Billing threshold alert

[paolodamico]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

With the introduction of usage-based pricing (https://github.com/PostHog/posthog.com/pull/900 & https://github.com/PostHog/ops/issues/67), billing will be variable every month. I want to make sure I don't get any crazy surprises on a given month.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like to be able to set a threshold for which I get a notification if I have exceeded. That way I can take prompt actions if needed. See DigitalOcean's example below.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

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[samwinslow]

I'd be keen to work on this and #7083 if we think it's a priority. Support requests come in about this sort of thing quite often.

Cc @paolodamico @kpthatsme

[paolodamico]

Think this will start to become more relevant as we do more upsells. I also personally think it's a better suited solution rather than a hard limit because what would we do when the users hit the hard limit? Stop ingesting their events?

[mariusa]

what would we do when the users hit the hard limit? Stop ingesting their events?

Yes. We set a limit because we have a limited budget.

Looks like there are 2 features: Budget limit (mandatory) and Usage alert (optional; can be seen in Billing page too)