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by augstein 1488 days ago
Does that mean if my webapps get DOSed or something like that, and I can‘t react very quickly, I could face a bill potentially in the thousands of dollars?

Currently considering switching from Heroku, but fixed pricing is a must. I‘d rather they shut down my apps temporality in case something is out of control, then get broke ;-)

Any other recommendations besides fly.io?
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mrkurt 1488 days ago
No, we don't bill people for traffic from attacks. We also waive fees from big, legitimate bursts. The intent of our bandwidth pricing is to allow high usage, sustained bandwidth workloads. It's not to sneak one over on you.
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hota_mazi 1488 days ago
How about large traffic from a legitimate spike (e.g. front page of reddit or HN)?

You have enumerated a lot of alternatives so far (prepaying, waiving attack costs) but you still haven't addressed the number one scenario that everybody has been asking about, and which was the reason why Heroku was such a hit: do you offer a flat fee which, if exceeded, simply shuts down the app until the next billing cycle?

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mrkurt 1488 days ago
"We also waive fees from big, legitimate bursts."
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jen20 1488 days ago
Contractually?
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hota_mazi 1488 days ago
Great question. I want to know the answer to it.

I apologize for being skeptical but the wording in the contract seems to be extremely handwavy and they don't give me any confidence that if my bill goes from $4 to $200 that month because I made it to the front page of reddit, my bandwidth will magically be waived.

Right now, I feel 100% sure that my credit card would get charged.

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sodality2 1488 days ago
Contractually? I doubt it. But they have refunded many, many people on their forums after they report accidental charges. Whether they continue is a different story, but I feel safe using it and certain that I won't be overcharged.

To be clear a bandwidth limit would be awesome! And the pricing may not be for everyone. However there is a large amount of leeway as evidenced by the community forum posts.

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imtringued 1488 days ago
How about you just offer the option to throttle free instances once they run out free bandwidth? That way your free tier will be "safe".
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