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Updated on 2023-09-28 GMT+08:00
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Will Am I Continue to Be Billed After ECSs Are Stopped?

Table 1 describes the billing for stopped ECSs.

Table 1 Billing for stopped ECSs

Item

Pay-per-Use

Spot Price

Yearly/Monthly

ECSs without local disks or FPGAs attached

After the ECS is stopped, basic resources including vCPUs, memory, and image are no longer billed. The resources associated with the ECS, such as EVS disks (including system and data disks), EIPs, and bandwidth, are separately billed.

After the ECS is stopped, basic resources including vCPUs, memory, and image are no longer billed. The resources associated with the ECS, such as EVS disks (including system and data disks), EIPs, and bandwidth, are separately billed.

Yearly/Monthly resources are billed as one payment and automatically canceled upon expiration.

ECSs with local disks attached, FPGA-based ECSs, or BMSs

The ECS will continue to be billed after it is stopped. To stop the ECS from being billed, delete it and its associated resources.

The ECS will continue to be billed after it is stopped. To stop the ECS from being billed, delete it and its associated resources.

Yearly/Monthly resources are billed as one payment and automatically canceled upon expiration.

For a stopped pay-per-use ECS, the startup may fail due to insufficient resources. Please wait for several minutes before attempting another restart or changing the ECS specifications.

For details, see How Can I Stop an ECS from Being Billed?

If you want to use an ECS for a long time, you can change its billing mode from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly to reduce cost. For details, see Changing Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly.

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