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Updated on 2023-09-07 GMT+08:00

How Can I Stop an ECS from Being Billed?

This section uses a pay-per-use ECS as an example to describe how you are billed after the ECS is deleted. Table 1 lists the resources associated with the ECS.

Table 1 Billing example of a pay-per-use ECS

Resources

Description

Billing Mode

ECS basic resources

vCPUs, memory, and image

Pay-per-use

EVS disks

System disk

Pay-per-use

Data disk

Pay-per-use

EIP

N/A

Pay-per-use

After the ECS is deleted, it is billed as follows:

  • ECS basic resources: no longer billed
  • EVS disks
    • System disk: no longer billed
    • Data disks: no longer billed if you have selected Delete the data disks attached to the following ECSs when you were deleting the ECS. Otherwise, the data disks will continue to be billed.
  • EIP: no longer billed if you have selected Release the EIPs bound to the following ECSs when you were deleting the ECS. Otherwise, the EIP will continue to be billed.