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# Usage Limits
Set credit spending caps and receive threshold alerts.
Set hard caps for credit consumption and alerts for administrators. Open **Billing → Usage Limits**.
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**Credit limits exist at three levels**, and the strictest applicable one wins: an organization-wide cap, the per-account limits and alerts this page configures, and a per-agent credit guardrail set in Agent Builder. Every account also starts with a default weekly hard limit, until you replace it with your own.
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Usage Limits, with configured limits and alerts.
### Create usage limits
Usage limits are hard caps. Requests that would exceed a limit are rejected.
Each limit shows its period, cap, and type. For example, a **Monthly** limit of `80,000 Credits` can be a **Hard Limit**. It resets on the first day of each month.
Select **+ Add Limit** to create a limit. Use a row's menu to edit or remove it.
### Add an alert
Usage alerts email every **Account Admin** role holder on the account once per period after usage crosses a threshold — not every administrator on the platform. Select **+ Add Alerts** to create one.
**+ Add Alerts** opens the **Add Alert** dialog:
* **Duration**—required. The alert period, such as **Daily**
* **Metric Type**—required. **Absolute Credits** uses a credit count. **Percentage of Limit** uses a share of a configured limit
* **Credit Limit** or threshold—required. Enter a credit count for **Absolute Credits**. Enter a percentage for **Percentage of Limit**
The Add Alert dialog.
Choose **Absolute Credits** or **Percentage of Limit** as the alert metric.
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**How it works:** The platform evaluates every usage limit before consumption. If a request exceeds any limit, the platform rejects it.
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### Related
Review consumption and credit history in [Credit Usage](/control-center/cost-control/credit-usage.md).
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[Control Center](/start-here/control-center.md)
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