Billing

VOD adopts postpayment for required resources.

Billing Items

VOD billing consists of media management, media processing, and content distribution. For details, see the following table. Billing items are settled every hour. For pricing details, see Product Pricing Details.

**Table 1** Billing items
Category	Billing Item	Description	Payment Options
Media management	Storage space	You are charged for your actual storage usage, including the uploaded media files, thumbnails, and subtitles, as well as transcoded media files.	Postpayment for required resources
Media processing	Video transcoding	Billed based on the duration of the content you output	Postpayment for required resources
	Audio transcoding	Billed based on the duration of the content you output	Postpayment for required resources
	Audio extraction	Billed based on the duration of the content you output	Postpayment for required resources
	Packaging	Billed based on the duration of the content you output	Postpayment for required resources
Content distribution	Downstream Traffic	Billed based on the downstream traffic generated during audio or video playback	Postpayment for required resources

Billing Modes

VOD supports postpayment for required resources. In each billing cycle, the system calculates the fee based on the actual usage of each resource multiplied by the unit price, and then deducts the fee from your account balance.

The billing mode of distribution acceleration is by traffic, that is, by the downlink traffic actually used every day.

Expiration and Overdue Payment

Arrears: In pay-per-use mode, fees are deducted based on each billing item. If the account balance is insufficient, the system fails to deduct the fees of the previous billing cycle. As a result, your account is in arrears. A retention period will be granted. If you want to continue to use VOD, top up your account in the retention period. Huawei Cloud defines the retention period based on the customer tier. Go to the Basic Information page to view your customer tier. For details about how to handle service suspension due to arrears, see Retention Period.
Service expiration: Pay-per-use resources do not expire.

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