Billing instructions

This article takes you quickly to understand the main billing information of bare metal server BMS, such as billing mode, billing item, renewal, and arrears.

Billing Model

Bare-metal servers have a pack-year/pack-month billing model. The pack-year/pack-month is a pre-paid model, that is, pay before use and settle according to the purchase cycle of the order, so you must ensure that your account balance is sufficient before purchasing. For a detailed description of the billing model, see Billing Model.

Billing item

The billing item of bare metal server consists of instance size charge, mirror charge, cloud disk charge and public network bandwidth charge. For each billing item, please refer to the Billing item for the billing factor, the billing formula, and other information.

For a sample billing example in a realistic scenario and how each billing item is calculated under different billing models, see the Sample Billing Example.

Renewal of Billing

Year/month package bare metal server will affect the normal operation of cloud server after expiration. If you want to continue to use the bare-metal server, you need to renew the bare-metal server within the specified time, otherwise the resources such as vCPU, memory, and cloud hard disk will be released automatically, and the data may also be lost. The renewal includes manual renewal and automatic renewal, which you can choose according to your needs. For more information about renewals, see Overview of Renewals.

Fee bill

You can view the flow and detailed bills associated with bare metal servers in "Expense Center > Billing Management" in order to understand your consumption. For detailed instructions, please refer to the Charge Bill.

Arrears

When using a bare-metal server, an account is deemed to be in arrears if the available amount is less than the bill to be settled. After the arrears, it may affect the normal operation of bare metal server resources, and it is necessary to recharge in time. Please refer to the instructions for arrears for details.

Stop Billing

Bare-metal server resources can be unsubscribed or deleted when they are no longer in use, thereby avoiding continued billing. See Stop Billing for more details.

Cost Management

You can manage costs from four dimensions: cost composition, cost allocation, cost analysis, and cost optimization. For more details, see Cost Management.