# Spend Management now pauses production deployments by default

**Published:** June 27, 2024 | **Authors:** Lee Robinson, Matthew Sweeney

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Based on your feedback, Spend Management now **pauses production deployments by default** when your set amount is reached.

Spend Management allows you to receive notifications, trigger a webhook, and pause projects when [metered usage](https://vercel.com/docs/limits/overview#additional-resources) exceeds the set amount within the current billing cycle. This stops you incurring further cost from the production deployments.

- You'll receive realtime notifications when your spending approaches and exceeds the set amount. For further control, you can continue to use a webhook in addition to automatic project pausing
- This includes **Web** and **Email** notifications at 50%, 75%, and 100%. You can also receive **SMS **notifications when your spending reaches 100%
- Hobby customers will have their projects automatically paused when reaching the included free tier limits and do not need Spend Management

[Check out our documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/accounts/spend-management) to learn more.

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