Prerequisites
Make sure you are in a group that has at least theeditor role within your tenant or project; for example, the default editors group. You can check this in the Administration → IAM section of the web console.
How to create a budget
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In the web console, go to
Billing → Budgets.
- Click Create budget.
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In Details and scope, specify:
- Name: Enter a name for the budget.
- Time period: Select Daily, Monthly, Quarterly or Yearly. Each period starts at 00:00 UTC and is aligned to the calendar — a monthly budget resets on the first of each month, a quarterly one on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, and a yearly one on January 1.
- Scope: Select All usage to track your entire pay-as-you-go spending, or Conditions to limit the budget to specific usage. You can add a condition on a Region, Project, Service or Product. With several conditions selected, the budget counts only the usage that matches all of them. See Example budget scopes for quick tips on configuration.
- In Amount and alerts, set the budget Amount. The form suggests an amount based on your recent spending for the chosen scope. Choose whether to express your alert thresholds as a percentage of the amount or as an absolute value, then add one or more thresholds in that unit. An alert is sent when your actual recorded spending crosses an alert threshold. Budgets do not alert on forecasted spending. To get an early warning, add a low threshold (for example, 50%) in addition to a 100% one.
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In Notifications, select the recipients of the alert emails. To add a recipient that isn’t listed, click Add email, choose a contact type and click Continue:
- Tenant contact: a shared mailbox that only tenant administrators manage. Recommended for billing notifications such as budget alerts.
- Personal contact: an email linked to your Nebius account that only you can access.
- In Review, check the final configuration and click Create budget.
Example budget scopes
Example budget scopes
You can combine several budgets, each for its own task:
- Whole account: a monthly budget that tracks All usage, with the amount set to your expected monthly spending. Use it to catch overspending regardless of its source.
- Team or project: a budget with a Project condition that selects one or several projects of a specific team, with alert recipients from that team. Create one budget per team to see which team overspends.
- Specific products: a budget with a Product condition that selects your most expensive products — for example, GPUs. To narrow the scope, combine conditions: Project and Product conditions together track the GPU spending of one team.
How to check a budget status
In the web console, go to Billing → Budgets.
- The Budgets page shows current usage against each budget’s amount, period and alert thresholds. Select a budget to see its scope and alert recipients.
- When you receive an alert, go to the Usage page and filter by the budget’s scope to see which projects, services or resources cause the spending. Then top up your balance if you expect this spending, or delete the resources you no longer need.
How to edit a budget
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In the web console, go to Billing → Budgets.
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In the budget’s row, click
→ Edit. You can also edit a budget from its page.
The wizard reopens with all the steps from How to create a budget. Every field is editable, including the time period and scope.
How to delete a budget
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In the web console, go to Billing → Budgets.
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In the budget’s row, click → Delete. You can also delete a budget from its page.
Deleting a budget stops its alerts.