Overview

Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. The longer the subscription term, the bigger the discount. Yearly/Monthly billing is a good option for long-term, stable services.

Table 1 lists the billing mode details.

**Table 1** Billing mode
Billing Mode	Yearly/Monthly
Payment	Prepaid Billed by the subscription term you purchase
Billing Period	Billed by the subscription term you purchase
Billed Items	Database Audit
Billing for Stopped DBSS Instances	Billed by the subscription term you purchase
Changing the Billing Mode	Not available at present.
Changing the Specifications	Supported
Application Scenarios	A cost-effective option for scenarios where the resource usage duration is predictable. Recommended for resources expected to be in long-term use.