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    Dedicated Host:Billing overview

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    Dedicated Host:Billing overview

    Last Updated:Mar 19, 2025

    This topic describes the billing and payment of dedicated hosts and Elastic Compute service (ECS) instances deployed on dedicated hosts. This topic covers the following information: billable items, pricing, expiration, overdue payments, renewal, and refunds.

    Billable items

    The following table lists the billable items of Dedicated Host (DDH).

    Cloud service

    Billable item

    Billing method

    References

    DDH

    When you create a dedicated host, you must pay for the following physical resources of the dedicated host:

    • vCPU

    • Memory

    • Local disks (on local SSD type dedicated hosts)

    • Subscription

      A billing method that allows you to use ECS resources only after you pay for them. Subscription is applicable to services that run for 24 hours a day and seven days a week, such as web services. You must pay for subscription resources before you can use them.

    • Pay-as-you-go

      A billing method that allows you to use ECS resources and pay for them afterwards. Pay-as-you-go is applicable to applications or services that experience traffic spikes, such as temporary scaling, interim testing, and scientific computing. You can activate and use pay-as-you-go resources before you pay for them. The system generates bills in each billing cycle and deducts corresponding fees from your account.

    Dedicated host billing

    ECS

    You are charged for the memory, local disks, images, disks, public bandwidth, and snapshots of ECS instances deployed on a dedicated host.

    Resource billing for ECS instances on a dedicated host

    Pricing

    Note

    The price of an instance type varies with the region. The prices displayed on your orders take precedence.

    • DDH: The price of a DDH resource varies with the region. For information about the pricing of DDH resources, go to the Dedicated Host section on the Pricing tab of the ECS product page.

    • ECS: The price of an ECS resource varies with the region. For information about the pricing of ECS resources, go to the Pricing tab of the ECS product page.

    Expiration and overdue payments

    If subscription resources expire or you have overdue payments, the resources automatically stop. After you renew the resources, you can continue to use them. If you have overdue payments, DDH sends you a notification by email, text message, or internal message. After you receive the notification, we recommend that you settle your overdue payments at the earliest opportunity to ensure business continuity. For more information, see Expiration and overdue payments.

    Renewal

    You can renew only subscription resources. You do not need to renew pay-as-you-go resources, but you must make sure that your bank account or PayPal account associated with your Alibaba Cloud account has a sufficient balance or credit limit. We recommend that you enable auto-renewal instead of manual renewal to prevent your business from being interrupted. For more information, see Renewal policies.

    Refunds

    • You cannot apply for refunds for subscription dedicated hosts.

    • When you purchase a subscription ECS instance, you must pay for the related resources in advance based on the specified subscription duration. If you want to release resources that you no longer need within the duration, submit a ticket.

    Resource usage and bills

    After you purchase a dedicated host or an ECS instance, you can view the resource usage and bills. For more information, see View billing details.