# Cost/Limit

> The degree to which a bigger single machine costs disproportionately more and eventually hits a hard limit.

Record: `lexicon:cost-limit`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cost-limit

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Constant-Factor Practicality](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/constant-factor-practicality.md) and before [CPU Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cpu-cost.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## In tension with

- [Vertical Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/vertical-scaling.md)
- [Vertical Scaling / Cost/Limit](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/cost-limit-vertical-scaling.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)