Billing overview - Cloud Firewall - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes the billing methods and billable items for Cloud Firewall.

Billing methods

Billing method	Description	Scenarios
Subscription 2.0	Subscription is an upfront payment method. It lets you reserve resources in advance and enjoy lower prices, which helps you save costs.	The resource usage period can be estimated. Your business scenarios are stable. You require resources for a long period. This method is cheaper than pay-as-you-go. Pay-as-you-go for burstable traffic is enabled by default. This ensures business continuity during sales promotions, major event support, or short-term traffic bursts. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go for burstable subscription traffic.
Pay-as-you-go 2.0	Pay-as-you-go is a post-paid billing method. You can enable and release resources on demand without purchasing them in advance.	Scenarios where business usage frequently changes. You have temporary or sudden resource requirements.
Pay-as-you-go savings plans	A pay-as-you-go savings plan is a prepaid package, similar to a stored-value card. After you purchase a plan, you can use it to receive a discount on pay-as-you-go fees for Cloud Firewall. This applies to both standard pay-as-you-go fees and fees for burstable subscription traffic, which helps you save money.	Scenarios where business usage frequently changes. You have temporary or sudden resource requirements.

For more information about the billing details and billing cycle of the subscription-based Cloud Firewall (Premium Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Ultimate Edition), and how to purchase a subscription, see Subscription 2.0.
For more information about the billing details of the pay-as-you-go Cloud Firewall, how to enable it, and how to view bill details, see Pay-as-you-go 2.0.
For more information about how to purchase Cloud Firewall, see Purchase Cloud Firewall.
To try Cloud Firewall for free, see Free trial.
To ensure continuous protection, renew your subscription-based Cloud Firewall before it expires. For more information about renewals, see Renewal policy.
To upgrade or downgrade your Cloud Firewall edition, change its specifications, temporarily increase protection bandwidth, or switch between subscription and pay-as-you-go billing methods, see Upgrades and downgrades.
To release a Cloud Firewall instance, see Release an instance.
For answers to frequently asked questions about Cloud Firewall, see Pre-sales FAQ.