Billing (New Version)

Billing Item

The new version is billed on the number of RCUs and the usage duration.

Billing Mode

Pay-per-use billing and packages are available for new-version ROMA Connect instances.

• Pay-per-use: The instance is billed based on the RCU quantity and duration (by hour). If the duration is less than an hour, billing is based on the actual usage.
• Packages: A package contains a specified RCU-hour quota. A ROMA Connect instance of the new version consumes the RCU-hours in the package first, and the overflow (if any) is billed on a pay-per-use basis. The package quota is valid only in one effective month. The remaining quota expires and cannot be transferred to the next month.

  If you select 1,000 RCU Hours/Month for a five-RCU instance, you can use the instance for 200 hours in the effective month. After the 200 hours, the instance is billed in the pay-per-use mode. If there are multiple instances, the total number of RCUs are calculated.

Renewal

You can renew your resources on the Renewals page of the management console. For details, see Renewal Management.

Expiration and Overdue Payment

With pay-per-use billing, fees are deducted every hour. If your account balance is insufficient to pay for the expense occurred in the previous hour, your account will be in arrears, and the cloud service platform has a retention period. If the instances are renewed within the retention period, you can continue to use ROMA Connect. Otherwise, services will be stopped and instance resources will be released after the retention period. For details about the retention period and rules, see Stopping Services and Releasing Resources.

ROMA Connect cannot be used after arrears. It is recommended that you renew your account promptly.