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Azure is probably the most egregious example of this, AWS and GCP can at least claim they have architectural barriers to implementing a hard spending cap, but A

Azure is probably the most egregious example of this, AWS and GCP can at least claim they have architectural barriers to implementing a hard spending cap, but Azure already has one and arbitrarily only allows certain subscription types to use it. If you have a student account then you get a certain amount of credit each month and if you over-spend it then most services are automatically suspended until the next month, unless you explicitly opt-out of the spending limit and commit to paying the excess out of pocket. However if you have a standard account you're not allowed to set a spending limit for, uh... reasons. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/spending-limit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-bill...

anonymousDan 3y ago
AWS Educate has the same ability to impose a hard cap I believe...
carbotaniuman 3y ago
I guess it's a matter of students don't have money to spend and bad optics, while a company might be cowed into paying the bill.
dylan604 3y ago
That's insane as well. They already built the system, but you just can't use it because we want the option for you to screw up and pad our billing. There are many projects I've worked on where a service not being available until the 1st of the next month would not be anything more than a minor annoyance, and would much rather that happen than an unexpected bill. This is also something that I think would be a nice CYA tool when developing something in the cloud for the first time. It's easy to make a mistake when learning cloud services that could be expensive like TFA shows.
Havoc 3y ago
Not just the student accounts - some of the corporate accounts have same. Had one with a $50 limit at my previous employer. The simple truth is it's good for their earnings report if they have unrestricted access to your wallet

anonymousDan 3y ago

AWS Educate has the same ability to impose a hard cap I believe...

carbotaniuman 3y ago

I guess it's a matter of students don't have money to spend and bad optics, while a company might be cowed into paying the bill.

dylan604 3y ago

That's insane as well. They already built the system, but you just can't use it because we want the option for you to screw up and pad our billing. There are many projects I've worked on where a service not being available until the 1st of the next month would not be anything more than a minor annoyance, and would much rather that happen than an unexpected bill. This is also something that I think would be a nice CYA tool when developing something in the cloud for the first time. It's easy to make a mistake when learning cloud services that could be expensive like TFA shows.

Havoc 3y ago

Not just the student accounts - some of the corporate accounts have same. Had one with a $50 limit at my previous employer. The simple truth is it's good for their earnings report if they have unrestricted access to your wallet