Overview

You can change the billing mode if it no longer meets your needs. Table 1 lists billing items that can be changed.

**Table 1** Changeable billing items of a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible instance
Billing Item	Change Description	Reference
Instance specifications (vCPUs and nodes)	If you change the billing mode of a GeminiDB DynamoDB-Compatible instance, the billing mode of compute resources (vCPUs and nodes) will also be changed. Change from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly to enjoy lower prices. Change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use to save costs and use the instance more flexibly. NOTE: Such a change is only applied after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.	Changing a Pay-per-Use Instance to Yearly/Monthly Changing a Yearly/Monthly Instance to Pay-per-Use
EIP	A yearly/monthly EIP can be changed to a pay-per-use EIP billed by bandwidth after the yearly/monthly subscription ends. A pay-per-use EIP billed by bandwidth can be changed to a yearly/monthly EIP. Pay-per-use EIPs billed by bandwidth can be changed to pay-per-use EIPs billed by traffic, and pay-per-use EIPs billed by traffic can be changed to pay-per-use EIPs billed by bandwidth. For details, see Figure 1.	Changing a Pay-per-Use Instance to Yearly/Monthly Changing a Yearly/Monthly Instance to Pay-per-Use