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Overview

After purchasing a TaurusDB or HTAP instance, you can change the billing mode if it no longer meets your needs. Table 1 lists the changeable DB instance billing items.

Table 1 Changeable DB instance billing items

Billing Item

Change Description

Reference

Instance specifications (vCPUs and memory)

Changing the billing mode of a DB instance includes the changes to compute resources (vCPUs and memory) and storage space.

  • Change from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly to enjoy lower prices.
  • Change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use to save costs and use the DB instance more flexibly.

    When changing the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use, you can choose when the change takes effect:

    • Take effect upon expiration: Pay-per-use billing automatically takes effect when the yearly/monthly subscription expires.
    • Take effect immediately: Pay-per-use billing takes effect immediately, and the yearly/monthly subscription ends early.

EIP
  • A yearly/monthly EIP can be changed to a pay-per-use EIP billed by bandwidth after the yearly/monthly subscription ends.
  • A pay-per-use EIP billed by bandwidth can be changed to a yearly/monthly EIP.
  • Pay-per-use EIPs billed by bandwidth can be changed to pay-per-use EIPs billed by traffic, and pay-per-use EIPs billed by traffic can be changed to pay-per-use EIPs billed by bandwidth.

For details, see Figure 1.
Figure 1 EIP billing mode change

Parent Topic: Billing Mode Changes