Billing Examples
Last updated:2025-12-24 15:17:18
This article uses an actual billing case of a Pulsar cluster to provide a detailed analysis of the cost composition and calculation methods, helping you understand the specific components of Pulsar instance costs.
Billing Scenarios
Suppose a user purchased a yearly/monthly subscription professional cluster for one month in the Guangzhou region on 2024/04/15 at 13:20:00. After using it for a period, since it failed to meet the business requirements, on 2024/04/20 at 10:00:00, they performed a specification upgrade. The specifications before and after the upgrade are as follows:
Specification | Before Upgrade | After Upgrade |
Cluster Specifications | PULSAR.P1.MINI2 | PULSAR.P1.MINI4 |
Disk (Cloud SSD) | 200GB | 200GB |
Billing Composition
Note:
The following prices are for reference only and may not match those on our official website. Actual unit prices are subject to change based on region, promotions, or other policies.
During April - May, the actual costs incurred by this instance are as follows:
Duration | Actual Billing Duration | Billing Mode | Billing Components | Total Cost |
2024/04/15 13:20:00~ 2024/04/20 10:00:00 | 2024/04/15 13:00:00~ 2024/04/20 10:00:00 117 hours in total | Yearly/monthly subscription | Cluster Specification (PULSAR.P1.MINI2) Billing unit price = 480.5159 USD/month Total price = (117/720) x 480.5159 = USD 78.0838 Disk (200 GB) Billing unit price = 0.1550 USD/GB/month Total price = (117/720) x 200 x 0.1550 x 3 = USD 15.1125 | 78.0838 + 15.1125 = USD 93.1963 |
2024/04/20 10:00:00~ 2024/05/15 13:20:00 | 2024/04/20 10:00:00~ 2024/05/15 13:20:00 603 hours in total | Yearly/monthly subscription | Cluster specification (PULSAR.P1.MINI4) Billing unit price = 1,221.4403 USD/month Total price = (603/720) x 1,221.4403 = USD 1,022.9563 Disk (200 GB) Billing unit price = 0.1550 USD/GB/month Total price = (603/720) x 200 x 0.1550 x 3 = USD 77.8875 | 1022.9563 + 77.8875 = USD 1100.8438 |
Total Cost = 93.1963 + 1100.8438 = USD 1194.0401
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