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> Corey Quinn, your first and last stop for any question that touches AWS billing, has called for an updated free tier that treats “personal learning” AWS accou
by HumblyTossed 6y ago
> Corey Quinn, your first and last stop for any question that touches AWS billing, has called for an updated free tier that treats “personal learning” AWS accounts differently from “new corporate” accounts, and sets hard billing limits that you can’t exceed.
This would be good.
I don't normally do "cloud" stuff. It's just not my skill set. But I have looked at it on occasion and one thing that turns me off is my inability to know if I'm going to fuck myself with a large bill from some of these services.
- _carbyau_ 6y ago+1 Same boat. I don't know how to work with AWS. I don't want to pay $$$ for a "course" for something that I can explore with a "free" tier. I logged onto AWS. Looked around, figured I had no idea what I would be charged and what the "free" tier meant I could do exactly. So I logged out and haven't been back.
- xyzzy_plugh 6y agoYeah this is a huge problem. I suspect this is significant for people to choose inferior non-hosted alternatives just for peace of mind. Hard limits would probably create a large influx of users. Even for something as simple as S3, I'm hesitant to use the real service during development because it's so easy to stack up charges. For one of my accounts, the usual bill is <$10 but last month it was $27 because there was some network flakiness that resulted in excessive transfer.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoYes,they should totally have a high water mark "trigger" so you could set a shutoff for $100 or whatever.