Resource plans

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Resource plans are a subscription billing option that provides discounted rates for basic Cloud Monitor. After you enable pay-as-you-go billing and purchase a resource plan, usage beyond your free quota is deducted from the resource plan.

Important

You must enable the pay-as-you-go billing method for basic Cloud Monitor before you can purchase resource plans.

Purchase resource plans

Select a resource plan based on your expected usage. The following table lists the available plans and pricing.

Resource plan name

Purchase page

Billing example

Text message alert resource plan

Basic Cloud Monitor text message alert resource plan

Assume that you have enabled pay-as-you-go for basic Cloud Monitor. At 13:00:00 on June 1, 2023, you use 600 text message alerts and then purchase a resource plan for 10,000 text message alerts. After using another 5,000 alerts, the remaining quota is calculated as follows:

Remaining free quota before purchase = (1,000 messages - 600 messages) = 400 messages

Remaining resource plan quota = 10,000 messages - (5,000 messages - 400 messages) = 5,400 messages

Note

The free quota for text message alerts is 1,000 messages per month.

Phone call alert resource plan

Basic Cloud Monitor phone call alert resource plan

Assume that you have enabled pay-as-you-go for basic Cloud Monitor. On June 1, 2023, you purchase a resource plan for 5,000 phone call alerts and use 5,500 phone call alerts. The resource plan is depleted, and the remaining 500 calls are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Note

Starting from April 27, 2024, you are not charged for unanswered phone calls.

Deduction rules for resource plans

The following table describes the deduction rules.

Attribute

Description

Validity period

Resource plans are valid for six months. Expired plans cannot be used or extended.

Deduction Time

Resource plans take effect immediately after purchase.

Offset order

If you have multiple resource plans of the same type, they are consumed in the following order:

  • The resource plan that expires earliest is consumed first.

  • After all resource plans of the same type are exhausted, additional usage is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.

View resource plan details

After you purchase a resource plan, you can check its usage at any time to manage your resources.

  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the left navigation pane of Expenses and Costs, click Account > Resource Plan, select the Resource Plan radio button, and then go to the Usage Details tab to view your resource plan usage.

Related operations

Unsubscribe from a resource plan