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Updated on 2024-10-18 GMT+08:00

Does Pay-per-Use Billing Stop When My Cluster Stops?

Yes. The system settles the fees by hour for the pay-per-use mode. You can use the service as long as your account balance is sufficient. To reduce costs:

  • Choose More > Stop in the Operation column to stop the cluster. After a cluster is stopped, only basic resources (vCPUs and memory) are not charged. The public IP address and bandwidth assigned to the cluster are still charged.
  • Delete the purchased clusters if you will not be needing them, and create new ones when needed.
  • Switch to the yearly/monthly mode that allows you to use the service within the specific period of time without additional fees.