PolarDB:Billing

PolarDB is a cloud-native database service that uses a decoupled storage and computing architecture. The compute nodes and storage usage of a PolarDB cluster are separately billed. PolarDB provides storage plans to help you reduce costs.

• Billing methods

  PolarDB provides the subscription, pay-as-you-go, and serverless billing methods to meet requirements in different scenarios. For more information, see Billing methods.

  • Subscription: a prepaid model. You select resources of fixed specifications and pay upfront when you create a cluster. The longer the subscription duration, the greater the discount. This method is suitable for businesses with consistent and long-term resource requirements.

  • Pay-as-you-go: a postpaid model. You select resources of fixed specifications but do not need to pay upfront when you create a cluster. You are billed based on your actual resource usage. This method is suitable for businesses with flexible resource requirements.

  • Serverless: a postpaid model. You do not need to select resources of fixed specifications or pay upfront when you create a cluster. PolarDB can dynamically scale resources based on the workload requirements. This method is applicable to businesses with fluctuating or unpredictable loads.

  If your billing method no longer meets your business requirements, you can switch the billing method. For more information, see Switch between billing methods.

• Billable items

  The billable items of PolarDB includes: computes nodes, cluster storage usage, backup storage beyond the free quota, SQL Explorer (optional), and cold data archiving (optional). For more information, see Billable items.

• Storage plans

  PolarDB provides storage plans to help you reduce storage costs. For more information, see Storage plans.

• Bills

  You can choose Expenses and Costs > Bills > Bill Details to view the resource usage and bills of PolarDB. For more information, see Bills.

• Expiration or overdue payments

  If your PolarDB cluster expires or your Alibaba Cloud account has overdue payments, the operation of the PolarDB cluster may be interrupted. Renew your subscription or top up your account at the earliest opportunity. For more information, see Expiration or overdue payments.

• Renewal

  PolarDB allows you to automatically or manually renew subscription clusters. For more information, see Renewal.

  Note

  After a subscription PolarDB cluster expires, the operation of the cluster may be interrupted. If you want to continue using the PolarDB cluster, renew your subscription at the earliest opportunity.