This topic compares the following billing methods for PolarDB for MySQL compute nodes: pay-as-you-go together with the compute plan, pay-as-you-go, and subscription.
Flexibility
Item | Manually change specifications | Auto-scaling | Release a cluster | Fee for configuration changes |
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Pay-as-you-go together with the compute plan | Supported | Supported | Supported |
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Pay-as-you-go | Supported | Supported | Supported |
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Subscription | Supported | Not supported | To release a subscription cluster, you must apply to unsubscribe from the cluster, or change the billing method to a pay-as-you-go first. | When you upgrade or downgrade a subscription cluster, or add or remove a node, the discount for new clusters is not offered. |
Prices
Edition | Node specification code
CPU and memory |
Pay-as-you-go | Subscription |
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Cluster Edition | polar.mysql.x4.medium
2 cores, 8 GB |
USD 0.092/hour |
USD 44/month (USD 0.061/hour) |
polar.mysql.x4.large
4 cores, 16 GB |
USD 0.323/hour |
USD 155/month (USD 0.215/hour) |
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polar.mysql.x4.xlarge
8 cores, 32 GB |
USD 0.646/hour |
USD 310/month (USD 0.431/hour) |
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polar.mysql.x8.xlarge
8 cores, 64 GB |
USD 1.033/hour |
USD 496/month (USD 0.689/hour) |
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polar.mysql.x8.2xlarge
16 cores, 128 GB |
USD 2.065/hour |
USD 991/month (USD 1.376/hour) |
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polar.mysql.x8.4xlarge
32 cores, 256 GB |
USD 4.129/hour |
USD 1,982/month (USD 2.753/hour) |
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polar.mysql.x8.8xlarge
64 cores, 512 GB |
USD 8.256/hour |
USD 3,963/month (USD 5.504/hour) |
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polar.mysql.x8.12xlarge
88 cores, 710 GB |
USD 11.352/hour |
USD 5,449/month (USD 7.568/hour) |
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Single Node | polar.mysql.s2.large
4 cores, 8 GB |
USD 0.09/hour |
USD 44/month (USD 0.061/hour) |
Archive Database | polar.mysql.a4.large
4 cores, 16 GB |
USD 0.323/hour |
USD 155/month (USD 0.215/hour) |
polar.mysql.a4.xlarge
8 cores, 32 GB |
USD 0.646/hour |
USD 310/month (USD 0.431/hour) |
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polar.mysql.a8.xlarge
8 cores, 64 GB |
USD 1.033/hour |
USD 496/month (USD 0.689/hour) |
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polar.mysql.a8.2xlarge
16 cores, 128 GB |
USD 2.065/hour |
USD 991/month (USD 1.376/hour) |
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polar.mysql.a8.4xlarge
32 cores, 256 GB |
USD 4.129/hour |
USD 1,982/month (USD 2.753/hour) |
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polar.mysql.a8.8xlarge
64 cores, 512 GB |
USD 8.256/hour |
USD 3,963/month (USD 5.504/hour) |
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polar.mysql.a8.12xlarge
88 cores, 710 GB |
USD 11.352/hour |
USD 5,449/month (USD 7.568/hour) |