(this was posted in a removed topic, so I’m reposting here)
Please consider adding a bit of feedback for the user with regards to limits. You mention two types of users, and the second (those that are familiar with usage-based pricing) probably has a good grasp on what affects cost, but your average user (the former group) has absolutely no idea what is more expensive.
The current implementation provides zero feedback to the user. Imagine going grocery shopping, but you have no idea how much any of the items cost, or how much money is in your bank account. You know you’re getting paid, and you have some money in there, but the only feedback you get is when you get to the counter whether there is enough money in your bank account. That’s it. It’s very hard to be a smart consumer when you don’t know the amount you have and you don’t understand how much something costs.
I’m NOT asking for highly technical information. Perhaps just a colored progress bar. Green, you’re in within your local limit, yellow you’re in your burst and you can see it actively dropping, red you’re on auto-only mode. Then I’d know, oh, I only get roughly X % back a day, and I know I have a big day coming up, I’d better back off. In short, it allows me to be a better consumer. I can budget, I can make educated decisions about when I need a more powerful model and how much that’s going to “cost” my available budget. It even shows me when I’ve recovered my local limit. You could add tooltips to this explaining it, and explaining how to reduce and save budget.
It’s just an idea. I know you have costs, and I respect the incredible value you bring. But I can’t responsibly use it without more information.
On a separate note, it would be useful to know what model was chosen when in auto mode. That way if it’s doing a good job, I can begin to make rational decisions when I do force a model rather than just blindly going, “well, this is a tricky problem… and X model is the best right now, I better use the most expensive”.
Just things that I think would qualm a lot of the noise. Right now we just don’t know, until we get up to the counter and find out NOPE, no money in the account.
