Overview
There are pay-per-use and yearly/monthly (resource package) billing modes. Each one has different advantages and disadvantages.
- Yearly/Monthly is a prepaid billing mode. You pay in advance for a subscription term, and in exchange, you get a discounted rate. The longer the subscription term, the bigger the discount. Yearly/Monthly billing is a good option for long-term, stable services.
- Pay-per-use is a postpaid billing mode. You pay as you go and just pay for what you use. The OBS usage is calculated by the second but billed every hour. Pay-per-use billing is a good option for scenarios where there are sudden traffic bursts, such as e-commerce promotions.
Table 1 lists the differences between these billing modes.
Billing Mode |
Yearly/monthly |
Pay-per-use |
---|---|---|
Payment |
Prepaid Billed by the subscription term you purchase |
Postpaid Billed by the actual OBS usage |
Billed Usage Period |
Hour |
Hour |
Billing Items |
Single-AZ Standard storage Multi-AZ Standard storage Single-AZ Archive storage Outbound Internet traffic Pull traffic Cross-region replication traffic |
All OBS items can be billed on a pay-per-use basis. For details, see Pay-per-Use Billing. |
Billing Mode Change |
Yearly/Monthly can be changed to pay-per-use. The change takes effect only after the yearly/monthly subscription expires. |
Pay-per-use can be changed to yearly/monthly. |
Application Scenarios |
Recommended for resources expected to be in use long-term. A cost-effective option for scenarios where the resource usage duration is predictable. |
Good for short-term, bursty, or unpredictable workloads that cannot tolerate any interruptions. |
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