Updated on 2025-07-28 GMT+08:00

Overview of Billing Mode Changes

If the current billing mode of resources does not meet service requirements, you can change the billing mode to a more appropriate one.

Pay-per-use: Apply for resources first, and then pay only for the actual resource usage.

Yearly/Monthly: Subscribe to resources for 1 month, 1 year, multiple months, or multiple years and pay for them at a time. Once payment is completed, the resources are allocated to you. If not renewed upon expiration, they will be released.

Table 1 Billing mode changes

Change Type

Scenario

Effective Time

Price

From Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

You have stable use scenarios, and you want to cut down costs by choosing a long-term subscription.

Immediately

Price of the yearly/monthly subscription

From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use Upon Expiration

Your services may have great fluctuations upon expiration of yearly/monthly resources, and you want to choose a more flexible billing mode.

Upon expiration of yearly/monthly resources

Price of resources on a pay-per-use basis (after the expiration of yearly/monthly resources)

From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use Immediately

Your services are experiencing grate fluctuations, and you need to immediately change the billing mode to a more flexible one to reduce costs.

Immediately

Refund of the remaining fees of the yearly/monthly subscription

  • The billing change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use upon expiration does not take effect immediately, so you can cancel the change before the resources are billed on a pay-per-use basis. For details, see Enabling Manual Renewal.
  • The billing change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use immediately cannot be canceled.