--- description: Get notified when spend crosses a dollar threshold. title: Budget alerts image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/og-docs.png --- [Skip to content](#main-content) > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Budget alerts Last updated Aug 24, 2026|Copy as Markdown|[View as Markdown](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/billing/manage/budget-alerts/index.md)|[Agent setup](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/agent-setup/) Budget alerts notify you by email when your account-wide usage-based spend crosses a dollar threshold you define. Use budget alerts to manage costs proactively instead of discovering unexpected charges at the end of a billing cycle. Note Budget alerts are available to Pay-as-you-go accounts only. Enterprise contract accounts are not supported. ## Create a budget alert 1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account. 2. Go to **Manage Account** \> **Billing**. [Go to **Billing** ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/billing) 3. Select **Billable Usage**. 4. Select **Create budget alert**. 5. Configure the alert: | Field | Description | | -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Alert name** | A descriptive name for the alert (for example, "R2 spend warning"). | | **Description** | _(Optional)_ A note about when this alert should fire. | | **Budget threshold (USD)** | The dollar amount that triggers the alert. When your cumulative usage-based spend for the current billing period crosses this value, Cloudflare sends a notification. | | **Email recipients** | One or more email addresses to notify. Select **Add email** to add additional recipients. | 6. Select **Save**. ## View and manage budget alerts To view your existing budget alerts, go to **Manage Account** \> **Billing** \> **Billable Usage** and select **Budget alerts**. The count next to the button shows how many alerts you have configured. From there you can edit or delete existing alerts. ## How budget alerts work * Budget alerts evaluate your cumulative usage-based spend for the current billing period. * When spend crosses the threshold, Cloudflare sends a single email notification to all configured recipients. * The alert resets at the start of each new billing period. * Budget alerts are informational only. They do not pause or cap usage. Your monthly invoice remains the authoritative source for billing. ## Budget alerts compared to usage notifications Cloudflare offers two types of spend monitoring: | Feature | Budget alerts | Usage notifications | | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | | **Scope** | Account-wide, all usage-based products combined | Per-product (for example, Argo bytes or Workers requests) | | **Threshold** | Dollar amount | Product-specific metric (bytes, requests, minutes) | | **Setup location** | **Billing** \> **Billable Usage** | **Notifications** | | **Best for** | Overall cost management | Monitoring a single product | For per-product usage notifications, refer to [Usage-based billing](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/usage-based-billing/#usage-based-billing-notifications). ## Related resources * [Monitor billable usage](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/billing/manage/billable-usage/) — Track daily usage-based costs * [Usage-based billing](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/usage-based-billing/) — Which products use metered billing * [How Cloudflare billing works](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/how-billing-works/) — Billing lifecycle and charge types Was this helpful? 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