Cloud Web Hosting is available in two types: Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting and Shared Cloud Web Hosting. Before you select a Cloud Web Hosting instance, consider your business requirements and review the billing details. This helps you control costs and select an instance that meets your needs and budget. This topic describes the billable items, billing methods, and billing details for Cloud Web Hosting.
Overview of billable items
The following figure describes the billable items for Cloud Web Hosting.
Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting
Billing for Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting consists of the product fee and optional fees for bandwidth extension and website acceleration packages. The billing details are described below.
Before you purchase a Cloud Web Hosting product, extend bandwidth, or purchase a website acceleration package, ensure that your account balance is sufficient. To top up your account, see Online top-up.
Billable item | Billing method | Billing cycle | Billing | Purchase method |
(Required) Product fee | Subscription | Supports annual or monthly billing.
| You are charged for using an Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting instance. The product fee varies based on the region, product type, and subscription duration that you select. The fee is deducted at the time of purchase. |
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(Optional) Bandwidth extension fee | The minimum billing cycle is 1 month. The maximum billing cycle is calculated based on the expiration date of the host. The actual available subscription durations are displayed on the purchase page. | For Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting instances with a fixed bandwidth, you can add extra bandwidth. This improves website access speed and helps defend against high-traffic attacks. Note For more information about Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting instances with a fixed bandwidth, see Pricing. | Increase the bandwidth of an Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting instance | |
(Optional) Website acceleration package | By number of acceleration packages | Billing is based on the number of acceleration packages. You can purchase up to 20 packages at a time. This provides 2,000 GB of traffic and 20 million requests. | For Exclusive Cloud Web Hosting instances in the Chinese mainland regions, you can purchase website acceleration packages to meet your website acceleration needs. Note You can claim a free website acceleration package only once. The free package includes 10 GB of traffic and 100,000 requests. |
Shared Cloud Web Hosting
Billing for Shared Cloud Web Hosting consists of the product fee and optional fees for traffic and web space extensions. The billing details are described below.
Before you purchase a Cloud Web Hosting product or extend traffic or web space, ensure that your account balance is sufficient. To top up your account, see Online top-up.
Billable item | Billing method | Billing cycle | Description | Purchase method |
(Required) Product fee | Yearly subscription | Annual billing is available. For the Shared DAS Economy Edition in the China (Beijing) region and the Shared DAS Economy Enhanced Edition in the Chinese mainland regions, you can select a subscription duration of 1, 2, or 3 years. | This is the fee for using a Shared Cloud Web Hosting instance. The product fee varies based on the selected region, product type, and subscription duration. The fee is deducted at the time of purchase. |
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(Optional) Traffic extension fee | By number of data transfer plans | Billing is based on the number of data transfer plans. You can purchase up to 20 plans at a time, which provides a total of 1,000 GB of traffic. | If your website experiences high traffic, you can purchase additional data transfer plans. This prevents your website from becoming inaccessible if you exceed your monthly traffic quota. | For more information, see Increase the traffic for a Shared Cloud Web Hosting instance. |
(Optional) Web space extension fee | By number of web space units | Billing is based on the number of web space units. You can purchase up to 9,998 units (a total of 499,900 MB) at a time. | If your existing web space is insufficient for your growing website traffic, applications, or web files, you can purchase additional web space. | For more information, see Increase the web space for a Shared Cloud Web Hosting instance. |