Purchasing a Savings Plan on the Console

Important Notes

Currently, you can buy ECS Savings Plans.

Purchasing Savings Plans

1. Log in to the cloud service console.
2. Under Compute, click Elastic Cloud Server.
3. Click Savings Plans in the navigation tree on the left.
4. Click Buy Savings Plan in the upper right corner of the displayed page.
5. Select and configure the savings plan you want to buy.
   1. Select a savings plan.
      • Type: Currently, only ECS Saving Plans is available.
      • Region: Specify the region to which the savings plan applies.
      • Specifications: Specify the specifications of the cloud service to which the savings plan applies.
   2. Configure the savings plan.
      • Hourly Commitment: minimum hourly amount of the savings plan
      • Commitment Term: duration during which you are committed to use the savings plan. You can select 1 year or 3 years.
      • Payment Option: purchase option of the savings plan, which can be all upfront, partial upfront, or no upfront.
      • Starts: You can choose to make the savings plan effective immediately or at a specified time after you buy it.

6. Click Buy Now.
7. Confirm the order information. Then, click Pay and complete the payment as prompted.