Marketplace images: Marketplace images are images uploaded to the Universal Marketplace by Volcano Engine or Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) for you to select and use. Specific software, features, and application environments are preinstalled in marketplace images. You can use marketplace images to quickly create websites, develop applications, and deploy large AI models.

Usage notes

Actions

Description

Actions	Description
Create an instance	You cannot create Elastic Scheduled Instances or instances deployed on dedicated hosts.
Billing	Currently, only Spot instances and instances whose billing method is Subscription or Pay-as-you-go can use marketplace images. When you change the billing method of an instance that uses a marketplace image, the billing method of the marketplace image also changes. Change the billing method from Pay-as-you-go to Subscription Change the billing method from Subscription to Pay-as-you-go If you select a paid marketplace image, when you use the image to create an instance, you may be charged for software licenses in addition to the operating system license. The fees on the marketplace image purchase page prevail. warning The marketplace image feature for pay-as-you-go instances is in Beta. If you need a trial, submit a ticket or contact your account manager.
Image operations	If you create an instance by using a marketplace image, you cannot export any custom image created from the instance.

Purchase an instance

When you purchase an instance in the ECS console, you can select a marketplace image from the "Marketplace Image" tab. Learn more.

Change the operating system

When you change the operating system of an instance, you can select a marketplace image. Learn more.