Pay-per-Use

Pay-per-use is postpaid and useful if you do not want to pay upfront or if you want to avoid a long-term commitment. You can use KooDrive as long as you have a valid payment method configured.

Billing Items

KooDrive is billed by your number of users and storage space. You are billed for the following items on a pay-per-use basis.

**Table 1** Billing items
Billing Item	Description
Users	(Mandatory) Number of users (1 to 20,000)
Storage	(Mandatory) User data storage space

Billing Cycle

The usage of pay-per-use KooDrive resources is calculated and billed by the hour (UTC+08:00:00). Once settlement is complete, a new billing cycle starts. Billing starts when a KooDrive resource is created and ends when it is deleted.

For example, if you purchased a pay-per-use KooDrive resource at 08:45:30 and unsubscribed from it at 08:55:00, the billing cycle was from 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 and the fee was generated from 08:45:30 to 08:55:30. You were billed for 600 seconds.

Billing Example

The following prices are for reference only. For the actual prices, see pricing details for each service.

On February 1, 2024, you purchased a pay-per-use KooDrive resource at 10:00:00 and unsubscribed from it at 11:00:00. You used five users and 100 GB storage.

Total fee = Number of users + Storage space = 5 users x 1 hour x Unit price + 100 GB x 1 hour x Unit price

Impact of Arrears

Figure 1 shows the statuses a pay-per-use KooDrive resource can go through throughout its lifecycle. After a resource is purchased, it enters a valid period and runs normally during this period. If your account goes into arrears, the resource enters a grace period and then a retention period.

Figure 1 Lifecycle of a pay-per-use KooDrive resource

Arrears Alert

The system will deduct fees for pay-per-use resources at the end of each billing cycle. When your account is in arrears, the Huawei Cloud account creator will be notified by email, SMS, and internal message.

Impact of Arrears

If your account balance is insufficient, your account falls into arrears. However, your pay-per-use resources will not be stopped immediately. There will be a grace period before they are stopped. You are still responsible for expenditures generated during the grace period. You can view the charges on the Billing Center > Overview page and pay any past due balances as needed.

If you do not bring your account current before the grace period ends, the resource enters a retention period and its status becomes Frozen. You cannot perform any operations while it is in the retention period.

If you do not bring your account current before the retention period ends, your data stored in the resource will be deleted and cannot be restored, and the resource will be released.

Huawei Cloud has specific grace and retention periods for each tier of customers. You can check your tier by logging in to the management console and choosing Basic Information under your username in the upper right corner.