Configure organization spend alerts

Configure spend alerts to monitor ClickHouse Cloud usage against thresholds within a billing period.

Spend alerts notify you when your organization’s usage reaches configured thresholds within a billing period, so you can avoid unexpected charges. They send notifications only; for thresholds that trigger automatic invoicing, see Payment thresholds.

Prerequisites

• You must have an Organization Admin or Billing Admin role to configure and view spend alerts.

How spend alerts work

• Alerts are based on gross usage within a billing period and reset at the start of each new cycle.
• Alerts fire every hour, based on the gross usage calculated at that time, so an alert fires after a threshold is exceeded.

Spend alerts don’t cap usage

Reaching 100% of your spend alert doesn’t restrict or cap your usage — spending continues to accumulate beyond the 100% threshold.

Set up a spend alert

1. Open the spend alerts dialog

   1. Navigate to Organization > Billing in the ClickHouse Cloud console.
   2. Click Actions > Add spend alerts.
2. Configure and save the alert

   1. Enter a spend alert amount in dollars or credits per billing period.
   2. Select your notification channels: Email, UI, and/or Slack.
   3. Click Save.

Automatic threshold alerts

Three alerts are automatically created and triggered based on your configured spend alert amount:

Threshold	Trigger	Example ($10 alert)
50%	Half of spend reached	$5
75%	Three-quarters of spend reached	$7.50
100%	Full spend reached	$10

Notification channels

Channel	Description
Email	Sends alerts to the configured email address. Click the edit icon to change the recipient.
UI	Displays alerts in the ClickHouse Cloud console.
Slack	Sends alerts to a Slack channel. Click the edit icon to configure.