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This is why AWS did so well. I had no problem creating accounts, testing, playing, because it was fair and i paid for what i used. If i had to register up front
by homero 7y ago
This is why AWS did so well. I had no problem creating accounts, testing, playing, because it was fair and i paid for what i used. If i had to register up front for $50/month I wouldn't know what it is and many other developers wouldn't be familiar with them nor ready to develop with them.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoThe one thing that has stopped me using AWS or Azure is that I can't top-up my account and know that it would use more than the available funds. It might not make business sense but I will never sign up for something so open ended as AWS.
- homero 7y agoYes that got me too. AWS hit me with hundreds in bandwidth costs when I made a mistake. Guess there's pros and cons.
- MaxBarraclough 7y agoThis problem turned up in recent HN discussion. [0] Turns out it's possible to get billing alarms from AWS, but it's not something they make terribly easy. I don't know if it's possible to configure a kill-switch the same way. My favourite AWS billing horror-story involves Glacier. Its pricing model used to be the stuff of nightmares, and caught plenty of people by surprise. [1] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22412869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22412869 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10921365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10921365