Updated on 2024-02-17 GMT+08:00

Overview

There are yearly/monthly and pay-per-use billing modes. Each one has different advantages and disadvantages.

  • Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. The longer the subscription term, the bigger the discount. Yearly/Monthly billing is a good option for long-term, stable services.
  • Pay-per-use is a postpaid billing mode. You pay as you go and just pay for what you use. There are no wasted resources.
    Table 1 describes the differences between the two billing modes.
    Table 1 Differences between billing modes

    Billing Mode

    Yearly/Monthly

    Pay-per-Use

    Payment

    Prepaid

    Postpaid

    Billing Method

    Billed by the subscription term you purchase

    Billed by the hour

    Billed Items

    Disk backup vaults, server backup vaults, SFS Turbo backup vaults, hybrid cloud backup vaults, and replication vaults

    Disk backup vaults, server backup vaults, SFS Turbo backup vaults, hybrid cloud backup vaults, replication vaults, and cross-region replication traffic

    Changing the Billing Mode

    Yearly/Monthly can be changed to pay-per-use only after the yearly/monthly subscription duration ends.

    Pay-per-use can be changed to yearly/monthly.

    Changing the Specifications

    Vault capacities can only be expanded.

    Vault capacities can be expanded.

    Application Scenarios

    Recommended for resources expected to be in use long-term.

    A cost-effective option for scenarios where the resource usage duration is predictable.

    Recommended when the resource demands are likely to fluctuate and you want more flexibility.