# Budgets and rules for every key

> DigitSpace lets you cap spend and limit access for every API key, member and team. Set a total or a per-period budget, allow or deny models and providers, cap the price per token, and restrict keys to your IP ranges.

Source: https://digitspace.ai/features/budgets-and-access · Last checked: 2026-10-30

## Limits

| Limit | Applies to | When it's reached |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total budget | A key, a member or a team | Requests stop with a clear 429 error |
| Budget per period | Per minute, hour, day, week or month | Requests stop until the period resets |
| Credits | The organisation | Requests on credits stop; your own keys keep working |

## Access rules

Rules can be set on a key, a member and a team. A request has to pass every level that has a rule, so a key can narrow its team's rules but never widen them.

| Rule | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Allow or deny models | Only these models, or never these |
| Allow or deny providers | Only these providers, or never these |
| Price rules | Free models only, paid only, or a maximum price per million tokens |
| IP ranges | Only calls from these ranges, or never from these |

## Teams and roles

- **Owners and admins:** Manage billing, keys, members and every project.
- **Project admins:** Manage the projects they're given.
- **Developers:** Use and create keys in their projects, within their budget.

## Questions

### What does a blocked request look like?

A 429 with type budget_exceeded for budgets, or a 403 for a rule, with a message saying which limit or rule stopped it.

### Can I give a contractor a key with a hard cap?

Yes: a key with a total budget and an expiry date, limited to the models you choose.

### Are there limits I don't set?

New organisations have daily and monthly spending caps that rise with account age and spend, to protect you and us from abuse. The limits page in your dashboard shows yours.

## Related

- [Cost tracking](https://digitspace.ai/features/cost-tracking)
- [Guardrails](https://digitspace.ai/features/guardrails)
- [Enterprise](https://digitspace.ai/solutions/enterprise)
- [Security](https://digitspace.ai/security)

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