# Limitations

* Active Savings Plans cannot be edited or deleted.
* Savings Plans apply automatically, starting with the oldest [<mark style="color:blue;">Virtual Machine (VM)</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#virtual-machine-vm) in the contract and progressing to the newest. You cannot manually select which VMs get applied the pricing of the Savings Plans.
* You are always billed for the quantity of resources configured in your Savings Plans, regardless of whether they are deployed and in use.
* AMD Opteron-based instances are not covered by Savings Plans.
* Startup contracts do not qualify for the Savings Plans.

## For reseller contracts:

* Savings Plans can be created at the subcontract level, but cannot be transferred between them.
* Currently, only the reseller contract owner is authorized to create Savings Plans for its subcontracts.


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