# ACCT.10 Configure AWS Budgets to monitor your spending
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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/).