Help Center/ Distributed Message Service for RocketMQ/ Billing/ Billing Mode Changes/ Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use
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Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

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

Constraints

Changing from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use takes effect at either of the following time:

  • Upon expiration of the yearly/monthly billing.
  • Immediately after the change is submitted.

Prerequisites

  • The billing mode of the RocketMQ instance is Yearly/Monthly.
  • The RocketMQ instance is in the Running state.

Changing to Pay-per-Use on the Cloud Service Console

  1. Log in to the RocketMQ instance console.
  2. Set the billing mode to change to pay-per-use immediately or after the yearly/monthly subscription expires, in either of the following ways:

    After the yearly/monthly subscription expires:

    • Select the desired RocketMQ instance, and choose More > Change Billing Upon Expiration in the Operation column.
    • Select one or more RocketMQ instances and click Change Billing Upon Expiration in the upper corner of the instance list. In the displayed Change Billing Upon Expiration dialog box, click OK.
    • Click a RocketMQ instance name to go to the instance details page. Choose > Change Billing Upon Expiration in the upper right corner.

    Immediately:

    • Single resource: Select the desired RocketMQ instance, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-use in the Operation column.
    • Select one or more RocketMQ instances and choose More > Change to Pay-per-use in the upper corner of the instance list. In the displayed Change to Pay-per-use dialog box, click OK.
    • Click a RocketMQ instance name to go to the instance details page. Choose > Change to Pay-per-use in the upper right corner.

  3. Confirm the change details, and click Change Billing Upon Expiration or Change to Pay-per-Use.

Changing to Pay-per-Use in Billing Center

  1. Go to the Billing > Renewal page.
  2. Customize search criteria.

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

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

    • Single resource: Select the RocketMQ instance for which you want to change the billing mode, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column.
    • Multiple resources: Select the RocketMQ instances for which you want to change the billing mode, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration above the resource list.

  4. Confirm the subscription change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use.
Parent topic: Billing Mode Changes