Updated on 2024-04-18 GMT+08:00

Billing

Billing Items

You are billed based on the enterprise switch type. Currently, basic, standard, and enhanced enterprise switches are supported.

For pricing details, see Enterprise Switch Price Calculator.

Billing Mode

Enterprise switches can be billed on a yearly/monthly or pay-per-use basis. For billing details, see Table 1.
Table 1 Enterprise switch billing details

Billing Mode

Description

Impact of Operations on Billing

Yearly/Monthly

If you buy a yearly/monthly enterprise switch, you need to make a one-off payment for the enterprise switch in your selected period. The price varies by enterprise switch specifications and is subject to the one on the payment page. Enterprise switches of the following specifications can be billed on a yearly/monthly basis:

  • Basic
  • Standard
  • Enhanced
NOTE:

The yearly/monthly billing mode is available only in regions LA-Santiago and AF-Johannesburg.

You can unsubscribe from a yearly/monthly subscription. Your actual usage fee and some preferential fees will be deducted from the refund amount.

Pay-per-use

Billing starts immediately after an enterprise switch is created. Your enterprise switch is billed by the second, and settled by the hour. If the usage is less than an hour, you are billed based on the actual duration consumed. Enterprise switches of the following specifications can be billed on a pay-per-use basis:

  • Basic
  • Standard
  • Enhanced

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Currently, the following enterprise switch specifications are supported:
  • Basic
    • Maximum Bandwidth: 3 Gbit/s
    • Maximum PPS: 500,000
    • Connected Subnets: 1
  • Standard
    • Maximum Bandwidth: 5 Gbit/s
    • Maximum PPS: 1,000,000
    • Connected Subnets: 3
  • Enhanced
    • Maximum Bandwidth: 10 Gbit/s
    • Maximum PPS: 2,000,000
    • Connected Subnets: 6

How Do I Renew an Enterprise Switch? What Will Happen If My Account Is in Arrears?

If your account is in arrears, you will be impacted for using your resources.

  • If your yearly/monthly resource has expired and is not renewed, the resource enters the grace period. If you do not renew the monthly/yearly resource within the grace period, the resource enters a retention period after the grace period has expired.

    You cannot perform any operations on yearly/monthly resources that are in the grace or retention period. To ensure that your services are not affected, renew the resources before they expire.

  • If your pay-per-use resource is in arrears, the resource enters the grace period. If you do not pay off the arrears of the pay-per-use resource within the grace period, the resource enters a retention period after the grace period has expired.

    You can still perform operations on pay-per-use resources in the grace period. However, you cannot perform any operations on them if they enter the retention period.