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+title: Budget alerts now on by default for Pay-as-you-go accounts
+description: Eligible Pay-as-you-go accounts now receive an automatic $10 budget alert at the start of each new billing cycle. You can edit the threshold or remove the alert at any time.
+products:
+  - billing
+  - workers
+date: 2026-07-16
+---
+
+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.
+
+Budget alerts only consider spend on usage-based products. Recurring subscription fees, such as the Workers Paid plan fee or other monthly plan charges, are not included in the threshold calculation.
+
+You can change the threshold, add additional alerts, or remove the default alert entirely from **Manage Account** > **Billing** > **Billable Usage**, or from your Notifications settings. If you already configured your own budget alert, nothing changes.
+
+Default alerts are available for Pay-as-you-go accounts with active usage-based products. Enterprise contract accounts are not in scope.
+
+For more information, refer to the [Budget alerts documentation](/billing/manage/budget-alerts/).