# Billing, Workers - Budget alerts now on by default for Pay-as-you-go accounts

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- Publisher: Cloudflare Developers
- Category: Cloud
- Original publication time: 2026-07-20T00:00:00Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T15:54:33Z
- Original source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-06-15-budget-alerts-default-on/
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-3ccb679383559e2aa29a

## From the publisher

We are turning on budget alerts by default for eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts. If your account does not already have a budget alert, Cloudflare will create one for you with a $10 account-level threshold. Your default alert will enable at the turn of your next billing cycle, so it will not fire based on usage you have already incurred. We are rolling this out in cohorts over the coming weeks, so eligible accounts may see their default alert appear at different times. The default alert behaves exactly like an alert you would create yourself. When your cumulative usage-based spend this cycle reaches the threshold, you receive an email notification. The alert is informational only. It does not cap your usage or impact your account in any way. Usage is processed once per day for the prior day's activity, so budget alerts fire the day after the threshold is reached rather than in real time.

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