Help Center/ Distributed Message Service for Kafka/ Billing/ Billing Mode Changes/ Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use
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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.

Notes and Constraints

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

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. Click in the upper left and choose Middleware > Distributed Message Service (for Kafka).
  3. Set the billing mode to change 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.

  4. Confirm the change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use.

Changing to Pay-per-Use in Billing Center

  1. Go to the Billing > Renewal page.
  2. 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.

  3. 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.
      Figure 1 Changing from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use for a single resource
    • 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.
      Figure 2 Batch changing from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use for resources

  4. Confirm the subscription change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration.

    Figure 3 Changing to pay-per-use upon expiration

Parent topic: Billing Mode Changes