Billing Overview

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

• Billing Modes

  DCS has two billing modes: yearly/monthly and pay-per-use. Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid mode. You need to pay first, and will be billed for your subscription period. Therefore, you need to ensure sufficient account balance. Pay-per-use is a postpaid mode. You use the service 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 Billing Mode Changes.

  

  Currently, the yearly/monthly billing mode is supported only in the CN-Hong Kong region.

• Billing Items

  The billing item of DCS is DCS instances. For details, see Billing Items.

• Renewing Subscriptions

  Yearly/Monthly DCS instances cannot run after their subscription expires. If you want to continue using a DCS instance after it expires, you need to renew the DCS instance subscription within the specified period. Otherwise, the instance will be automatically released, and data may be lost. You can renew your subscription manually or automatically. For details, see Overview.

• Viewing Bills

  You can choose Billing Center > Billing to check the DCS transactions and bills. For details, see Bills.

• Arrears

  Your account goes into arrears when the balance is less than the bill to be settled. To continue using your cloud services, top up your account in time. For details, see Arrears.

• Stopping Billing

  To avoid unexpected bills, you can unsubscribe from or delete your cloud services if they are no longer needed. For details, see Billing Termination.

• Cost Management

  DCS costs are classified into resource costs and O&M costs. You can manage your costs from three aspects: allocation, analysis, and optimization. For details, see Cost Management.