A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to $1750 per month

Re:A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to ... by rhodysurf on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @10:17AM (#14358627)

For Google Cloud can't you set a billing limit for it to not exceed? That's what I have done but I have not come close to exceeeding it yet so IDK if there is something I am missing.

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Re:A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to ... by alasdair_ on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @02:08PM (#14361081)

You can. Beware though! It can take 24 hours to increase the limit - horrible if you get a sudden spike in traffic from, say, a techcrunch post or something.

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Re:A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to ... by corford on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @10:49AM (#14358927)

Should be fine I think providing there are no circumstances where Google can decide to ignore the limit (don't have much experience with their cloud stuff).

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Re:A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to ... by matrix on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:35PM (#14360110)

I think these billing limits only apply to AppEngine services.

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Re:A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to ... by rhodysurf on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @01:23PM (#14360594)

Ahh I think you are right. Just checked and you can set limits for App engine, but there are budgets in Google Cloud which is confusing and doesn't seem like it actually limits anything, it just keeps you notified of how much you are spending relative to your budget

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