Help Center/ Document Database Service/ User Guide/ Billing/ Changing the Billing Mode from Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly
Updated on 2024-01-10 GMT+08:00

Changing the Billing Mode from Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

You can change the billing mode of an instance from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly to reduce your costs for using the instance for a long period of time.

Precautions

Only when the status of a pay-per-use instance is Available, its billing mode can be changed to yearly/monthly.

Changing Instance Billing in Batches

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Document Database Service.
  4. On the Instances page, select the target instances and click Change to Yearly/Monthly above the instance list. In displayed dialog box, click Yes.
  5. On the displayed page, select how many months you wish to renew the instance for. The minimum duration is one month.

    Confirm the settings and click Pay.

  6. Select a payment method and click Pay.
  7. View the results on the Instances page.

    In the upper right corner of the instance list, click to refresh the list. After the instance billing mode is changed to yearly/monthly, the instance status will change to Available. The billing mode becomes to Yearly/Monthly.

Changing the Billing Mode of a Single Instance

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Document Database Service.
  4. On the Instances page, locate the target DB instance and in the Operation column, click Change to Yearly/Monthly.
  5. On the displayed page, select the renewal duration in month. The minimum duration is one month. Figure 1 shows how to change a pay-per-use cluster instance to yearly/monthly.

    Figure 1 Changing from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

    Confirm the settings and click Pay.

  6. Select a payment method and click Pay.
  7. View the results on the Instances page.

    In the upper right corner of the instance list, click to refresh the list. After the instance billing mode is changed to yearly/monthly, the instance status will change to Available. The billing mode becomes to Yearly/Monthly.