This topic describes the billable items of PolarDB.
The following figure shows the approximate proportion of each billable item in a PolarDB cluster.

Billable item | Description |
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Compute node (primary node and read-only node) |
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Storage |
Note For more information about the pricing of storage, see Storage pricing.
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Data backup (only charged for the storage that exceeds the free quota) |
Note For more information about the pricing of data backups, see Pricing of data backups that exceed the free quota.
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SQL Explorer (optional) |
Note For more information about the pricing of SQL Explorer, see Pricing of SQL Explorer (optional).
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GDN (optional) | The global database network (GDN) feature is free of charge. You are charged only for each PolarDB cluster that uses the GDN feature. For more information, see GDN. |