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Your Budget Policies set the default limits for every project, user, and gateway. Custom Budgets let you override those defaults when a specific project, user, or gateway needs a different limit — without changing the policy everyone else follows. The page subtitle sums it up: Override default budget settings by defining custom allocations for specific projects, users and gateways.

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When to use a Custom Budget

Projects

Limit spend per project — give a high-traffic project more room, or cap an experimental one.

Users

Limit spend per user — raise the ceiling for a power user, or tighten it for a guest.

Gateways

Limit spend per gateway — set a different allocation for a specific gateway.

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Create a Custom Budget

1

Open the right tab

Go to Custom Budgets and pick the Projects, Users, or Gateways tab, then click + Add Custom Budget.
2

Choose what to configure

Select the type of entity — a project, user, or gateway — then search for and select the specific one you want a custom budget for.
3

Set the limits

Enter the Daily, Weekly, and Monthly limits for that entity. These override the default policy for that project, user, or gateway only.
4

Save

Save the custom budget. It appears in the list with its own limits.

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Reading the list

Each tab lists its budgets with columns for Name, Daily Limit, Weekly Limit, and Monthly Limit, plus how much has been spent so far — shown as Spent [amount] of [limit]. A badge on each row tells you whether a budget is the default or a custom override:
BadgeMeaning
Custom budgetA limit you set here that overrides the default
Default user budgetThis entity is still using the default from Budget Policies
Default project budgetThis entity is still using the default from Budget Policies
Default gateway budgetThis entity is still using the default from Budget Policies
Airia flags overrides that may need a second look. If a custom budget is higher than the default for that level, or higher than the company budget, you’ll see a note on the row. A custom limit doesn’t let spend exceed the Company budget — company spend is still the overall ceiling.
Reach for a Custom Budget only for the exceptions. Keep your everyday limits in Budget Policies so most projects, users, and gateways follow one consistent default, and override just the few that genuinely differ.