Budget Mode

Set daily spending caps to control costs automatically.

How It Works

1. Set a daily budget (e.g., $5/day)
2. Pulserun tracks your spending in real-time
3. When the daily cap is reached, instances are automatically stopped
4. Resumes the next day (or when you increase the budget)

Per-Instance Budgets

Set a budget limit on individual instances:

curl -X POST https://api.pulserun.dev/v1/instances \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pr_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"gpu": "a100_80gb", "template": "pytorch", "budget_limit": 10.00}'

This instance will auto-terminate when it has cost $10.

Account-Level Budgets

Configure daily spending caps in Settings → Budget:

• Daily cap — Maximum spend per day
• Weekly cap — Maximum spend per week
• Monthly cap — Maximum spend per month