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This could work, but only if you could automate billing caps too. I imagine for a low-traffic blog this could easily fit within free-tier requirements, but you

by fredley 10y ago

This could work, but only if you could automate billing caps too. I imagine for a low-traffic blog this could easily fit within free-tier requirements, but you don't want to suddenly get a bill when a page gets HN'd or something. Ideally the service should just fail when it hits free-tier limits and you can use the local js to display "Comments unavailable due to high traffic" or whatever. If any of this is not automatable it fails as an idea, because configuring AWS requires a colossal amount of effort from someone who hasn't already used it.

j_s 10y ago
Do any cloud providers implement straightforward spending limits? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7021506/is-there-a-way-to-set-amazon-aws-billing-limit http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7021506/is-there-a-way-to... There is no way to set a budget for AWS. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27616776/how-do-i-set-a-cost-limit-in-google-developers-console http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27616776/how-do-i-set-a-c... there is no a feature that allows you to configure a limited budget on GCE. This feature is certainly available for GAE https://feedback.azure.com/forums/170030-signup-and-billing/suggestions/3238796-spending-limit-or-maximum-cost-cap-for-azure https://feedback.azure.com/forums/170030-signup-and-billing/... Azure: it's possible for certain subscriptions, but not for pay-as-you-go. Sounds like there are political motives at work, not technical ones.
- Bombthecat 10y ago
  I think azure has a spending limit.
- severine 10y ago
  This deserves its own post... Are there previous conversations around this? A quick search isn't giving me much.
- manigandham 10y ago
  Spending limits are far more complicated than they might seem since these services are designed to be billed by usage and many accrue charges even in a steady state. What exactly is supposed to happen when the billing limit is hit? Delete everything? That's the only way to actually stop billing completely and I'm not sure who would actually want that.
  - j_s 10y ago
    No service that I know of deletes everything even when there are billing issues. No public access is nearly equivalent from the end user's perspective, and usually there is a grace period before everything is deleted. All in all it is an interesting conflict of interest on the cloud provider's part.

by fredley 10y ago

j_s 10y ago

Do any cloud providers implement straightforward spending limits? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7021506/is-there-a-way-to-set-amazon-aws-billing-limit http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7021506/is-there-a-way-to... There is no way to set a budget for AWS. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27616776/how-do-i-set-a-cost-limit-in-google-developers-console http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27616776/how-do-i-set-a-c... there is no a feature that allows you to configure a limited budget on GCE. This feature is certainly available for GAE https://feedback.azure.com/forums/170030-signup-and-billing/suggestions/3238796-spending-limit-or-maximum-cost-cap-for-azure https://feedback.azure.com/forums/170030-signup-and-billing/... Azure: it's possible for certain subscriptions, but not for pay-as-you-go. Sounds like there are political motives at work, not technical ones.

Bombthecat 10y ago
I think azure has a spending limit.
severine 10y ago
This deserves its own post... Are there previous conversations around this? A quick search isn't giving me much.
manigandham 10y ago
Spending limits are far more complicated than they might seem since these services are designed to be billed by usage and many accrue charges even in a steady state. What exactly is supposed to happen when the billing limit is hit? Delete everything? That's the only way to actually stop billing completely and I'm not sure who would actually want that.
- j_s 10y ago
  No service that I know of deletes everything even when there are billing issues. No public access is nearly equivalent from the end user's perspective, and usually there is a grace period before everything is deleted. All in all it is an interesting conflict of interest on the cloud provider's part.