Bills

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Use Expenses and Costs to view billing details for your PolarDB cluster by different billing cycles and accounts.

Viewing bills

  • On the Expenses and Costs > Bill > Bill Details page, use the filters to query for bills.

Note
  • You can only query bills for a single calendar month at a time. You cannot select a time range that spans multiple calendar months. For example, you cannot select the period from January 10, 2022 to February 10, 2022.

  • For more information about the Bill Details page, see Bill Details.

Billing details (New)

The billing details page contains many fields. The following table describes some of them. For additional field descriptions, see Terms Related to Fees and Costs.

Parameter

Description

Product Code

Corresponds to the Commodity Name field. For example, polardb_backups_public_cn is the code for PolarDB backup.

Billable Item Code

Corresponds to the Billable Item field. For example, master_spec is the code for compute node.

Usage

The usage of a billable item.

Note
  • To verify the usage amount, refer to the billable item details.

  • If the billing period is monthly or daily, this value is the sum of the detailed usage amounts. This value is for reference only and should not be used for reconciliation.

List Price

The list price of the product.

Total List Price

The total list price for the resource configuration selected at purchase. For prepaid resources, this refers to the total configuration price before discounts. For postpaid resources, it is the unit price before discounts.

Example

The following table shows the monthly records for several billable items from the billing details page. In this example, the **Statistics Item** is set to Billable Item, the **Billing Period** is set to Billing Month, and the **Product Name** is set to PolarDB.

No.

Product code

Product name

Billable item code

Billable item

Usage

Usage unit

List price (CNY)

Pricing unit

Total list price (CNY)

1

polardb_payg

PolarDB (pay-as-you-go)

master_spec

compute node

74

Hours

1.77

CNY/Hour

130.98

2

polardb_payg

PolarDB (pay-as-you-go)

master_disk_size

storage space

2088.54862

GB

0.00243

CNY/GB

5.0751731466

3

polardb_colddata_public_cn

PolarDB cold data storage

colddata

cold data storage

31.2297

GB

0.00021

CNY/GB

0.006558237

4

polardb_backups_public_cn

PolarDB backup

level1_backup

level 1 backup

381.00211

GB/Hour 

0.003

CNY/GB/Hour

1.14300633

5

polardb_backups_public_cn

PolarDB backup

level2_backup

PolarDB level 2 backup

11.28959

GB

0.00021

CNY/GB

0.00460845

6

polardb_package

PolarDB storage package

flowout_spec

storage package specification

50

GB

175

CNY/GB

175

7

polardb_cu_public_cn

PolarDB compute package

capacity_unit

compute package capacity

5

CU

38

CNY/CU

190

8

polardb_serverlesspcu_dp_cn

PolarDB Serverless compute package

capacity_unit

resource package capacity

50

CU*H

0.38

CNY/CU*H

19

The monthly records show the following:

  • In row 2, the storage space usage of 2088.54862 GB represents the total storage space used by a PolarDB cluster during that month.

  • See billable items and resource packages for the list price of each billable item.

  • The total list price is calculated using the following formula: Total List Price = Usage × List Price. Storage packages are an exception, where the total list price is equal to the list price.

Note

The data in the preceding example is for reference only. The actual product prices apply.

Bill details (Legacy)

The bill details page contains many columns. This topic describes some of the key columns. For more information about the columns, see Terms Related to Expenses and Costs.

Column

Description

Billable item code

Corresponds to the Billable Item field. For example, master_spec represents a compute node.

Usage

The usage of a billable item.

Note
  • To verify this value, check the usage breakdown for the billable item.

  • If the statistical period is set to a day or billing cycle, the displayed usage is the sum of all detailed usage data. This value is for reference only and should not be used for reconciliation.

Pretax Gross Amount

The pretax amount calculated based on the list price. Refer to the price unit field for the unit of measurement.

Example:

The following shows the monthly records for some billable items on the Bill Details > Billing Details page, where Summarized by is set to Billable Item, Billing Period is set to Billing Cycle, and Product is set to PolarDB.

No.

Product detail

Billable item

Billable item code

List price (CNY)

Price unit

Usage

Usage unit

Pretax gross amount (CNY)

1

PolarDB (pay-as-you-go)

compute node

master_spec

1.77

CNY/Hour

74

Hour

130.98

2

PolarDB (pay-as-you-go)

storage capacity

master_disk_size

0.00243

CNY/GB

2088.54862

GB

5.0751731466

3

PolarDB cold data storage

cold data storage

colddata

0.00021

CNY/GB

31.2297

GB

0.006558237

4

PolarDB Backup

level-1 backup

level1_backup

0.003

CNY/GB/Hour

381.00211

GB/Hour 

1.14300633

5

PolarDB Backup

PolarDB level-2 backup

level2_backup

0.00021

CNY/GB

11.28959

GB

0.00460845

6

PolarDB storage plan

Storage plan specification

flowout_spec

175

CNY/GB

50

GB

175

7

PolarDB compute plan

Compute plan capacity

capacity_unit

38

CNY/CU

5

CU

190

8

PolarDB Serverless compute plan

Resource plan capacity

capacity_unit

0.38

CNY/CU*H

50

CU*H

19

The preceding monthly records show the following:

  • In row 2, the storage capacity usage is 2088.54862 GB. This value indicates the total storage capacity usage of a PolarDB cluster for the current month.

  • For the list price of each billable item, see billable items and resource plans.

  • The Pretax Gross Amount is calculated as follows: Usage × List Price. For storage plans, the Pretax Gross Amount equals the list price, regardless of usage.

Note

The data in this example is for reference only. The actual prices on the product page prevail.