When Your Serverless Computing Costs Skyrocket

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When Your Serverless Computing Bill Goes Parabolic

When Your Serverless Computing Bill Goes Parabolic

Serverless computing is a revolutionary technology that allows developers to build and deploy applications without having to manage servers. It promises cost savings and scalability, but what happens when your serverless computing bill starts to skyrocket?

As more companies adopt serverless computing, the reliance on third-party services and pay-per-use pricing models can lead to unexpected cost overruns. The ease of scaling up resources on demand can quickly spiral out of control if not monitored closely.

Here are some reasons why your serverless computing bill may go parabolic:

  • Unoptimized code: Inefficient code can lead to unnecessary resource consumption and increased costs.
  • Excessive use of third-party services: Each call to a third-party service incurs additional charges, so using them judiciously is key.
  • Lack of monitoring: Without proper monitoring and alerting in place, it’s easy to miss when costs are rapidly increasing.

So what can you do to control your serverless computing costs?

  1. Optimize your code: Write efficient code to minimize resource consumption.
  2. Monitor your usage: Set up monitoring and alerting to track your usage and costs in real-time.
  3. Set budget limits: Set budget limits and alerts to prevent runaway costs.
  4. Use cost estimation tools: Utilize cost estimation tools provided by cloud providers to predict and manage your expenses.

Remember, while serverless computing offers many benefits, it’s important to keep a close eye on your costs to prevent any surprises when your bill goes parabolic.

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@rajkumar3433
4 months ago

This is the reason I couldn't launch my 2 products I don't have monetization confidence. Aws gave 25k credits that vanished in few weeks.

@glass7923
4 months ago

Fireship in about a year and a half: "Finally reached 4 Million..! In debt."

@FurryNonsense
4 months ago

That censor beep was way too loud

@ryanneilparker
4 months ago

WordPress on a GCP virtual machine 👌🍜

@mwikka
4 months ago

People in this comment section seem to miss the use of serverless functions. So called programmer "purists".

@GregoryBoswell
4 months ago

Go bare metal on your own servers

@laughingvampire7555
4 months ago

why developers always fall for this things like vercel, before it was heroku and before it was any effing hosting, for that kind of money and that kind of app, all you need is an old thinkpad in your garage, you could be hosting that file in Dropbox or Google Drive. RIP for MEGA

@beepbop6697
4 months ago

Autoscaling hardware means autoscaling bills. You gotta put limits in to control runaway costs.

@dorianlopez7176
4 months ago

It's like I am being informed and trolled at the same time, I love it.

@perpetualmotion767
4 months ago

they learned that this is why you hire IT infrastructure to set your stuff up lmao. now they gotta pay the big bucks

@taxies
4 months ago

Just buy a contabo vps server. I use it for both code and minecraft servers

@Gaijin101
4 months ago

PSA: Use Nitro / Nuxt. Dont be tied down.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
4 months ago

As someone who rents a VPS I can't see this as anything but the "server" owners fault (the customer).

Let me guess, you decided to use something like Azure or some other use based model with dynamic scaling, etc because it's easier to manage right? Well this is the price you pay. Next time if you don't want to run your own servers, rent a VPS from someone that doesn't have overage fee's for usage.

I'm sorry but I've worked in IT too long to be upset with the company, the customer obviously didn't realize what they were signing up for, but that's the customers fault for not properly ensuring their bill couldn't spiral out of control.

@nezbrun872
4 months ago

I don't know anyone in the enterprise space who saved money when migrating to cloud, quite the opposite in fact.

The worst case that I have figures for is a frequent and long term client of mine, who drank the cloud kool ade quite late on, migrating only two years ago. Their annual infrastructure spend went from $1.8m to almost $5m, having migrated from a hosting provider to Azure. That was with enterprise Microsoft support during the migration, and using a large consultancy to guide them through the "best practices" implementation.

Of course, the MBA CIO who parachuted himself in to convince the board of the move to cloud with death by Powerpoint, ****ed off before it was all too late.

@saltyowl3229
4 months ago

I think if they can afford to take a lawsuit up against google’s legal, they can prooooobably stomach a six figure bill. Not comfortably, but probably.

@nicholasfinch4087
4 months ago

triangle… developer experience…
triangles are called deltas, dx is used in calculus for a derivative and difference in time…

fuxking math jokes

Firebase needs to be stopped!!!
He can't keep getting away with this!

@adr_2021
4 months ago

As someone who never touch server. What the F*ck you are talking about?

Not about the vercell one.

@danielsolomon6227
4 months ago

firebase once charged me 1000 dollars. I have been traumatized by server hosting since.

@awekeningbro1207
4 months ago

from serverless to homeless

@creticman312
4 months ago

Serverless and cloud GPUs are a ripoff