Billing Overview

In this topic, you will learn about how Cloud Connect is billed, how you can renew subscriptions and manage costs, and what happens if your account goes into arrears.

• Billing Modes
  • Bandwidth packages used by cloud connections support the yearly/monthly billing mode. You pay upfront for the amount of time you expect to use the bandwidth packages for. You will need to make sure you have an account with a sufficient balance or have a valid payment method configured first.
  • Central networks support the pay-per-use billing mode. You can start using the resources first and then pay as you go. You will be charged for the following:
    • How long you use each global connection bandwidth
    • How long you use each connection between enterprise routers on a central network
  

  If you want to evaluate the network quality and bandwidth after you have configured Cloud Connect, you can contact your customer manager to apply for pay-per-use bandwidth packages.

  • Pay-per-use bandwidth packages are only used for testing.
  • Pay-per-use bandwidth packages are billed by the hour. View the exact price on the Buy Bandwidth Package page.
  • The billing stops only after pay-per-use bandwidth packages are deleted. Delete your bandwidth packages in a timely manner if you no longer need them.
• Billed Items
  • Cloud connections: bandwidth packages
  • Central networks: global connection bandwidths and connections between enterprise routers

  For details about the calculation factors and formula of billed items, see Billed Items.

  For more information about the billing samples and the billing for each item, see Billing Examples.

• Renewal

  After yearly/monthly bandwidth packages expire, network instances cannot use the cloud connections normally. If you want to continue using the cloud connections, you need to renew the bandwidth packages within a specified period to avoid data loss. You can renew your subscriptions manually or automatically. For more details, see Overview.

• Bills

  You can choose Billing Center > Billing to check Cloud Connect transactions and bills. For details, see Bills.

• Arrears

  If there is not a sufficient account balance to pay for your bill and there is no other payment method configured, your account will go into arrears. If you want to continue using your cloud services, you will need to top up your account in a timely manner. For details, see Arrears.

• Stopping Billing

  If you no longer need to use your cloud service, you can unsubscribe from or delete it to stop the billing. For details, see Billing Termination.

• Managing Costs

  You can allocate, analyze, and optimize costs to save more money. For details, see Cost Management.