Description
Two billing modes are available: pay-per-use and yearly/monthly. Select a billing mode that best suits your business needs.
- Pay-per-use
You pay for the duration you use the resources, which is flexible. Prices are calculated by the hour, and no minimum fee is required.
- Yearly/Monthly
You are billed based on the subscription duration you specify. This mode is ideal when the resource use duration is predictable. A longer subscription often means a lower cost.
If the resource use is stable, you can change a pay-per-use vault to a yearly/monthly vault to save money. A yearly/monthly vault cannot be changed to a pay-per-use vault.
For detailed prices, see CBR pricing details.
It is recommended that you use the CBR price calculator to select resources and estimate costs.
FAQ
What Will I Be Billed for Using CBR?
You are billed for the storage space and optionally the data traffic required for backup replication. Pricing of the storage space varies with vault types. See details in the following table.
| Category | Billing Items | Description | Billing Mode |
| Storage space | Disk backup vault | If cloud disks need to be backed up, buy disk backup vaults. | Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly |
| Server backup vault | If cloud servers (without applications) need to be backed up, buy server backup vaults. | Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly |
| SFS Turbo backup vault | If SFS Turbo file systems need to be backed up, buy SFS Turbo backup vaults. | Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly |
| Database server backup vault | If cloud servers (with applications) need to be backed up, buy database server backup vaults. You need to enable Application-Consistent Backup on the Buy Server Backup Vault page when creating server backup vaults. For more information, see Application-Consistent Backup. | Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly |
| Hybrid cloud backup vault | If backups of on-premises VMware VMs and OceanStor Dorado arrays need to be stored, buy hybrid cloud backup vaults. | Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly |
| Replication vault | If you need to replicate backups to another region, buy replication vaults in the destination region. | Pay-per-use Yearly/Monthly |
| Data traffic | Outbound traffic over the Internet | If hybrid cloud backups on the cloud are used to restore data to on-premises IDCs, outbound traffic is charged. | Free for a limited time |
| Cross-region replication traffic | If backups or vaults are replicated to another region, traffic for cross-region replication is charged for the source region. | Pay-per-use Traffic package |
What Can I do If My Yearly/Monthly Vault Is About to Expire?
When a yearly/monthly vault expires, CBR will not automatically change your vault to pay-per-use billing, and your vault will be handled based on Resource Suspension and Release. If the vault is not renewed before the retention period expires, CBR will automatically delete the resources in the vault.
- To continue to use the vault, choose More > Renew in the Operation column of the vault to renew your subscription.
- To not use the vault anymore, choose More > Delete in the Operation column of the vault, or you can wait for CBR to automatically delete it when its subscription expires.
