---
title: "Use committed billing for a cluster"
description: "Put an E2E Kubernetes cluster's master node and static node pools on a committed plan, and choose what happens when the term ends."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "kubernetes"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/kubernetes/how-to/use-committed-billing/"
topic: ["billing-and-lifecycle"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/kubernetes/how-to/create-a-cluster/"]}
---

# Use committed billing for a cluster

A committed plan bills a node at a committed price for a fixed term instead of by the minute. In a
cluster, committed pricing is for the master node and for static pools; an autoscaling pool is
always billed by the minute. You can choose a committed plan when you create the cluster or add the
pool, or convert later.

The full committed cost is charged up front: deducted from your infra credits on a prepaid account,
or charged to your postpaid account. For current prices and the saving on each term, see
[E2E's pricing page](https://www.e2enetworks.com/pricing).

## Before you begin

- The master node or the pool you want to commit is on hourly billing.
- The pool has the size you need, since a committed pool keeps its size for the term.
- On a prepaid account, you have infra credits for the full committed price of every node you
  commit.
- If you are a team member, your role has the update permission for Kubernetes.

## Choose a committed plan when you create

- For the master node, choose a committed card under **Plan** on the create form, such as
  **3 Months**.
- For a static pool, choose a committed term under **Billing Plan** in the pool's drawer.

Either way, choose what happens when the term ends on its date:
**Auto-renew the committed plan: <plan>** or
**Switch to hourly billing at the base rate of <price>**. For the master node, auto-renew is
selected by default.

When you click **Create Cluster**, **Committed Plans Confirmation (K8s)** opens first. It lists each
committed item with its plan, its end-of-term setting, and its end date. Check the box to agree that
the full committed cost is deducted from your infra credits, or charged to your postpaid account,
and click **Proceed**. The full form is in
[Create a cluster](/myaccount/kubernetes/how-to/create-a-cluster/#choose-how-the-master-node-is-billed).

## Convert the master node or a pool

Converting needs the cluster or the pool to read **Running** or **Warning**.

1. In MyAccount, under **Compute**, click **Kubernetes**.
2. Click **Convert to Committed**:
   - For the master node, in the cluster's row actions or on the cluster's page.
   - For a static pool, on the pool's panel on the **Node Pool** tab.
3. **Committed Master Node Conversion** or **Committed Node Pool Conversion** opens. Choose a plan
   in **Choose committed option**, and click **Convert**.

The master node, or every node in the pool, converts, with auto-renewal on. E2E emails you when the
conversion is done.

## Choose what happens when the term ends

Once the master or a pool is committed, **Convert to Committed** becomes
**Committed Cluster Settings** for the master and **Committed Node Pool Settings** for a pool. Each
offers two end-of-term choices:

- **Auto-renew the committed period**, with the committed plan to renew on. Take it to keep the
  committed price for another term.
- **Apply hourly billing as per the base rate of the plan**. Take it when you plan to resize or
  delete the nodes after the term.

A new setting takes effect when the current committed period ends. At the end of a term set to
auto-renew, a prepaid account needs infra credits for the whole master's or pool's renewal;
otherwise all of those nodes move to hourly billing instead. E2E emails you either way.

## Check the committed plan

- For the master node, **Cluster Details** shows **Committed Plan**, **Committed Period End On**,
  and **Committed Node Settings**.
- For a pool, its panel shows the same three.

Your master node or pool stays committed until **Committed Period End On**, then follows its
end-of-term setting. For a committed cluster, pool, or node, an early delete keeps the committed
term's charge. If a conversion is refused, see
[Troubleshooting Kubernetes](/myaccount/kubernetes/troubleshooting/kubernetes/#converting-says-the-node-is-already-committed).