AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered after 10 years

Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by andrewguenther on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:09AM (#26708481)

Budget alerts were the design decision made. You can set up your own infra to listen to budget alerts and cap your own costs. This is a feature that only makes sense to put in the customer's control because a general solution would work for no one. It's a great solution to the problem imo.

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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by viraptor on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:13AM (#26708510)

This is way too complicated for people who use AWS on a small scale. Maybe if they provided some template to implement that system in the first place?

Anyway, they should be able to protect people from an unexpected $1k charge. Once you deal with alerts triggering automatic infrastructure changes, $1k is likely a value you won't even notice.

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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by andrewguenther on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:21AM (#26708582)

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/get-started...

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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by viraptor on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:20AM (#26709409)

This is still a bit low level. You need to think through the policies and they don't affect the traffic. I don't think that's enough for beginners.

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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by detaro on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @02:36AM (#26708687)

Isn't the AWS Budget stuff recalculated only every few hours, or do the alerts somehow get quicker updates?

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