Updated on 2025-08-05 GMT+08:00

Bills

You can view the resource usage and bills for different billing cycles on the Bills page in the Billing Center.

Bill Generation

A bill is generated after a yearly/monthly instance is paid.

The usage of pay-per-use instances is reported to the billing system at a fixed interval. Pay-per-use instances can be settled by the hour, day, or month based on the usage type. For details, see Bill Run for Pay-per-Use Resources. Pricing is listed on a per-hour basis.

The fee deduction time of a pay-per-use instance may be later than the settlement period. For example, if an instance is deleted at 08:30, the fees generated from 08:00 to 09:00 are usually deducted at about 10:00. In Billing Center, choose Billing > Transactions and Detailed Bills > Transaction Bills. Expenditure Time in the bill indicates the time when the pay-per-use resource is used.

Viewing Bills of a Specific Resource

[Method 1: Use the instance ID to search for a bill.]

  1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console. Choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  2. On the Instances page, locate the instance whose bill you want to view and click its name.
  3. Click the icon shown in the figure below to copy the instance ID.

    Figure 1 Copying the instance ID

  4. On the top menu bar, choose Billing & Costs > Bills.

    The Bills page is displayed.

  5. Choose Transactions and Detailed Bills > Bill Details. On the displayed page, select Resource ID as the filter, enter the obtained instance ID, and click .

    Figure 2 Searching for a bill

    By default, the bill details are displayed by usage and billing cycle. You can choose other display option. For details, see Bills.

[Method 2: Use the resource name to search for a bill.]

  1. Log in to the Huawei Cloud console. Choose Databases > GeminiDB.
  2. On the Instances page, locate the instance whose bill you want to view and click its name.
  3. On the Basic Information > Instance Information page, obtain the instance name.

    Figure 3 Obtaining an instance name

  4. On the top menu bar, choose Billing & Costs > Bills.

    The Bills page is displayed.

  5. Choose Transactions and Detailed Bills > Bill Details. On the displayed page, select Resource Name as the filter, enter the obtained instance ID, and click .

    Figure 4 Searching for a bill

    By default, the bill details are displayed by usage and billing cycle. You can choose other display option. For details, see Bills.

Scenario Example: Checking the Consistency of the Actual Usage and Billed Usage

Assume that you bought a pay-per-use GeminiDB HBase instance at 10:09:06 on April 8, 2023 and deleted it at 12:09:06 on April 8, 2023.

  • GeminiDB HBase instance transaction records

    Pricing is listed on a per-hour basis, and bills are calculated down to the second. You can check the transaction records against the actual usage. Resources are billed separately in the transaction records.

    Table 1 GeminiDB HBase instance transaction records

    Product Type

    GeminiDB HBase API

    Resource Type

    Storage

    Billing Mode

    Pay-per-use

    Expenditure Time

    For the period of time from 10:09:06 to 12:09:06 on April 08, 2023, 6 transaction records would be generated for the resource usage in the following periods:

    • 10:09:06 – 11:00:00
    • 11:00:00 – 12:00:00
    • 12:00:00 – 12:09:06

    List Price

    List price on the official website = Usage x Unit price x Capacity

    The instance was used for 3,054 seconds in the first period. You can check its unit price in GeminiDB Price Calculator. The list price in the first period is USD0.02375333 = (3054/3600) × 0.0007 × 40. You can also calculate the list price in the other periods.

    Discounted Amount

    You can enjoy discounts on cloud services, such as business, partner-authorized, and promotional discounts. The discounts are calculated based on the list price.

    Truncated Amount

    The billing of Huawei Cloud is calculated to the 8th decimal place (USD). However, the amount due is truncated to the 2nd decimal place. The third and later decimal places are referred to as the truncated amounts.

    For example, in the first billing cycle, the truncated amount is USD0.00375333.

    Amount Due

    Amount due = List price – Discount amount – Truncated amount

    Take the first period as an example. If the discount amount is 0, the amount due is $0.02 USD (0.02375333 – 0 – 0.00375333).

  • GeminiDB HBase instance bill details

    Bill details can be displayed in multiple ways. By default, the bill details are displayed by usage and billing cycle. You can check the information listed in Table 2 against the actual usage.

    Table 2 GeminiDB HBase instance bill details

    Product Type

    GeminiDB HBase API

    Resource Type

    Storage

    Billing Mode

    Pay-per-use

    Resource Name/ID

    Name and ID

    Example: nosql-b388 and 21e8811a64bf4de88bc2e2556da17983in12

    Specifications

    Storage

    Usage Type

    Duration

    Unit Price

    When pay-per-use billing is used, the unit price is only provided if the amount is equal to the usage multiplied by the unit price. No unit price is provided in other pricing modes, for example, tiered pricing.

    You can search for the unit price of a pay-per-use GeminiDB HBase instance in GeminiDB Price Calculator.

    Unit

    USD/GB/Hour in GeminiDB Price Calculator

    Usage

    Depends on the unit of the unit price, which is USD/GB/hour. Storage usage is priced by the hour. In this example, the total duration is 2 hours.

    Usage Unit

    Hour

    List Price

    List price on the official website = Usage x Unit price x Capacity

    The instance has been used for 2 hours. Its unit price is displayed in GeminiDB Price Calculator. The list price is USD0.056 (2 × 0.0007 × 40).

    Discounted Amount

    You can enjoy discounts on cloud services, such as business, partner-authorized, and promotional discounts. The discounts are calculated based on the list price.

    Amount Due

    Amount that should be paid for used cloud services after discounts are applied.