Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

Prerequisites

The billing mode of the public NAT gateway is yearly/monthly.

• The yearly/monthly billing mode can be changed to pay-per-use only for public NAT gateways.
• The pay-per-use billing mode will take effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.

Changing Yearly/Monthly Billing to Pay-per-Use Billing upon Expiration

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Hover over Billing in the upper part of the console and choose Renewal from the drop-down list.
3. Go to the Renewals page.
4. Set the search criteria.
   1. Under the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can view the resources whose billing mode will change to pay-per-use upon expiration.
   2. Under the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled tabs, you can set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use upon expiration.
5. Change yearly/monthly resources to pay-per-use billing upon expiration.
   1. Single resource: Select the public NAT gateway you want to change the billing mode and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
   2. Multiple resources: Select the public NAT gateways you want to change their billing modes and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the public NAT gateway list.
6. Confirm the change details and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration.
7. Return to the Public NAT Gateways page. The pay-per-use billing mode does not take effect immediately. You can see that the billing mode of the target public NAT gateway has changed to pay-per-use only after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.

The NAT Gateway billing mode cannot be changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use on the NAT Gateway console. To do so, go to the Billing > Renewals page.