Spending limit to a Pay As you go Subscription

Mohamed jihad bayali 1,131

Hello Team,

One quick question please,

There is a way to limit the spending on a pay as you go subscription? when this limit is reached, the ressources will be disabled?

I know that we can configure a budget limit, but the budget limit just notify you when a limit is reached, and don't affect the ressources.

Thank you

Mohamed jihad bayali 1,131 Reputation points

2022-10-14T11:25:22.49+00:00

Thank you dear (y)
Xan 55 Reputation points

2023-04-13T14:54:58.9833333+00:00

I agree with everyone else. As a developer without the priveledge of a support system, the idea that i could misclick and spend more money than my parents made their entire lives overnight is horrifying and a safety valve is such a basic common sense UX feature that I can only imagine geuinine exploitative malice is behind its absence. I would love to use Azure but have had to stop out of fear of overspending - a notification is not enough. I'll look into other cloud providers.
Jeremy Klamer 35 Reputation points

2023-08-26T13:37:34.8766667+00:00

I was planning to write a new website and host in on Azure. The thought of accidentally spending a lot of money is frustrating, but the fact that Microsoft is actively trying to get us to accidentally spend too much money, made me decide not to use Azure at all.

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dkrishnaveni-MSFT 1,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-10-14T09:11:28.687+00:00

Hello @Mohamed jihad bayali

Setting spending limit works on credit based subscriptions like free trial, visual studio offer type etc. where enabling the spending limit will recommend you to run your services on the same which will be within the monetary credits to avoid charges on pay-as-you-go.

There is no spending limit feature for Pay-As-You-Go and you will not be able to set it. Your understanding about budget is correct. That can be used to be vigilant about your Azure spending.

Hope this clarifies.

Kind regards
Divya.
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Tomas Liutvinas 21 Reputation points

2023-11-06T10:54:10.52+00:00

This is insane

Erissa Duvall 5 Reputation points

2024-07-15T16:21:30.3633333+00:00

Agreed. This is horrible to not have a spending limit.
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Mike Wood 60 Reputation points

2023-01-21T14:04:50.99+00:00

I agree, as an experienced developer, being able to set the limit would remove the worry of making a mistake while learning.
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Rutkowski, Piotr 45 Reputation points

2023-01-20T20:53:02.3366667+00:00

As MS you dont encourage People to learn cloud this way. I would like to create payasyougo account to practice azure but I am affraid of costs...
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TP 97,996 Reputation points

2023-01-20T21:02:04.5766667+00:00

Rutkowski, Piotr: You can use Azure in Open subscription instead of Pay-As-You-Go. With this option your subscription will automatically disable once credit is used up. For example, you can purchase $100 credit and apply it to your subscription, and when the $100 is gone the subscription is automatically disabled.
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Gabe Tower 45 Reputation points

2023-01-26T20:53:15.2266667+00:00

Ditto. Bake in a safety mechanism for those trying to experiment outside the scope of a free trial.
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Crispian Conner 5 Reputation points

2023-02-22T00:57:45.8766667+00:00

this feature should be added. it is sad it is not. seems like you hope you can get more money this way.

prasantc 936 Reputation points

2023-06-29T01:43:31.5733333+00:00

Not having spending limit sounds like strategy make money out of lab learning and test
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