I'm a bit puzzled by Azure's spending limit policy. As someone who once faced a massive bill on another cloud service, I'm exploring Azure's options to prevent runaway charges. From what I've read, it seems that Azure's spending limit feature is only available for free or credit-based accounts and that it stops charges beyond the allocated credits. However, for pay-as-you-go or commitment-based subscriptions, there's no ability to set a cap on costs at all. This sounds a bit backwards to me: why would Azure protect users who aren't spending money but leave those who are vulnerable to unlimited charges? Am I misunderstanding something here?
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You've got it! The spending limit seems mainly like a buffer for free trial users. If you go for a pay-as-you-go setup, you're supposed to set budgets and alerts manually. There’s also the dev/test subscription which can offer more control over spending.
You're kind of on the right track. In Azure, the limits seem to be there mainly for users on free accounts as a safety net. For those who are paying, like enterprise customers, they expect you to manage your own budgets and alerts instead. It's a bummer for smaller companies since a huge bill could seriously hurt them, while larger ones might have different risk tolerances.
Exactly! It's frustrating that Azure's system feels set up to favor bigger clients who can absorb costs. The little guys often have to deal with the fallout from unexpected bills.