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Updated on 2025-10-31 GMT+08:00
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Billing

Billed Items

You are billed for the storage space and, optionally, for the data traffic required for backup replication. The prices for the storage space vary with the vault type.

Category

Billed Item

Description

Billing Modes

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 such as databases) 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 such as databases) 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 Database Server Backup.

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.

Temporarily free

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 are billed based on the vault size and the number of hours it is used. There is no minimum charge.

  • Yearly/Monthly

    Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You are billed based on the vault size and 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

Assume that you want to purchase a pay-per-use vault for cloud servers without databases deployed:

If you purchase a 400-GB server backup vault for the 100-GB cloud server in the EU-Dublin region, you are 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 vault size and 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 the vault space and the number of hours it is used. You can increase or delete resources anytime.

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.