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Updated on 2023-11-07 GMT+08:00
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Billing Examples

Billing Scenario

Suppose you purchased a pay-per-use EIP at 08:45:00 on April 18, 2023, and the EIP specifications are as follows:
  • Billing mode: Pay-per-use
  • Billed by: Bandwidth
  • EIP type: Dynamic BGP
  • Bandwidth type: Dedicated bandwidth
  • Bandwidth: 5 Mbit/s
  • EIP reservation price: $0.009 USD/hour
  • Bandwidth price: $0.05 USD/hour
  • The prices are just examples. The actual prices are those displayed on EIP Pricing Details.
  • If an EIP billed by traffic uses a dedicated bandwidth, only the bandwidth used in the outbound direction will be billed.

You bound the EIP to an instance at 09:45:00 on April 18, 2023, and increased its bandwidth to 10 Mbit/s at 10:45:00 on April 20, 2023. The bandwidth price is $0.22 USD per hour. Since you wanted to use the EIP for a long term, you changed the EIP to yearly/monthly billing with a one-month duration at 12:45:00 on April 30, 2023. So how much will the EIP be billed in April and May?

Billing Analysis

The total price of this EIP involves both pay-per-use and yearly/monthly usage. The billing details is as follows:

Table 1 Billing details

Billing Mode

EIP Status

Billing Duration

Price (Bandwidth+ EIP)

Total Price (USD)

Pay-per-use: 2023/04/17 23:59:59 to 2023/04/30 12:45:00

The EIP has no instance bound.

60 minutes

2023/04/18 08:45:00 - 2023/04/18 09:45:00
  • EIP: 60/60 x 0.009 = 0.009
  • Bandwidth: 60/60 x 0.05 = 0.05

Total price on April 18, 2023: 0.009 + 0.05 + 0 + 2.45 + 0 + 53.2 = 55.709

The EIP has an instance bound.

2,940 minutes

2023/04/18 09:45:00 - 2023/04/20 10:45:00
  • EIP: 0
  • Bandwidth: 2,940/60 x 0.05 = 2.45

The EIP has an instance bound and its bandwidth is increased.

14,520 minutes

2023/04/20 10:45:00 - 2023/04/30 12:45:00
  • EIP: 0
  • Bandwidth: 14,520/60 x 0.22 = 53.2

Yearly/Monthly: 2023/04/30 12:45:00 to 2023/05/30 23:59:59

From pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

1 month

2023/04/30 12:45:00 - 2023/05/30 23:59:59

Bandwidth: $105.30 USD

105.30

From April to May, the total price of this EIP is $161.009 USD (55.709 + 105.30).