Billing of ACK managed clusters and dedicated clusters

Description

The billable items of ACK managed clusters and ACK dedicated clusters include cluster management and cloud resources. The following table describes the billable items of different cluster types:

Billing example

Billing method switching

By default, you are charged a cluster management fee for ACK Pro clusters on a pay-as-you-go basis. You cannot change the billing method of the cluster management fee to subscription.

Cluster renewal

View billing details

You can view the bills of cluster management fees and cloud resource fees on the Expenses and Costs page. For more information, see Query bills.

Overdue payments

If the sum of the balance and vouchers in your Alibaba Cloud account is less than the payable amount on a bill, an overdue payment is generated. Overdue payments may affect your business. We recommend that you top up your account and complete overdue payments at the earliest opportunity. For more information, see Overdue payments.

Unsubscription and refund policy

If you no longer need to use an ACK cluster, delete the cluster, release the cloud resources used by the cluster, and make sure that the billing of the cluster and cloud resources is stopped.

• The cluster management fee is not refunded because it is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis.

• For more information about the refund policies of other cloud services, refer to the billing documentation of the cloud services.

For more information, see Unsubscription and refund policies.

References

• For more information about the billing FAQ, see FAQ about billing.

• ACK provides the cost management suite, which offers a cloud cost governance solution to help you control IT spending based on FinOps. This solution allows you to allocate the costs of resources, improve resource utilization, and reduce resource costs to meet the business requirements in different scenarios. For more information, see Cost Suite.