Billing

Billing Items

You are billed for the storage space and optionally the data traffic required for backup replication. Pricing of the storage space varies with vault types. See details in the following table.

Category	Billing Item	Description	Billing Mode
Storage space	Disk backup vault	If cloud disks need to be backed up, buy disk backup vaults to store the backups.	Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly
	Server backup vault	If cloud servers (without applications) need to be backed up, buy server backup vaults to store the backups.	Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly
	SFS Turbo backup vault	If SFS Turbo file systems need to be backed up, buy SFS Turbo backup vaults to store the backups.	Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly
	Database server backup vault	If cloud servers (with applications) need to be backed up, buy database server backup vaults to store the backups. You need to enable Application-Consistent Backup on the Buy Server Backup Vault page before using database server backup vaults. For more information, see Application-Consistent Backup Overview.	Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly
	Hybrid cloud backup vault	If backups of on-premises VMware VMs need to be stored, buy hybrid cloud backup vaults.	Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly
	Replication vault	If you need to replicate backups to another region, buy replication vaults in the destination region.	Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly
Data traffic	Outbound traffic over the Internet	If hybrid cloud backups on the cloud are used to restore data to on-premises IDCs, outbound traffic is charged.	Limited-time free trial

Billing Modes

Two billing modes are available: pay-per-use and yearly/monthly. Select a billing mode that best suits your business needs.

Pay-per-use
You pay for the duration you use the resources. Prices are calculated by the hour, and no minimum fee is required.
Yearly/Monthly
Yearly/monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You are billed based on the subscription duration you specify. This mode is ideal when the resource use duration is predictable. A longer subscription often means a lower cost.

CBR also provides replication traffic packages for cross-region replication. If you do not have such a package, you will be billed per use.

Billing Examples

Example 1

Purchase a pay-per-use vault for cloud servers without databases deployed:

If a user purchases a 400-GB server backup vault for their 100-GB cloud server in the EU-Dublin region, the user is billed for the 400-GB server backup vault in CBR.

Changing Billing Mode

Yearly/monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You are billed based on the subscription duration you specify. This mode is ideal when the resource use duration is predictable. A longer subscription often means a lower cost.
Pay-per-use is a postpaid billing mode. You are billed based on your resource usage and you can increase or delete resources any time.

Expiration

For details, see Service Suspension and Resource Release.

Renewal

Choose More > Renew in the Operation column of the yearly/monthly vault to renew your subscription. For more information about renewal, including auto-renewal, exporting the renewal history, and changing subscriptions, see Renewal Management.

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