Bank card payments for individuals
Individuals can top up their personal account and pay for the resources they use with a bank card linked to their billing account.
We accept Visa, and MasterCard.
Linking a bank card
When creating a billing account, you need to link a bank card.
To verify your bank card, we will hold a small amount in your account. This amount will not be written off and will be released as soon as the verification is complete. The time required to release the money may vary from bank to bank.
You cannot unlink a bank card from your billing account. Instead, you can change the linked card in the billing account settings. If you delete the card linked to your Yandex Cloud billing account from Yandex IDSUSPENDED
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Personal account top-up
We recommend that you track spending on your personal account and top up the balance so that it is always positive. If the funds for the consumed resources cannot be debited from your linked bank card or your personal account balance exceeds the maximum allowed billing threshold, Yandex Cloud reserves the right to change the status of your billing account to PAYMENT_REQUIRED.
For more information, see Billing cycle.
Debiting funds
Funds are automatically debited from the bank card linked to the billing account at the beginning of the next reporting month if the total debited amount is greater than zero.
Note
Yandex Cloud reserves the right to automatically debit funds during the current reporting period if your account balance exceeds the established billing threshold.
If your bank card balance is insufficient on the day when funds are to be debited, the debit transaction will be repeated later.
For more information, see Billing cycle.
Charged amount
The total amount debited depends on whether you used up your grant and topped up your personal account during the reporting period.
The write-off amount is calculated using the formula: