AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance

Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by Saris on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:58PM (#27912729)

Yeah it has firmly kept me away from AWS, Google cloud, and similar.

I use Vultr or Digitalocean if I need a server somewhere because at least it's just a pre-set cost.

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Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by budhajeewa on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:22PM (#27914273)

Absolutely this! The uncertainty freaks me out. I don't have money to pay thousands of dollars as a result of some bug or attack.

I'm in love with DigitalOcean because you know the price you'd pay each month. If it's just 5 USD or 5000 USD, it's what you expected, nothing more.

I believe the rest of the clan (Linode, Vultr, etc.) give you the same certainty.

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Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by ValentineC on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:19PM (#27913396)

> I use Vultr or Digitalocean if I need a server somewhere because at least it's just a pre-set cost.

To be fair, AWS Lightsail should be an option too. Lightsail machines come with a fairly competitive amount of bandwidth.

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Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by Rd6n6 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:34AM (#27916087)

Can you not get charged for bandwidth overages? What happens if you use 3x your transfer limit?

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Re:AWS now allows customers to pay for their usage in advance by Saris on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:23AM (#27941173)

My VPS shuts down and I get an email at 95% usage I think, I can turn it back on if needed and pay for more bandwidth.

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