Refund policy - AnalyticDB - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes the refund rules, refund methods, and refund flow for AnalyticDB for MySQL.

Refund rules

The following table describes the types of refund supported by AnalyticDB for MySQL.

Billing method	Type of refund	References
Subscription	Partial refund: You can apply for partial refunds on active subscriptions. Full refund: If you have renewed your subscription but the new subscription has not taken effect, you can cancel the new subscription to obtain a full refund. If the new subscription has taken effect, you are eligible for a partial refund.	For more information about the precautions for refunds and how refunds are calculated, see Rules for unsubscribing from resources.
Pay-as-you-go	Not applicable. You are charged only for the resources you use.	If you no longer need a pay-as-you-go cluster, you can release the cluster in the console. For more information, see Delete or unsubscribe from a cluster.

Warning

After you unsubscribe from a subscription cluster or release a pay-as-you-go cluster, computing and I/O resources are immediately released. Any data stored in the cluster is also permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.

Refund methods

Before you unsubscribe from resources, we recommend that you understand the rules and precautions. You can also refer to the unsubscription examples provided. For more information, see Methods for unsubscribing from resources.

Refund flow

For more information about the refund flow, see Refund flow.