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This is simply false.

We go over our budget "limits" literally every month. We do this because they are simply alerts, nothing more. We have separate alerts set up for 25, 50, 75, and 100% of our "limit" so that we can track variable usage and catch spikes early.

We, of course, pay our full bill every month - over the "limit".




^this. For business-critical operations you almost _never_ want to have your service shut down, especially as a surprising result of a big spike in usage.




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