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Budget

Cap each Group's AI spend and see where it goes

The Budget page caps AI spend per Group. Only Group budgets enforce a cap. The organization figure is for planning and isn’t saved.

Set a Group budget

  1. Open Edit budget.
  2. Enter a USD amount for each Group, as dollars or as a percentage of the organization figure.
  3. Choose Confirm.
  • Minimum: $0.01. You can’t clear a budget yet.
  • Set each Group’s window to Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. Monthly is the default, and only monthly rows count toward the percentage column.
  • A Group whose row fails with a reconcile error has no Gateway project yet

When a Group exceeds its budget

Its requests are refused with a 402 until the window resets or you raise the amount. Refused requests cost nothing.

Budget changes can take up to an hour to take effect, both when raising and setting a limit.

Set a new Group’s first budget above expected spend, then tighten it once you see real spend.

Read spend

TabShows
OrganizationTotal spent, Remaining, Days to reset, and charts by Group
GroupTrend, % used, Budget, Spent, and Remaining per Group

Daily charts spread each Group’s month-to-date spend evenly, so read them for proportions, not for the day a spike happened.

Limit one person’s spend

  • Per-member limits, on a Group’s Spend tab, cap each member of that Group separately, alongside the Group budget
  • Spend limits, on an employee’s page, cap that one person. An employee’s own limit replaces the per-member limit they inherit from their Group
  • Model limits, under an employee’s spend limit, cap named models, such as openai/gpt-5 or a family like openai/*

Each limit takes an amount and a daily, weekly, or monthly window.

Reduce spend without capping it

An Intelligent routing policy on the cost axis typically cuts spend 40-60%. Insights shows where to start.