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Updated on 2025-05-08 GMT+08:00
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Overview

CCM provides three billing modes: one-time, pay-per-use, and yearly/monthly billing for you to meet your needs.

  • One-time billing applies only to SSL certificates. When purchasing an SSL certificate, a one-time fee is charged based on the certificate type, certificate authority, domain type, number of domain names, and required duration you select.
  • Pay-per-use: You pay as you go and just pay for what you use. This billing mode is suitable for purchasing private certificates. The prices are calculated by the second but billed every hour. With the pay-per-use billing mode, you can easily adapt to resource requirement changes, reducing the risk of over-provisioning of resources or lacking capacity. In this mode, there are no upfront commitments required.
  • Yearly/Monthly billing: A prepaid mode in which you pay for the service before using it. Your bill is settled based on the required period. The longer you use the service, the more discounts you got.

    Table 1 describes the differences between the billing modes.

    Table 1 Billing modes

    Billing Mode

    One-time payment

    Pay-per-Use Billing

    Yearly/Monthly Billing

    Payment Method

    Prepaid

    Calculated based on the specifications of the purchased certificate.

    Postpaid

    Billed for what you use.

    Prepaid

    Billed by the purchase period specified in your order

    Billing period

    One-time payment based on specifications of purchased certificates.

    Billed by the second and settled by the hour.

    Billed by the purchase period specified in the order

    Billing items
    • SSL certificates
    • SSL certificate expansion package
    • Private certificate
    • Private CAs

    Changing billing mode

    The billing mode for SSL certificates cannot be changed as SSL certificates are one-time billing products.
    • Switching to one-time billing is not supported. To terminate the billing, delete the corresponding private certificate.
    • Switching to yearly/monthly billing is not supported. To terminate the billing, delete the corresponding private certificate.
      CAUTION:
      • Deleted private CAs or certificates cannot be restored. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
    • The billing mode cannot be changed to one-time.
    • The billing mode cannot be changed to pay-per-use.

    Application scenario

    This billing mode applies to SSL certificates only.
    • Purchase a private certificate.
    • Buy a private CA.
Parent topic: Billing Modes