Set a spend limit changedclaude-tag/admins/set-spend-limit
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9Work Claude does in channels bills to your **organization's usage balance**, not to individual seats. The **spend limit** is a cap you set on how much of that balance Claude Tag can use each month.
9Work Claude does in channels and group DMs bills to your **organization's usage balance**, not to individual seats. The **spend limit** is a cap you set on how much of that balance Claude Tag can use each month.
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1111## How Claude Tag usage is billed
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1515| Work | Bills to | Capped by |
1616| :- | :- | :- |
1717| Channel work | Your organization's usage balance | The spend limit, plus any [per-channel limits](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#set-spend-limits) |
18| Reading a channel, [deciding whether to reply](/docs/claude-tag/users/when-claude-responds#what-claude-does-with-a-channel-message), and short replies from what Claude already knows | Nothing | Not counted toward any limit. A working session Claude starts from the channel is channel work, above |
19| A DM from a member who has connected a Claude account | The sender's own seat | The seat's usual limits, not the spend limit |
20| A [DM from a member who hasn't connected a Claude account](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#direct-messages-from-members-without-a-claude-account) | Your organization's usage balance | The [limits for each member](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#limits-on-direct-messages-from-members-without-a-claude-account) |
18| [Group DM](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#group-dms) work | Your organization's usage balance | The spend limit, plus the [**Default spend limit**](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#set-spend-limits), which applies to each group DM |
19| Reading a channel or group DM, [deciding whether to reply](/docs/claude-tag/users/when-claude-responds#what-claude-does-with-a-channel-message), and short replies from what Claude already knows | Nothing | Not counted toward any limit. A working session Claude starts from the channel is channel work, above |
20| A one-to-one DM from a member who has connected a Claude account | The sender's own seat | The seat's usual limits, not the spend limit |
21| A [one-to-one DM from a member who hasn't connected a Claude account](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#direct-messages-from-members-without-a-claude-account) | Your organization's usage balance | The [limits for each member](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#limits-on-direct-messages-from-members-without-a-claude-account) |
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2223## Whether this step is required depends on your plan
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7475Organizations on a Claude Enterprise plan can also pull channel spend per Slack user from the Analytics API, which attributes Claude's channel work to individual Slack users. See [Attribute costs to users](/docs/claude-tag/admins/attribute-costs).
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76DMs are separate. A DM from a member who has connected a Claude account bills to the sender's own seat, not to the organization's usage balance. A [DM from a member who hasn't connected a Claude account](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#direct-messages-from-members-without-a-claude-account) can bill to the organization's usage balance.
77One-to-one DMs are separate. A DM from a member who has connected a Claude account bills to the sender's own seat, not to the organization's usage balance. A [DM from a member who hasn't connected a Claude account](/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access#direct-messages-from-members-without-a-claude-account) can bill to the organization's usage balance.
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7879## See spend by kind of work
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