Billing Overview

In this document, you will learn about how CBR resources are billed, how you can renew subscriptions and manage costs, and what happens if your account goes into arrears.

• Billing Modes

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

  Yearly/Monthly: You pay upfront for the amount of time you expect to use the CBR resources for. You will need to make sure you have a top-up account with a sufficient balance or have a valid payment method configured first.

  Pay-per-use: You can start using CBR resources first and then pay as you go. For details about the two billing modes, see Overview.

  You can also change the billing mode later if it no longer meets your needs. For details, see Overview.

• Billed Items

  You will be billed for the storage capacity and optionally the replication traffic. For details about the billing factors and formulas for each billed item, see Billed Items.

  For details about the billing samples and the billing for each item, see Billing Examples.

• Renewing Subscriptions

  After a yearly/monthly CBR vault expires, it cannot be used properly. If you want to continue using a vault after it expires, you need to renew the vault subscription within the specified period. Otherwise, backups in this vault will be automatically released, and data may be lost.

  You can renew your subscriptions manually or automatically. For more details, see Overview.

• Viewing Bills

  You can choose Billing & Costs > Bills to check the CBR transactions and bills. For details, see Bills.

• Arrears

  If there is not a sufficient account balance to pay for your bill or expenditures generated for the replication traffic, your account will go into arrears. If you want to continue using your CBR resources, you will need to top up your account in a timely manner. For details, see Arrears.

• Stopping Billing

  If you no longer need to use your CBR resources, you can unsubscribe from or delete them to stop the billing. For details, see Billing Termination.

• Managing Costs

  CBR costs are classified into resource costs and O&M costs. You can allocate, analyze, and optimize CBR costs to save more money. For details, see Cost Management.