Manage costs and limits

Every Cost Control task in Control Center: review credit usage and history, set hard limits, and get alerted before a cap.

This guide is organized by task. Find what you want to do in the list below, then follow the steps. Each task links to the reference page it comes from.

Task	Go to
See how many credits are available and used	Credit usage
See which apps, agents, or models use credits	Resource usage
See every credit and debit	Credit history
Cap credit consumption	Add a limit
Change or remove a limit	Edit a limit
Get an email before usage reaches a cap	Add an alert
Report on spend by project	Credit report
Export credit usage data	Export

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Credit usage

See available and used credits

Open Cost Control › Credit Usage. Narrow by project and date range. The page shows Available credits and Used credits for the period, and Usage Trends plots consumption over time.

Credit Usage.

See what used the credits

Under Resource Usage, choose a tab: Apps, Agents, Models, or Features. Each row lists a resource's Name, Credits Used, and Last Used.

• Online Eval scoring is billed on its own, as OnlineEval on the Features tab, and isn't counted on the Agents tab.
• Resource usage can lag live activity by up to one hour.
• Usage against a UPTIQ managed key in AI Gateway draws on your credit balance; with your own key, the provider bills you directly.

Reference: Credit Usage.

See every credit and debit

On Credit Usage, select View Ledger. Credit History lists every transaction, with its Operation Type (Debit or Credit), Additional Details (such as Action Deduction or Credits Addition), Credit Change, Balance Credit, and Timestamp.

Credit History.

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Limits and alerts

Credit limits exist at three levels, and the strictest applicable one wins: an organization-wide cap, the per-account limits and alerts on Usage Limits, and a per-agent credit guardrail set in Agent Builder. Every account starts with a default weekly hard limit until you replace it.

Cap credit consumption

Open Cost Control › Usage Limits, or select Set usage limit on Credit Usage. Select + Add Limit.

Usage limits are hard caps: a request that would exceed a limit is rejected. Each limit shows its period, cap, and type; for example, a Monthly Hard Limit of 80,000 Credits resets on the first day of each month.

Usage Limits.

Change or remove a limit

On Usage Limits, use the limit's row menu to edit or remove it.

Get alerted when usage crosses a threshold

1

Open Add Alert

On Usage Limits, select + Add Alerts.

2

Fill in the alert

• Duration — required. The alert period, such as Daily.
• Metric Type — required. Absolute Credits (a credit count) or Percentage of Limit (a share of a configured limit).
• Credit Limit or threshold — required. A credit count, or a percentage.

3

Save

Save the alert.

Add Alert.

The alert emails every Account Admin on the account once per period after usage crosses the threshold. Reference: Usage Limits.

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Reporting

Report on spend by project

Open Observe › Reports and use the Credit Usage Report: spend and activity per project, with Apps, Agent Executions, $ Spend — Apps, and $ Spend — Agent Executions. Choose the project scope and date range, then generate it, or choose a format and email it. Set the date range explicitly for billing-critical reporting. See Monitor activity › Reports.

Export credit usage data

Open Observe › Export and choose the Credit Usage dataset: consumption by app, agent, and model over the period. Run it once or on a schedule. See Monitor activity › Export.

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Related pages

• Cost Control, Credit Usage, and Usage Limits
• Who can view usage and set limits: Roles

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