Budgets & Alerts

Set spending limits, configure alerts, and prevent unexpected costs.

Workspace budgets#

Set a monthly spending cap to prevent unexpected costs:

  1. Go to Settings → Billing → Budgets
  2. Set the Monthly budget amount
  3. Configure the Alert threshold (default: 80%)
  4. Choose Hard stop behavior (pause or allow overage)

Budget behavior#

Usage levelWhat happens
Under alert thresholdNormal operation
At alert thresholdNotification sent (email, Slack, in-app)
At 100% (soft stop)Warning displayed, actions continue
At 100% (hard stop)New actions blocked until budget is increased

Per-member budgets (Team plan)#

On the Team plan, set individual budgets:

  1. Go to Settings → Team
  2. Click a team member
  3. Set their Monthly token limit

When a member exceeds their limit, their Sidekick actions are paused. Other team members are unaffected.

Alert channels#

ChannelSetup
In-appAutomatic (always enabled)
EmailSettings → Notifications
SlackRequires Slack connection
WebhookSettings → Connections → Webhooks

Budget history#

View historical budget utilization in Settings → Billing → History:

  • Monthly spend vs. budget
  • Over-budget months highlighted
  • Trend analysis to help right-size your budget

info Budgets reset on the 1st of each month at midnight UTC. Unused budget does not roll over to the next month.