Spending limit

About spending limits

A spending limit helps you control your organization's Neon spending. When charges approach the limit, organization admins receive email alerts so they can take action before the bill grows further.

Spending limits are available on the Launch and Scale plans. You can manage them from the Billing page in the Neon Console or with the Neon Management API.

Who can set a spending limit

Only organization admins can enable, edit, or disable a spending limit. Other members see the limit in read-only form on the Billing page.

Manage spending limits with the Neon API

The Management API exposes spending limits at:

https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/organizations/{org_id}/billing/spending_limit

Replace {org_id} with your organization ID (see Finding your org_id). Authenticate with a personal API key or another allowed credential for the Management API.

Request body (PUT): send spending_limit_cents as a positive integer (monthly cap in cents; minimum 1). For example, $100.00 per month is 10000. Values 0 and null are rejected; to clear a limit, call DELETE on the same path (idempotent when no limit is configured).

Response (GET / PUT 200): the API returns spending_limit_cents, or null when no limit is set. Alerts at 80% and 100% of the cap behave the same as for Console-managed limits; computes are not suspended by this feature.

See the linked API reference pages for response codes, schemas, and Try it examples.

Alert thresholds

When a spending limit is set, Neon sends email alerts to organization admins at two thresholds:

• When spending reaches 80% of the limit
• When spending reaches 100% of the limit

Neon checks your spending every 15 minutes. Once spending crosses a threshold, an alert email goes out, and reminders continue weekly until you raise the limit or the billing cycle resets.

Enable a spending limit

1. Navigate to the Neon Console.
2. Select your organization from the breadcrumb menu at the top-left.
3. Select Billing from the menu.
4. On the Spending limit card, select Enable.
5. In the Enable spending limit dialog, enter a whole-dollar amount.
6. Select Enable.

The Spending limit card now shows the current spending and a progress bar toward the limit.

Edit the limit

1. Navigate to the Billing page.
2. On the Spending limit card, select Edit.
3. Update the amount and select Save.

You can also open the edit dialog from the over-limit banner by selecting Manage spending limit. The banner appears in the Console when spending is approaching the limit or has reached it.

Disable the limit

1. Navigate to the Billing page.
2. On the Spending limit card, select Disable.
3. Confirm in the Disable spending limit dialog.

After you disable the limit, no further email alerts are sent and the over-limit banner no longer appears.

What happens when the limit is reached

When your organization's monthly charges reach the limit:

• Admins receive a final email alert.
• A banner appears in the Neon Console showing Limit reached, with a Manage spending limit link that opens the edit dialog.

Projects continue to run, and charges continue to accumulate, until you raise the limit or the billing cycle resets at the start of the next month. Automatic project suspension is coming soon and will stop compute charges at the limit.