> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guardway.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Spend

> Cost view across gateways, teams, API keys, providers, and models, with budget tracking.

## What this is for

**Dashboard → Spend** is the cost-focused companion to [Usage](/platform/dashboard/usage). It rolls up estimated USD across every gateway and pivots by team, key, provider, or model so you can answer "where is the bill coming from" without pulling a finance export.

Provider pricing comes from the model inventory ([Models](/platform/configuration/models)); rows where pricing is unknown show as blank input/output cost.

## Options

### Time range

`Last Hour`, `Last 24 Hours`, `Last 7 Days`, `Last 30 Days`.

### Filters

* **Gateway** — multi-select.
* **Provider** — multi-select.
* **API Key** — multi-select.

### Breakdowns

| Breakdown        | What you'll see                                                                              |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Per **team**     | Total spend, request count, % of org, budget progress (if a team has a Monthly Spend Limit). |
| Per **API key**  | Spend, token count, top model, last-used time.                                               |
| Per **provider** | Spend by provider with model split.                                                          |
| Per **model**    | Per-million-token cost, request count, total spend.                                          |
| Per **gateway**  | Spot expensive environments.                                                                 |

### Budgets

Team-level monthly spend caps come from the **Monthly Spend Limit** field on [Configuration → Access → Teams](/platform/configuration/members#teams). The progress bar on each team row is green under 70%, yellow 70–89%, and red ≥90%.

## How to configure

This is a read-only analytics view — set budgets, alerts, and per-key caps elsewhere.

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</Frame>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Dashboard → Spend">
    Open **Dashboard → Overview** from the dashboard sidebar and click the **Spend** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a window and filters">
    Set **Time range**, then narrow by **Gateway**, **Provider**, or **API Key**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pivot the table">
    Switch the **Group by** selector between team, API key, provider, model, and gateway to find the dimension that explains the cost.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export">
    Click **Export** to download CSV or JSON for finance or a showback system.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set thresholds">
    To get notified when spend crosses a threshold, configure budgets on [API Keys](/platform/configuration/api-keys) or teams on [Members](/platform/configuration/members#teams), and add an alert rule on [Notifications](/platform/settings/notifications).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Related

* [Usage](/platform/dashboard/usage) — request/token view of the same telemetry.
* [API Keys](/platform/configuration/api-keys) — per-key budget and alert thresholds.
* [Members](/platform/configuration/members#teams) — per-team monthly spend limits.
* [Notifications](/platform/settings/notifications) — fire on `quota.threshold` and `quota.exceeded`.