Billing Items

Billing

You will be billed for the VPN gateway, VPN connection/VPN connection group, EIP, and enterprise router, as described in Table 1.

To quickly learn about pricing of the VPN service, see VPN Pricing Details.

In Table 1, the billing items marked with asterisks (*) are mandatory.

**Table 1** VPN billing items
Billing Item	Description	Billing Mode	Billing Formula
* VPN gateway	The unit price varies according to the specification of the gateway instance.	Yearly/Monthly Pay-per-use	Unit price of a gateway x Billed duration
* VPN connection or VPN connection group	By default, 10 VPN connection groups are included free of charge with the purchase of a VPN gateway. You can purchase more VPN connection groups as required.	Yearly/Monthly Pay-per-use	Unit price of a connection or connection group x Billed duration
EIP	You need to purchase EIPs only in public network scenarios. For details, see Billed Items of EIPs.	Yearly/Monthly Pay-per-use	Yearly/Monthly: You are charged based on the bandwidth you select. Pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth): You are charged based on the bandwidth you select. Pay-per-use (billed by traffic): You are charged based on the traffic you generate.
Enterprise router	You need to purchase an enterprise router only when you associate a VPN gateway with it. For details, see Billing of the Enterprise Router Service.	Yearly/Monthly Pay-per-use	Unit price of a connection x Billed duration + Unit price of traffic x Billed traffic

Billing Example

Suppose you purchased a one-month Enterprise Edition VPN gateway (associated with an enterprise router; specification: Professional 1; number of VPN connection groups: 20; bandwidth: 20 Mbit/s) at 15:50:04 on March 08, 2024, and renewed the subscription for one more month before the initial subscription expired. The following usage periods will be billed:

15:50:04 on March 08, 2024 to 23:59:59 on April 08, 2024
23:59:59 on April 08, 2024 to 23:59:59 on May 08, 2024

You will be billed for both usage periods. VPN resources of different types are billed individually, as described in Table 2.

**Table 2** Billing formulas
Resource	Billing Formula	Unit Price
VPN gateway	USD/month per VPN gateway	Refer to VPN Pricing Details.
VPN connection group	USD/month per 10 VPN connection groups	Refer to VPN Pricing Details.
EIP	USD/month per Mbit/s	Refer to EIP Pricing Details.
Enterprise router	Enterprise router connection fee (USD/hour) + Enterprise router traffic fee (USD/GB)	Refer to Enterprise Router Pricing Details.