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Great post!

I'm interested in the concept of soft limits and how that fits into these different models - I remember when our company's GitHub profile went over the allowed number of users, and (I forget the exact numbers) it showed something like "Users: 7/5", highlighted red.

Soft limits seem to say "Hey, we know you're slightly over your limit, and that's cool - but if you want to go any further, we'll need you to upgrade".



Very interesting. I think soft limits could be a great way to go, particularly in situations where the users needs can change (increase) at a moment's notice and their getting value out of the service means not hitting a roadblock that requires them to convert beforehand. Giving value first and sinking the hook is rarely a bad idea. :)




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