Spend cap budgets are now generally available for a limited set of services

## Feature Feature **Spend cap budgets are now generally available for a limited set of services** For[eligible services](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-spend-caps#eligible-services), you can configure a **spend cap budget** to automatically pause usage when your estimated spend exceeds the budget amount you set. You can manage spend cap budgets in the[Budgets page in the Google Cloud console](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-spend-caps)and using the[Cloud Billing Budget API](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budget-api-spend-cap). Spend caps are a cost control mechanism. A spend cap is enforced when usage costs exceed your budget target amount. When enforced, any new request to the eligible services, within the specified project, are paused and no further usage costs are accrued until the spend cap is lifted. You can manually lift an enforced spend cap, or wait until the start of the next month when the spend cap is automatically lifted. Spend caps use _gross, estimated costs_ to trigger the alerts and caps, enforcing a cap much faster than the _actual costs_ are processed and appear on billing reports. Even though faster than reports, the enforcement of spend caps isn't instant and any cost overages are billed as normal. **More information about spend cap budgets** For managing spend cap budgets in the Google Cloud console, see: * [How spend cap budgets work to help you control spend](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-spend-caps#how-spend-cap-budgets-work) * [Limitations of spend cap budgets](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-spend-caps#limitations) * [Configure a spend cap budget](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-spend-caps#configure-spend-cap) * [Lift an enforced spend cap](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budgets-spend-caps#lift-spend-cap) For managing spend cap budgets using the Cloud Billing Budget API, see: * [Using the Cloud Billing Budget API for spend cap budgets](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budget-api-spend-cap) * [Spend cap budget concepts and limitations](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budget-api-spend-cap#concepts-limitations) * [Create a spend cap budget](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budget-api-spend-cap#create) * [Lift an enforced spend cap](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/budget-api-spend-cap#lift) * [Cloud Billing Budget API REST reference](https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/reference/budget/rest/v1/billingAccounts.budgets)