Help Center/ Virtual Private Network/ Billing/ Bills
Updated on 2024-03-05 GMT+08:00
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Bills

You can view the resource usage and bills in different billing cycles on the Bills page in the Billing Center.

Bill Generation

Transaction records for yearly/monthly subscriptions are generated immediately after being paid for.

The usage of pay-per-use resources is reported to the billing system at a fixed interval. A pay-per-use resource is settled by hour, day, or month, depending on the resource's usage type. Pay-per-use VPN resources are settled by hour.

You are not charged immediately after a record is generated. For example, if pay-per-use VPN resources (settled by hour) are deleted at 08:30, you will still have expenditures for the 08:00 to 09:00 hour. However, you will not likely be billed for the 08:00 to 09:00 hour until about 10:00. On the Billing > Expenditure Details > Details page in the Billing Center, Expenditure Time in each bill indicates the time when pay-per-use resources are used.

Viewing Bills of a Specific Resource

[Example 1: Use an instance ID to search for a bill. The instance ID is the same as the resource ID in the bill.]

  1. Log in to the console, and choose Networking > Virtual Private Network.
  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Virtual Private Network > Enterprise – VPN Gateways.
  3. Click a gateway name, and copy the resource ID specified by ID in the Basic Information area.
  4. Go to the Billing Center > Expenditure Details page.
  5. Select Details, select Resource ID as the filter criterion, enter the resource ID obtained in 3, and click .

    By default, the bill details are displayed by usage and billing cycle. You can choose other display options as required.

[Example 2: Use a resource name to search for a bill.]

  1. Log in to the console, and choose Networking > Virtual Private Network.
  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Virtual Private Network > Enterprise – VPN Gateways.
  3. Click a gateway name, and copy the resource name specified by Name in the Basic Information area.
  4. Go to the Billing Center > Expenditure Details page.
  5. Select Details, select Resource Name as the filter criterion, enter the resource name obtained in 3, and click .