---
title: "Setting Budgets"
description: "Type Scope Reset Daily Per agent Midnight UTC Monthly Per agent 1st of month Global daily All agents Midnight UTC Global monthly All agents 1st of month"
resource: https://www.aiagents.nexus/docs/manual/cost-control/setting-budgets
generated: { by: "process:nexus-agent-assets", at: 2026-09-07T09:13:03Z }
status: stable
---

# Setting Budgets

## Via CLI

```bash
naos cost set-budget researcher --daily 1000
naos cost set-budget researcher --monthly 20000
```

## Via Configuration

```yaml
cost:
  budgets:
    researcher:
      daily: 1000
      monthly: 20000
    analyzer:
      daily: 500
    global:
      daily: 5000
      monthly: 100000
```

## Budget Types

| Type | Scope | Reset |
|------|-------|-------|
| Daily | Per agent | Midnight UTC |
| Monthly | Per agent | 1st of month |
| Global daily | All agents | Midnight UTC |
| Global monthly | All agents | 1st of month |