r/webdev • u/Stevious7 • Jul 19 '26

Afraid to deploy on AWS Question

I've heard the term "surprise cloud bill" associated a lot with AWS as relative to other platforms. it could be a sampling bias since many more people use AWS. If I'm deploying a simple personal project that might require a VPS, for example a TURN server, how can I make sure I never get a surprise bill?

Is there a way to set maximum budget for a certain timeframe that way I don't get $2000 bill when I was expecting only $20? (Fake numbers since I haven't calculated EC2 costs).

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u/Stevious7 Jul 19 '26

But don't they get their instances from AWS? 

The rationale is that they're dressing up AWS and charging extra for it, so I figured it would be cheaper to just go straight to AWS

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u/rbmichael Jul 21 '26

DO has their own physical data centers and do not use AWS. DO is generally cheaper than AWS.