# ACCT.10 Configure AWS Budgets to monitor your spending


AWS Budgets enables monitoring of monthly costs and usage with notifications when costs are forecast to exceed target thresholds. Cost forecast notifications can indicate unexpected activity, which adds a layer of monitoring alongside other services, such as Trusted Advisor. Monitoring your AWS costs helps you detect unexpected usage and avoid unplanned charges.

**To set up a budget**

1. See [Create a cost budget](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/budgets-create.html) in the AWS Billing and Cost Management documentation.

**Note**  
AWS Budgets provides two budgets per account at no charge. For information about the cost of additional budgets, see [AWS Budgets pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/pricing/).