Rackspace OpenStack Flex Billing

On the Rackspace OpenStack Flex platform - there are two primary ways to set your account up for billing. This article will briefly cover them, as well as where to find information on your invoices, upcoming bills, etc.

Utility Billing

The default method for all accounts that are created is the Utility Billing method. This simply charges you at the rates presented within the portals over the course of your billing cycle. With this billing method you are only paying for what you actually used within that month.

Your monthly bill is generated and displayed in the https://manage.rackspace.com portal and you can also get an understanding of what you have used so far in the current cycle. For a more in-depth understanding of billing and invoicing please refer to our guide here .

Contract Based Billing

Contract based billing is billing a contractual billing method in which an account is billed a fixed rate for a month and provided a specific set of resource quota related to the contracted amount. This is not the default billing scheme, and would have required engagement with sales and other Rackspace teams before this could be implemented on an account.