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Updated on 2023-10-27 GMT+08:00
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Yearly/Monthly Billing

If you expect to use resources for a longer period, you can save money by selecting yearly/monthly billing. You can pre-purchase cloud service resources at discounted prices. This section describes the billing rules for purchasing yearly/monthly resources on the CCE console.

Application Scenarios

If you want to ensure resource stability over a certain period of time, yearly/monthly billing is a good choice for the following types of workloads:

  • Long-term workloads with stable resource requirements, such as official websites, online malls, and blogs.
  • Long-term projects, such as scientific research projects and large-scale events.
  • Workloads with high data security requirements

Billed Items

When using CCE service, you can select a billing mode (the yearly/monthly mode or the pay-per-use mode) for items listed in Table 1. On the CCE console, the related cloud service resources cannot be purchased on the yearly/monthly basis. To purchase yearly/monthly cloud service resources, go to their respective consoles. For details, see their billing descriptions.

Table 1 Items billed on a yearly/monthly basis

Billed Item

Resource Type

Description

Cluster

N/A

A cluster is billed on a yearly/monthly basis based on the cluster scale and HA mode.

ECS

ECS flavor

vCPUs and memory are billed on a yearly/monthly basis.

EVS disk

If an EVS disk (a system disk or a data disk) is created along with a yearly/monthly ECS, the EVS disk is also billed on a yearly/monthly basis.

EIP

Only EIPs billed by bandwidth can be bound to yearly/monthly ECSs created on the CCE console. If you want an EIP billed by traffic or added to a shared bandwidth, purchase one on the EIP console and bind it to an ECS.

If an EIP billed by bandwidth is purchased along with a yearly/monthly ECS, the bandwidth is also billed on a yearly/monthly basis.

Billed Usage Period

A yearly/monthly CCE resource is billed for the purchased duration (GMT+08:00). The billing starts from when you activated or renewed the subscription, and ends at 23:59:59 of the expiry date.

For example, if you purchase a one-month CCE cluster on March 08, 2023, 15:50:04, the billed usage period is from March 08, 2023, 15:50:04 to April 08, 2023, 23:59:59.

Impact of Expiration

Figure 1 shows the statuses a yearly/monthly resource can go through throughout its lifecycle. After a CCE resource is purchased, it enters the valid period and runs normally during this period. If it is not renewed after it expires, before being deleted, it first enters a grace period and then a retention period.

Figure 1 Lifecycle of a yearly/monthly CCE resource

Expiration Reminder

The system will send you a reminder (by email, SMS, or in-app message) 7 days before a yearly/monthly resource expires to remind you to renew the subscription.

Impact of Expiration

If the yearly/monthly resource is not renewed after it expires, it changes to the Expired state and enters a grace period. During the grace period, you can still access the resource.

If it is not renewed after the grace period ends, its status turns to Frozen and it enters a retention period. You cannot perform any operations on the resource while it is in the retention period.

If it is not renewed after the retention period expires, other resources (such as EVS disks and EIPs) contained in the resource will be released and data cannot be restored.

Parent topic: Billing Modes