Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

After creating a yearly/monthly Kafka instance, you can change the billing mode to pay-per-use to reclaim some costs and use the instance more flexibly.

The pay-per-use billing mode will take effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription has expired.

Prerequisites

The billing mode of the Kafka instance is Yearly/Monthly.
The Kafka instance is in the Running state.

Changing to Pay-per-Use on the Cloud Service Console

Log in to the console.
Click in the upper left and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka).
Set the billing mode to pay-per-use after the yearly/monthly subscription expires, in either of the following ways:
- Choose More > Change Billing Upon Expiration in the Operation column of the desired Kafka instance.
- Select one or more Kafka instances in the left and choose More > Change Billing Upon Expiration. In the displayed Change Billing Upon Expiration dialog box, click Yes.
Confirm the change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use.

Changing to Pay-per-Use in Billing Center

Go to the Billing > Renewal page.
Customize search criteria.
- Under the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can view the resources whose billing mode will change to pay-per-use upon expiration.
- For resources on the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled pages, you can set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use upon expiration.
Set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.
- Single resource: Select the Kafka instance for which you want to change the billing mode, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
- Multiple resources: Select the Kafka instances for which you want to change the billing mode, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the resource list.
Confirm the subscription change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration.