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Learnt recently DigitalOcean does not have hard budgets limits, only emails. I am surprised and torn between this being intentional vs. them not caring.

One solution is banking apps that let you create extra cards and assigning hard limits to spending. Wise & Revolut apps can do that.

Have to mention OpenRouter also, I logged into OpenRouter through pi, on the auth screen it optionally let me set a limit which is very smart and user friendly.

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>One solution is banking apps that let you create extra cards and assigning hard limits to spending. Wise & Revolut apps can do that.

That's not a solution because not paying your debts doesn't make your debts go away.

It’s generally a solution in the US since invoicing for non-enterprise software is almost non-existent. The only time I’ve seen it was from a HN post complaining about being charged for after a free trial that didn’t require a CC.

Not true. Show me a service agreement that doesn't create a legal obligation to pay for a service you have consumed.

They may well decide not to chase customers for small unpaid amounts. But that's not something you should rely on as the issue is with large amounts.

None of this has anything to do with invoicing, but I would be surprised if they didn't issue invoices to all US customers.

It’s obviously all intentional and should be reason enough to not use a platform.

You can still rack up a bill even if you can't pay for it. That solution just means the card declines when the monthly bill needs to be paid, not that you don't owe money.

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