Use budget policies to monitor cloud spending, set budget limits, and receive alerts when expenses exceed defined thresholds. This helps you proactively manage costs and avoid unexpected overruns.

Create a Budget-based Policy

To create a budget-based policy:

  1. Navigate to Setup > Account > Monitoring and select Alert Definitions.

  2. Select the Budget Based tab. The Add Alert Budget Policy page is displayed.

  3. Click +ADD to add new alert budget policy.

  4. On the Add Alert Budget Policy page, enter the following details:

Field NameDescription
NameEnter a name for the budget policy
Applies ToSelect to what element the budget policy needs to be applied. Choose on what element the Policy needs to be created
  • Provider Type: Select the cloud provider - AWS, Azure or Google. Select the client and click Add. Enter the details for Budget Policies
  • Cloud Account: Enter Cloud Account for the policy
  • Tags: Select the tag name for the policy
Cloud ProviderSelect the cloud provider - AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Account
Budget ScopeMonthly or Annually
Budget limitEnter the value for the budget limit
WarningSet the warning limit. When the limit crosses the warning value, an alert is triggered by the budget policy. Default warning limit is 80% of the budget limit.
CriticalSet the critical limit. Set the Critical warning limit. When the limit crosses critical value, an alert is triggered by the budget policy. Default warning limit is when the budget limit reaches 100%.
Budget OwnerThe user to whom the alert needs to be sent. After the budget policy is created, an Escalation Alert Policy is automatically gets created, through which the budget owner gets alerts if the warning or critical threshold limits are breached.
  1. Click ADD POLICY to add a new policy. The new budget-based policy is added.