Billing Overview

Updated on 2025-01-23 GMT+08:00

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In this document, you will learn about how Data Encryption Workshop (DEW) is billed, how you can renew subscriptions and manage costs, and what happens if your account goes into arrears.

DEW is charged for three microservices: Key Management Service (KMS), Cloud Secret Management Service (CSMS), and Dedicated Hardware Security Module (Dedicated HSM).

Billing Modes
There are yearly/monthly and pay-per-use billing modes. Each one has different advantages and disadvantages. Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid mode. You need to pay first, and will be billed based on the required duration in your order. Ensure that your account balance is sufficient. Pay-per-use billing mode is a postpaid mode. In this mode, you pay for what you used. For details about billing modes, see Billing Modes Overview.
Billed Items
The billing items of DEW consist of the key fee, secret fee, and Dedicated HSM instance fee. For details about the billing factors and formulas of each billing item, see Billing Items.

For more information about the billing samples and the billing for each item, see Billing Examples.
Renewing Subscriptions
If you do not renew a yearly/monthly Dedicated HSM instance on time before it expires, the instance cannot be used. If you want to continue using a Dedicated HSM instance, you need to renew the instance within the specified period. Otherwise, the instance will be frozen. For more information about renewal, see Renewing Subscriptions.
Viewing Bills
You can choose Billing & Costs > Bills to check the DEW transactions and bills. For details, see Viewing Bills.
Arrears
Your account goes into arrears when the balance cannot cover the bill you need to pay. If your account is in arrears, the website may loss protection. You need to top up your account in a timely manner. For details, see About Arrears.
Stopping Billing
If you no longer need to use your cloud service, you can unsubscribe from or delete it to stop the billing. For details, see Stopping the Billing.
Managing Costs
DEW costs include costs of ownership and O&M. You can optimize costs through cost collection, resource optimization, upgrade, thrift, and automatic O&M. For details, see Cost Management.