Updated on 2024-09-12 GMT+08:00

Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

After creating a yearly/monthly DCS instance, you can change the billing mode to pay-per-use to reclaim some costs and use the instance more flexibly.

You can change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use on the DCS console (see Changing to Pay-per-Use on the Cloud Service Console) or in Billing Center (see Changing to Pay-per-Use in Billing Center).

The pay-per-use billing mode will take effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription has expired.

Prerequisites

Your DCS 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 Cache Service (for Redis).
  3. In the navigation pane, choose Cache Manager.
  4. Choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use in the Operation column of the target DCS instance.
  5. Confirm the change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use.

    Figure 1 Changing the billing mode to pay-per-use upon expiration

Changing to Pay-per-Use in Billing Center

  1. Log in to the console.
  2. Hover over Billing & Costs in the upper part of the console and choose Renewal from the drop-down list.

    The Renewals page is displayed.

  3. Customize search criteria. For example, set Service Type to Distributed Cache Service.

    • 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.
    • On the Pay-per-Use After Expiration tab, you can view the resources whose billing mode will change to pay-per-use upon expiration.
    Figure 2 Renewals

  4. Set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use after the yearly/monthly subscription expires.

    • Single resource: Select the DCS 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 3 Changing the billing mode of a single resource from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use after expiration
    • Multiple resources: Select the DCS instances for which you want to change the billing mode, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the resource list.
      Figure 4 Batch changing the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use after expiration

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

    Figure 5 Changing the billing mode to pay-per-use upon expiration