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How do you handle downtime compensation for your customers? (Cloud / LLM infra)

1•nittchan•1h ago
Hey all! We are working on “Instant Downtime Protection” and need to validate whether this is a real problem or just me.

Two questions: 1. If you're selling B2B SaaS / API products: When your infra goes down (or your upstream providers - AWS, GCP, Supabase, Stripe, Cloudflare, whoever), how do you handle customer compensation?

Do customers actually claim SLA credits? Is it a manual support ticket process? Does anyone automate this?

2. If you're building on LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.): When the model is down or rate-limited and it breaks your product, do your customers expect compensation? How do you handle it today?

Context: We have just rolled out instant automatic payouts for flight delays (<8 min to customer's UPI, zero claim form with India’s largest airline). Exploring whether the same infrastructure works for cloud/SaaS downtime.

The thesis: a $100 credit that arrives instantly and automatically is worth way more to customers than a $100 credit they have to ask for and wait 30 days for.

We'll share findings with everyone who filled this out..

If you've got 2 minutes, would love your input here: https://tally.so/r/OD7Llg

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