Overview

This topic introduces how MRS is billed along with details about billing modes, billing items, renewals, and accounts in arrears.

• Billing Modes

  Currently, MRS resources can be billed on a yearly/monthly or pay-per-use basis.

  Yearly/Monthly billing is a prepaid mode. In this mode, you pay for resources before using them. Your bill is settled based on the required duration you specify. Before you make a purchase, you need to ensure that your account balance is abundant. Pay-per-use billing is a postpaid mode. In this mode, you are billed based on the duration you use MRS resources.

  For details about the two billing modes, see Overview.

  After purchasing an MRS instance, you can change your billing mode to meet changing needs. For details, see Introduction.

• Billing Items

  The billing items of an MRS cluster consist of the MRS management service and IaaS infrastructure resources (ECS and EVS). For details about the billing factors and formulas for each billing item, see Billing Items.

  For details about billing examples in actual scenarios and the fee calculation process of each billing item in different billing modes, see Billing Examples.

• Renewals

  If a yearly/monthly MRS cluster expires, the cluster cannot run properly. If you want to continue using the MRS cluster, you need to renew it within the specified period. Otherwise, you cannot perform operations on the cluster on the MRS management console, or call cluster APIs. O&M services such as automatic monitoring and alarm reporting will be stopped. You can renew your subscription manually or automatically. For more information about renewal, see Introduction.

• Bills

  On the management console, hover the mouse over More and choose Billing & Costs > Bills. On the Dashboard page, you can view the bills related to MRS clusters. For details, see Bills.

• Overdue Payment

  For MRS clusters billed yearly/monthly, you never pay for them in arrears.

  In pay-per-use mode, cluster fees are deducted every hour. If your account balance is insufficient to pay for the expense occurred in the last hour, your account will be in arrears, and MRS clusters have a retention period. If the clusters are renewed within the retention period, they will be available and charged from the original expiration date. For details, see Arrears.

• Stopping billing

  The terminated or unsubscribed MRS cluster is no longer billed. For details, see Stopping Billing.

• Cost management

  Manage your cost composition, allocation, analysis, and optimization. For details, see Managing Costs.