# Customizing a budget (advanced)
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You can customize a budget to set parameters specific to your use case. You can customize the time period, the start month, and specific accounts. Creating a customized budget involves a 5-step workflow.

You can choose between four main budget types that track against the following:
+ Cost (see [Creating a cost budget](create-cost-budget.md))
+ Usage (see [Creating a usage budget](create-usage-budget.md))
+ Savings Plans (see [Creating a Savings Plans budget](create-savingsplans-budget.md))
  + Savings Plans utilization
  + Savings Plans coverage
+ Reservation (see [Creating a reservation budget](create-reservation-budget.md))
  + Reservation utilization
  + Reservation coverage