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

Scenarios

If you use RDS for SQL Server for a long time, you can change the billing mode of one or multiple DB instances from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly at a time to save money.

• The billing mode of read replicas cannot be changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.
• Pay-per-use instances in any of the following statuses cannot be changed to yearly/monthly instances: frozen, creation failed, changing instance class, and scaling up.

Changing the Billing Mode of One DB Instance

1. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
3. On the Instances page, locate the DB instance and choose More > Change to Yearly/Monthly in the Operation column.

   Alternatively, click the DB instance name to go to the Overview page. In the Billing area, click Configure under Billing Mode.

4. Select the renewal duration, in months. The minimum duration is one month.
   • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Pay to go to the payment page.
   • If you are not sure about the settings, the system will reserve your order. You can choose Billing & Costs > Unpaid Orders in the upper right corner and pay or cancel the order. The instance status is Changing to Yearly/Monthly. Payment incomplete. Pay Now.

5. Select a payment method and click Confirm.
6. Wait until the billing mode is successfully changed and view the instance on the Instances page.

   In the upper right corner of the instance list, click to refresh the list. After the change completes, the instance status will change to Available and the billing mode will change to Yearly/Monthly.

Changing the Billing Mode of DB Instances in Batches

Only pay-per-use DB instances can be changed to yearly/monthly DB instances.

The statuses of pay-per-use DB instances must be Available or Abnormal.

1. Click in the upper left corner and select a region.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Databases > Relational Database Service.
3. On the Instances page, select multiple DB instances and click Change to Yearly/Monthly above the DB instance list.
   Figure 1 Changing pay-per-use DB instances to yearly/monthly in batches
   

4. Select the renewal duration, in months. The minimum duration is one month.
   • If you do not need to modify your settings, click Pay to go to the payment page.
   • If you are not sure about the settings, the system will reserve your order. You can choose Billing & Costs > Unpaid Orders in the upper right corner and pay or cancel the order. The instance status is Changing to Yearly/Monthly. Payment incomplete. Pay Now.

5. Select a payment method and click Confirm.
6. Wait until the billing mode is successfully changed and view the instance on the Instances page.

   In the upper right corner of the instance list, click to refresh the list. After the change completes, the instance status will change to Available and the billing mode will change to Yearly/Monthly.