from Huawei Cloud ECSs, CCE, or BMSs in the same region as OBS
Download_Infrequent Access Storage	download_warm	Data transfer	Outbound traffic when Infrequent Access objects are downloaded
Download_Infrequent Access Storage.external	download_warm.external	Data transfer	Outbound traffic when Infrequent Access objects are downloaded. Such traffic cannot be covered by outbound Internet traffic packages.
Download_Infrequent Access Storage.internal	download_warm.internal	Data transfer	Outbound traffic when Infrequent Access objects are downloaded from Huawei Cloud ECSs, CCE, or BMSs in the same region as OBS
Download_Archive Storage	download_cold	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when Archive objects are downloaded
Download_Archive Storage.external	download_cold.external	Data transfer	Outbound traffic when the restored Archive objects are downloaded Such traffic cannot be covered by outbound Internet traffic packages.
Download_Archive Storage.internal	download_cold.internal	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when Archive objects are downloaded from Huawei Cloud ECSs, CCE, or BMSs in the same region as OBS
download flow of cross region replication	download_crr	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when data is replicated from a source bucket in one region to a destination bucket in another region
Upload	upload	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS and stored in the Standard storage class
Upload_Standard Storage.External	upload.external	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS over the Internet and stored in the Standard storage class
Upload_Standard Storage.Internal	upload.internal	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS over an intranet and stored in the Standard storage class
Upload_Infrequent Access Storage	upload_warm	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS and stored in the Infrequent Access storage class
Upload_Infrequent Access Storage.external	upload_warm.external	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS over the Internet and stored in the Infrequent Access storage class
Upload_Infrequent Access Storage.internal	upload_warm.internal	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS over an intranet and stored in the Infrequent Access storage class
Upload_Archive Storage	upload_cold	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS and stored in the Archive storage class
Upload_Archive Storage.external	upload_cold.external	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS over the Internet and stored in the Archive storage class
Upload_Archive Storage.internal	upload_cold.internal	Data transfer	Inbound traffic generated when data is uploaded to OBS over an intranet and stored in the Archive storage class
upload flow of cross region replication	upload_crr	Data transfer	Outbound traffic generated when data is replicated from a source bucket in one region to a destination bucket in another region
restore_size_bk	restore_size_bk	Data retrievals	Batch restore of Archive objects. The cost is based on the objects' size.
restore_size_sd	restore_size_sd	Data retrievals	Restore of Archive objects at a standard speed. The cost is based on the objects' size.
restore_size_ex	restore_size_ex	Data retrievals	Restore of Archive objects at an expedited speed. The cost is based on the objects' size.
retrieval_size_cold	retrieval_size_cold	Data retrievals	Traffic for downloading and copying Archive objects from a bucket with direct reading enabled
retrieval size warm	retrieval_size_warm	Data retrievals	Retrievals for Infrequent Access objects. The cost is based on the size of objects retrieved.
Capacity	size	Storage space	Space occupied by data in Standard single-AZ storage
Capacity_Multiaz	size_3az	Storage space	Space occupied by data in Standard multi-AZ storage
Capacity_Infrequent Access Storage	size_warm	Storage space	Space occupied by data in Infrequent Access single-AZ storage
Capacity_Infrequent Access Storage_Multiaz	size_warm_3az	Storage space	Space occupied by data in Infrequent Access multi-AZ storage
Capacity_Archive Storage	size_cold	Storage space	Space occupied by data in the Archive storage class
early deleted warm	early_deleted_warm	Storage space	If Infrequent Access objects are deleted or transitioned to another storage class before they have been stored for 30 days, you still need to pay for the remaining days. NOTE: Overwriting Infrequent Access objects works the same as deleting and then uploading these objects, so the overwriting operation also incurs extra storage costs.
early_deleted_cold	early_deleted_cold	Storage space	If Archive objects are deleted or transitioned to another storage class before they have been stored for 90 days, you still need to pay for the remaining days. NOTE: Overwriting Archive objects works the same as deleting and then uploading these objects, so the overwriting operation also incurs extra storage costs.
File system size	pfs_size	Storage space	Space occupied by data in single-AZ parallel file systems
File system size	pfs_size_3az	Storage space	Space occupied by data in multi-AZ parallel file systems

Small Amount Accumulation

The minimum cost billed is $0.01 USD. If you spend less than $0.01 USD per hour, small-amount accumulation will be triggered. If the accumulated amount is still less than $0.01 USD at the end of the day, no cost is incurred. The amount accumulation continues the next day. If the accumulated amount is greater than or equal to $0.01 USD, the cost is directly deducted from your account. If no cost deduction records are found, the possible cause is that the cost has not been settled yet.

If a bill contains records of $0.01 USD, there may be small-amount accumulation. There is an SDR delay. Generally, pay-per-use expenditures can be settled in hours, days, or months. When the settlement period ends, bills are generated and costs are deducted from your account. If no cost deduction records are found, the possible cause is that the settlement period has not ended.

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