Billing Overview
Last Updated:2022-02-25
Billing Items
BCC includes BCC instances, iamge, cloud disk and bandwidth , etc. BCC resources for a billing arrangement is as shown in the table.
Billing item | Note |
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Instance |
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Image |
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Cloud Disk | Charges are based on a cloud disk type and a capacity. For details, see billing mode of disks. |
Public network bandwidth | charges are based on whether or not you purchase a public IP, with a elastic IP charging modes as follows.
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Snapshot, | snapshotsnapshot billing = snapshot link capacity × duration of saving a snapshot × unit price of a snapshot. For details, seeSnapshot billing modemethod。 |
Billing Modes
BCC provides three billing modes, i.e., prepaid mode, postpaid mode and spot instance. It is divided into different specification families according to different specification types. For more information on specification families, please see Instance Specifications.
- Prepaid: You need to make the one-time payment for the selected period of time in advance, and the price of this mode is lower than that of postpaid mode. You can select 1-9 months or 1-3 years for payment, and the duration period is the unit period from the date of instance creation. For example, if you purchase the BCC service for one month on May 20, 2015, the usage cycle is from May 20, 2015 to June 20, 2015 (the default unit monthly duration is 30 days). For the postpaid price list of instances, please see Prepaid of Specification Family
- Postpaid: It is billed by the actual usage of instances, and you do not need to pay in advance. However, you need to ensure that the balance is more than 100 CNY. The price of this mode is higher than that of prepaid mode. For the postpaid price list of instances, please see Postpayment of Specification Family
- Spot Instance: It is a new operation mode, and you bid within the specified range. When the market price of specified instance specification is lower than your bid and the resource inventory is sufficient, you can successfully create the spot instance and bill it according to current market price. For more information on spot instance, please see Spot Instance.
- Price Calculator: You can preset the configuration of BCC instance in the Price Calculator and view the corresponding price.
Payment Method
You can select the following payment methods during purchase of BCC:
- Baidu AI Cloud account balance. You can log in to "Management Console" -> Financial Overview to view current balance.
- Online payment.
- Coupon payment. Ensure that the coupon status is displayed as "Using" and the order type is general. You can log in to "Management Console" -> "Financial Center" -> Coupon to view current coupon list.
Note: The free 40GB CDS policy for BCC has been cancelled since April 8, 2020. For more information, please see Billing Mode of System Disk.