---
title: "Set agent budgets and watch AI spending"
description: "Give an agent a token budget, and follow how many tokens your agents use on the budget dashboard."
url: "https://okido.io/en/docs/ai/control-ai-spending"
chapter: "AI"
chapterUrl: "https://okido.io/en/docs/ai.md"
plans: ["Starter", "Pro", "Business"]
roles: "Owner, Admin"
language: "en"
edition: "2026-10-23"
---

# Set agent budgets and watch AI spending

> Give an agent a token budget, and follow how many tokens your agents use on the budget dashboard.

Everything an agent does costs tokens: the AI reads and writes in tokens. Each agent has a token budget, so one busy agent cannot use up what your organization has. The budget dashboard shows how much every agent and every project used.

## Give an agent a token budget

1. Open the agent: **AI**, the **Agents** tab, then the agent.
2. On the **Configuration** tab, under **Runtime Limits**, enter the **Token Budget**.
3. Choose **Save** at the top of the page.
4. Choose the **Budget** tab to check it.

The **Budget** tab shows the agent's **Total Budget**, the **Tokens Used** and what is **Remaining**. Below, the **Transaction History** lists the tokens each run used. The bar at the top of the agent's page turns yellow and then red as the agent gets close to its budget.

![The Budget tab of an agent with its budget, the tokens used and the transaction history](https://okido.io/docs/screenshots/en/agent-budget-tab.webp)

## Watch AI spending across agents

1. In the menu on the left, choose **AI**, then the **Budget** tab.

The **Agent Budget Dashboard** adds up the budgets of all your agents and shows how much of it is used and what is left. Under **Per-Agent Breakdown** you see each agent's use against its own budget, and under **Per-Project Usage** the projects the tokens were used for. Choose an agent's name to open its page.

![The budget dashboard with the use per agent](https://okido.io/docs/screenshots/en/ai-budget-dashboard.webp)

Choose **Ledger** at the top right to see every transaction, newest first, with the agent, the amount and the balance after it.