Common Problems About Pay-per-Use Images

What Are the Differences Between Pay-per-Use and Yearly/Monthly Images?

For pay-per-use images, you do not need to make payments when purchasing them. The system generates bills every hour based on the actual usage and deducts fees from your account balance.

For yearly/monthly images, you need to make payments when purchasing them.

Pay-per-use images can only be purchased along with ECSs.

How Are Pay-per-Use Images Billed?

Pay-per-use images are billed only when they are used on yearly/monthly ECSs that have not expired or pay-per-use ECSs that are not suspended.

You pay for the duration you use the images. Prices are calculated by hour, and no minimum fee is required.

What Are the Circumstances in Which Billing for Pay-per-Use Images Will Be Stopped?

Pay-per-use images will not be charged in the following circumstances:

• The ECSs on which the images run are deleted.
• The ECSs on which the images run start to use the images of another product.
• The ECSs on which the images run are suspended because the images or instances are in arrears.

Can I Purchase Yearly/Monthly Images of the Same Product After Purchasing Pay-per-Use Images?

Yes. You can purchase required yearly/monthly images on the product details page.

How Does It Cost to Replace the ECS System Disk Using KooGallery Images Within One Hour?

If you replace an ECS system disk using another image, you need to pay the hourly fee for the two images. (Part of an hour is charged as a full hour.)

If you replace an ECS system disk using the same image, you need to pay the hourly fee for this image.