Billing Mode | Rule | Impact on Customer |
Prepaid | After the product expires, service suspension and destruction will follow the overdue instructions in the corresponding product documentation on the Tencent Cloud website. Please pay attention to the suspension notifications. | The customer cannot make new purchases or renew services. Prepaid services can no longer be used once they expire. Services cannot be upgraded, and the prepaid mode cannot be switched to the pay-as-you-go mode. |
Pay-as-you go | When the account is frozen or overdue, all pay-as-you-go resources will be immediately suspended. The system will also send related suspension notifications to the sub-customer and reseller. After service suspension, the data of the related product resources will be retained for up to 15 days. If the sub-customer remains frozen or overdue beyond 15 days, the system will delete the data of the related pay-as-you-go resources. Note: If the product of suspended service is explicitly stated in the arrears instructions document on Tencent Cloud's official website as "data retention time is less than 15 days after service suspension," it will be processed according to the rules on data retention. | Pay-as-you-go services cannot be used. Services cannot be upgraded, and the pay-as-you-go mode cannot be switched to the prepaid mode. |