Burst performance-based billing rules

The billing of burst-type instances is divided into two parts: instance billing and credit billing, and instances may incur credit charges when they are turned on without performance constraint mode.

Burst instances in unconstrained mode will not be limited in performance by CPU Mileage, and after the credit balance is depleted, advance credits and excess credits can be used to keep the instance running at a higher CPU usage than the Beanchmark Performance. Excess credits are generated and must be repaid by the next full point, and the system will settle the excess credits at the full point; advance credits are only settled when instances are provisioned, performance modes are resized, or deleted, and no additional fees are paid as long as they are repaid before such operations are performed.

Instance Price

• Instance specification price

  Burst instances have the same specifications as normal instances and support both annual and monthly billing and per-configuration billing. Please refer to Instance Price Overview for pricing specifications.

• Instance voucher price

  The burst type instance vouchers of 2G are priced at: 0.005$/credit.

Billing Rules

• Instance billing rules

  The billing rules and expiration/default suspension rules of the instance specification itself are the same as those of normal instances, please refer to Instance billing rules for details.

• Points billing rules

  • Billing rules: The burst instance voucher is a post-paid, usage-based billing method, where the paid credit is settled at each hourly interval and automatically deducted from the available vouchers and account balance. Deleting, resize configurations, and resize performance modes, such as for instances, will also trigger the settlement of points.
  • Impact of unpaid fees: After the points are owed, the instance will not be discontinued or deleted, etc., but the system will limit the instance to the Beanchmark Performance. Account recharge or apply for a valid voucher to complete the settlement of the outstanding amount and then resume normal.

Related References

Instance price overview

Instance billing rules