I wanted to link the specific article mentioning that, but it seems like this works now :)
I haven't tried it myself, and I hope it's true (:
So, TL;DR: Azure still doesn't allow you to set spending limits on Pay-as-you-go subscriptions
[1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-bill...
[2]: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/legal/offer-detail...
AWS has slightly improved with their "budgets" and "budget actions", but it’s far from something I’d call a "spending limit".
Yeah they had to do something so they came up with a half-solution that basically informs you with a delay, doesn't prevent any quick damage and - if you decide to use budget actions - requires you to know what is actually causing the problem. Better than nothing I guess.
Large shops - aka, a shop where you're not part of the controlling entity - tend to prefer either AWS, or Azure depending on how hard the CIO got wined and dined previously (and existing inertia - older shops that used AWS as an early adopter seems to stay with AWS).
> Their UX is not great though
i agree, but nobody really cares enough. On the other hand, i'd not pay more for better UX. Judging by the current state, i say a lot of customers fall into this category.
A decision maker can basically choose from where they want to get bribed, so it won't be a crucial factor most of the time.
Full downtime for 2 days, no apologizes, no answers, had to pay 3% extra for support, no credits.
Special award to the dude representing Google trolling on Twitter that they will do another "wild Friday release".
Shitty.
azure is microsoft, so this explains that
gcp has "a vision": if you do not share it, it's a pain. Also, gcp has some sick design for core products : checkout load balancers if you want a "good" laugh. It's a stack of hack, put one on top of the others
I would not recommand against GCP, it's the average player: not the best, definitely not the worst.
This is an option, not a fact. Many of us don't agree. After working on all 3 I feel AWS is, by far, the worst experience for tech people. My perspective is that it's only doing great for execs and PowerPoint engineers.
In opposition with people who enjoy taking a product of the shelf and call it a day
But you are right: this is my opinion, not a fact
Example is a sidebar that opens for adding an email during OAuth flow, after adding it clicking "Add" once did nothing, there was no feedback. Had to click it at least 5 times for it to go away and save correctly. In fact this is even specified in the documentation for the third-party tool (Google Drive downloader[1] step 18) that you have to click it multiple times. I don't think this is normal.
And also I should mention, depending on hardware specs the GCP portal was nearly unusable. So hopefully one will not need to rely on creating OAuth resources for a CLI program on the same computer. Although to be fair, I wasn't benchmarking against AWS/Azure on that hardware (since I needed to use GCP Google APIs).
[1] https://github.com/glotlabs/gdrive/blob/main/docs/create_goo...
Contrast to Azure who despite their SLA had significant outages every few months that were very noticeable, sometimes even requiring us setting up an entire new K8s project from scratch. AWS is better in terms of reliability. Their UX is not great though, I often feel like I'm a wizard waving my wand with permissions and connecting things like audit trails. Many actions are a bit delayed in their effect. I've also had to contact support at times to raise arbitrary limits in the platform.
In balance I would recommend GCP. Their product closures have not affected me enough to scare me away. I guess experiences vary depending on which product we are using.