> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cube.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Budgets

> Learn how usage thresholds trigger budget notifications and where to manage them in Cube Cloud billing.

As an account administrator, you can define rules which trigger notifications
when your account's usage exceeds a certain threshold. These rules are called
"budgets".

<Note>
  Available on [Premium and above plans](https://cube.dev/pricing).
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## How budgets work

Budgets are configured on a per-account basis. When a budget is triggered, any configured users
will receive an email notification. Budget notifications are sent immediately after being triggered.

## List all budgets

To see a list of all configured budgets in your account, first go to the Billing settings page by
clicking on your avatar in the top right corner, then clicking on **Billing**.

On the Billing settings page, click the **Budgets** tab to see all configured budgets in your
account:

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## Create a budget

To create a new budget, click the **Add Budget** button. Enter a name for the budget,
then select a time period (either 'Daily' or 'Monthly') and a corresponding target amount, which
is the amount of usage that will trigger a notification.

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### Threshold Rules

You can also configure threshold rules, which allow you to trigger notifications when usage
exceeds a certain percentage of the target amount. For example, if you set a target amount of
\$1,000 and a threshold of 80%, you will also receive a notification when your usage exceeds \$800.

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<Info>
  A good rule-of-thumb for accounts that pay annually is to set a monthly budget of 1/12 (\~8.3%) for your first budget.
</Info>

If you have multiple thresholds defined, some thresholds **may not be triggered** if a higher threshold
is triggered first. For example, if you have a target amount of \$1,000 and thresholds of 80% and 90%,
and your usage hits 95%, you will only receive a notification when your usage exceeds \$900.

### Managing Notifications

When creating a new budget, by default, all users will receive email notifications.

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You can also specify particular users who should receive alerts by
toggling the **Specific users** option and selecting them. Optionally,
you can also add additional email addresses that should receive
email notifications by entering the email address in the **Custom email** field.