Alerts notify you when spending exceeds a threshold. Set them up once, and Fenra monitors your costs 24/7.
Creating an Alert
- Go to Alerts in the navigation
- Click Create Alert
- Configure:
- Click Create
Time Periods
Filtering Alerts
Make alerts more targeted:
- By Model: Only GPT-4 or only Claude
- By Environment: Only production
- By Feature: Only specific features
Example: Production-Only Alert
- Set threshold to $5,000
- Add filter: Environment = “production”
- Staging/dev costs won’t trigger it
Alert Frequency
Enable throttling to avoid inbox flooding during sustained overspend.
Managing Alerts
- Pause: Temporarily disable without deleting
- Edit: Update threshold, filters, or recipients
- Delete: Permanently remove
Examples
Multi-Threshold Budget Alert
Set three alerts for progressive warnings:
Feature-Specific Alert
Monitor a high-cost feature:
- Threshold: $500/day
- Filter: feature_name = “image-generation”
- Recipients: Product and engineering leads
Best Practices
- Start conservative: Higher thresholds at first, lower as you learn patterns
- Use multiple thresholds: 50%, 75%, 90% of budget
- Filter appropriately: Generic alerts are noisy
- Enable throttling: Avoid alert fatigue
- Review monthly: Adjust as usage patterns change
Next Steps
