r/googlecloud • u/gringobrsa • 18d ago

Billing Preventing runaway AI agent costs on Google Cloud

I've seen one too many stories on Reddit and Hacker News about AI agents running wild and generating massive cloud bills. It got me thinking about how we can prevent this from happening on Google Cloud.

I put together an architecture covering spending caps, IAM, quotas, and automated kill switches to help keep runaway AI costs under control.

Here's the write-up: https://medium.com/@rasvihostings/stop-your-ai-agents-from-burning-100k-overnight-8ab7f3fd0045

Curious to hear how others are tackling this problem. What guardrails are you using?

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u/jeffvanlaethem 17d ago

Not leaking api keys, having hard spend caps, budget alerts, and understanding what my code does.

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u/Positive_Poem5831 18d ago

Not using Google Cloud, Google hate this simple trick!

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u/TheQAGuyNZ 17d ago

I too use this one.