Budgets in Uniskai let you set a spending threshold for one or more accounts or one or more regions — evaluated per month or per week — and trigger notifications when costs approach or exceed that threshold. Notifications are delivered by email (to one or more recipients) and in-app via the bell icon in the top right of the platform.
This can help you stay on top of your finances and take proactive measures to manage your spending. For more detailed instructions on how to set up these notifications, please take a look at the following article.
Where is the setup budget limits now?
Go to the Budget page section from the main navigation menu.
Budgets page, where you can view existing budgets or create a new one.
Now you can set the budget limit. You can create limits for one or more accounts and one or more regions, either monthly or weekly. Fill in all the required information and then click ‘Save.’
Notify when budget
Defines the scope of the budget. Choose one of two options:
Per account — pick one or more accounts from the dropdown.
Per region — pick one or more regions from the dropdown.
A budget can be scoped either by accounts or by regions — not both at the same time.
On the right side of the budget, you can see a graph displaying the selected notification type.
Will cost more than
Sets the cost threshold that triggers notifications, and the period over which it is evaluated.
Use the slider or type the amount directly into the $ field — they are linked.
Choose Per month or Per week.
Show costs as
Selects how costs are calculated for this budget. The default value is Unblended.
Name this notification
Optional. Give the budget a display name so it is easier to identify in the list. Leave empty if not needed.
Notification email
Specifies the addresses that will receive notifications when the budget is triggered.
Your email is pre-filled.
Click + ADD EMAIL to add more recipients.
User can delete the Notification mail
Fill in all the required information and click Save.
The Save button stays disabled until you select at least one account (or region) in field 1 and set a threshold in field 2.
If the budget limit is exceeded, you will receive an email from Uniskai, as shown below.
Within the Uniskai platform, you will receive bell notifications at the top right. Click ‘View Details’ to examine your budget limit in more detail.
When you click ‘View Details,’ you will access all the information about your budget limit. You can edit your budget limit directly from this dialogue or click ‘Got it’ to review the changes later.
The budget can be indicated by a yellow or red icon. Yellow indicates that it's close to the limit, while red means the limit has been exceeded. Uniskai provides personalized forecasts to help you plan and optimize your cloud infrastructure.
If the budget notification does not exceed the spending forecast and current costs, the bell icon is grey.
However, if it exceeds the spending forecast, the bell icon turns yellow.
And if it exceeds current spending, the bell icon becomes red.
You can get more information about our communication channels here
Budget notifications in Slack
If you have Slack connected to Uniskai, budget notifications are also delivered to your configured Slack channel — alongside the in-app bell and email notifications.
Budgets can be connected to personal notifications (delivered to your own Slack) or to organization notifications (delivered to a shared organization channel).
To start receiving budget notifications in Slack, connect a Slack webhook first. Any user can set this up — see How to connect Slack webhook, etc. notifications for the setup steps, which cover connecting both personal and organization notifications.
Once Slack is connected, every time a budget exceeds its threshold, Uniskai posts a message to the configured Slack channel.
The message includes:
- The **budget name** that was triggered.
- The **scope** — Account ID, Account Name, and Regions for every account in the budget.
- The **monthly (or weekly) limit** that was set.
- The **actual spending** so far in the current period, and the **dates** of the period.
- The **forecast** for the full period (current + expected spending).
- An **Edit budget** button — opens the budget in Uniskai for editing the threshold or scope.
