Billable item | Description | Billing method | Billing rules |
Computing resources | Computing resources consist of computing nodes and data nodes. You are charged for computing resources based on their region, specifications, and usage duration.
| Pay-as-you-go Subscription
| Billing rules for computing resources |
Storage space | The cluster storage space is used to store cluster data files, index files, log files, and temporary files. Log files include online and archived log files. You are charged based on your storage usage. You are charged for the storage space based on the cluster region, the storage space that you have purchased, and the storage duration.
| Pay-as-you-go | Billing rules for storage |
(Optional) SQL Explorer | The SQL Explorer feature provides value-added capabilities, such as security auditing and performance diagnostics. After you enable this feature, you are charged for the amount of storage space consumed by audit logs. The fees incurred depend on the size of audit logs and the length of time for which the logs are retained.
| Pay-as-you-go | Billing rules of SQL Explorer (optional) |