Billing Overview

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

• Billing Modes

  DeHs can only be billed on a yearly/monthly basis. Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. You will need to make sure you have a top-up account with a sufficient balance or have a valid payment method configured first. For details, see Yearly/Monthly Billing.

  You can create ECSs with specified specifications on a DeH. ECSs created on the DeH are free of charge, and you only need to pay for the associated resources you used such as images, EIPs, EVS disks, and Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR). For details, see Pay-per-Use Billing.

• Billing Items

  The billing items include DeH as well as the resources associated with the ECSs created on the DeH such as images, EIPs, EVS disks, and CBR. For details about the billing factors and formulas for each billing item, see Billing Items.

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

• Renewing Subscriptions

  If you want to continue using a DeH after it expires, you need to renew the subscription within the specified period. Otherwise, the DeH 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 the top menu bar of the management console to check the DeH transactions and bills. For details, see Bills.

• Arrears

  If there is not a sufficient account balance to pay for your bill and there is no other payment method configured, your account will go into arrears. If you want to continue using your DeHs, you will need to top up your account or configure a valid payment method in a timely manner. For details, see Arrears.

• Stopping Billing

  If you no longer need to use a DeH, you can unsubscribe from or delete it to stop the billing. For details, see Billing Termination.

• Managing Costs

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