[tschellenbach]

that depends for 5$ it breaks after a certain level of traffic. for many applications its always better to spend $$ instead of things shutting down. (hosting is usually insignificant compared to people, revenue etc)

[cbhl]

If $180 is significant, then this person is probably a student or on a budget, not a business. So they'd probably prefer the downtime.

[vlucas]

Oh come on. If this is a side project, it's likely impacting his personal monthly budget. A sudden, unplanned, $180 expense on a personal budget can EASILY be significant - even if you make six figures.

[qaq]

it's better to have an ability to cap $. With something like DO it'a way easier to control costs compared to AWS.