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Help Center/ TaurusDB/ Billing/ Billing Modes/ Comparison of Billing Modes

Comparison of Billing Modes

Updated on 2024-12-30 GMT+08:00

There are yearly/monthly, pay-per-use, and serverless billing modes. Each one has different advantages and disadvantages.

  • Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. The longer the subscription term, the bigger the discount. Yearly/Monthly billing is a good option for long-term, stable services.
  • Pay-per-use is a postpaid billing mode. You pay as you go and just pay for what you use. The DB instance usage is calculated by the second but billed every hour. Pay-per-use billing is a good option for scenarios where there are sudden traffic bursts, such as e-commerce promotions.
  • Serverless: The instance capacities automatically change based on application requirements. You can start using the DB instance first and then pay as you go.
Table 1 Differences between billing modes

Billing Mode

Yearly/Monthly

Pay-per-use

Serverless

Payment

Prepaid

Billed by the subscription term you purchase

Postpaid

Billed for what you use

Postpaid

Billed for what you use

Billed Usage Period

Billed by the subscription term you purchase

Calculated by the second but billed every hour

Calculated by the second but billed every hour

Billed Item

Instance specifications (vCPUs and memory), storage space, backup space, EIP, and monitoring by seconds

NOTE:

If a DB instance is deleted, its automated backups will also be deleted and you will no longer be billed for them. Manual backups are retained and generate additional costs. You need to manual delete manual backups.

Instance specifications (vCPUs and memory), storage space, backup space, EIP, and monitoring by seconds

NOTE:

If a DB instance is deleted, its automated backups will also be deleted and you will no longer be billed for them. Manual backups are retained and generate additional costs. You need to manual delete manual backups.

Instance specifications (vCPUs and memory), storage space, backup space, EIP, and monitoring by seconds

NOTE:

If a DB instance is deleted, its automated backups will also be deleted and you will no longer be billed for them. Manual backups are retained and generate additional costs. You need to manual delete manual backups.

Changing the Billing Mode

Yearly/Monthly can be changed to pay-per-use.

The change takes effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription expires. For details, see Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use.

Pay-per-use can be changed to yearly/monthly. For details, see Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly.

N/A

Changing the Specifications

Supported

Supported

Supported

Application Scenario

Recommended for resources expected to be in use long-term. A cost-effective option for scenarios where the resource usage duration is predictable.

Recommended when the resource demands are likely to fluctuate and you want more flexibility.

The instance capacities automatically change based on application requirements.

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