# Transitioning Your Instances from Hourly to Monthly Billing Cycle

**Important Note:** Neon Cloud does not support direct conversion of an existing instance from hourly to monthly billing. To avoid data loss, you must first create a snapshot of your current VM.

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### Take a Snapshot of the Existing VM

As described in the [*Taking a VM Snapshot*](https://docs.neoncloud.com/common-issues/taking-vm-snapshots) article, create a snapshot of your instance to preserve its current state.
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### Verify Snapshot Completion

Ensure the snapshot is successfully created and available under the **Snapshots** section.

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### Deploy a New Instance from Snapshot

Use the created snapshot to launch a new VM.

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While deploying the instance, you will find the **Snapshot** option under the **Choose Image** section.

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### Select Monthly Billing

While deploying the new instance, choose the **monthly billing cycle** as per your requirement, review and then deploy the VM.

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