Help Center/ Host Security Service/ Billing/ Changing the Billing Mode/ Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly
Updated on 2025-08-12 GMT+08:00
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Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

If you plan to use HSS for a long time, you can change the billing mode of your pay-per-use quotas (in professional, premium, WTP, or container edition) to yearly/monthly to reduce costs. If you change the billing mode from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly, a new order is generated. The yearly/monthly resource takes effect immediately when you make the payment.

Assume that you bought a pay-per-use HSS premium edition quota on April 18, 2023, 15:29:16, and you changed the instance's billing mode to yearly/monthly on April 18, 2023, 16:30:30 (a change-to-yearly/monthly order generated). After you pay the order, the yearly/monthly HSS premium edition takes effect immediately. On the Billing Center > Bills page, three bills are generated as follows:

  • Pay-per-use: April 18, 2023, 15:00:00 to April 18, 2023, 16:00:00. Fees are generated for the period from 15:29:16 to 16:00:00.
  • Pay-per-use: April 18, 2023, 16:00:00 to April 18, 2023, 17:00:00. Fees are generated for the period from 16:00:00 to 16:30:30.
  • Yearly/Monthly: April 18, 2023, 16:30:30

Procedure

  1. Log in to the HSS console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region or project.
  3. Go to a quota page as required.

    Server protection is available in professional, premium, and WTP editions. Container protection is available in the container edition.
    • To go to the server protection quota page,
      1. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Asset Management > Servers & Quota.
      2. Click the Quotas tab.
    • To go to the container protection quota page,
      1. In the navigation tree on the left, choose Asset Management > Containers & Quota.
      2. On the Containers & Quota page, click the Protection Quotas tab.

  4. In the row containing a quota, click Change to Yearly/Monthly in the Operation column.
  5. Click OK. The Change from Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly page is displayed.
  6. Select the required duration, determine whether to enable auto-renewal, confirm the expected expiration date and price, and click Pay.
  7. Select a payment method and make your payment. Once the order is paid, the billing mode of the instance becomes yearly/monthly.