Per-key budget
A per-key budget is a spending limit attached to a single API key, so the person or application using that key can never spend more than its allowance in a period.
Why it matters for companies
One runaway agent loop can spend a month's allowance overnight. A budget per key contains the damage to that key and leaves everyone else working.
It also makes cost per person and per application visible without extra reporting work.
Example
Each developer's Claude Code key has a fixed monthly budget. A misconfigured agent stops at its budget instead of running up a five-figure bill, and the rest of the team is unaffected.
How Standard Compute handles it
Every person and app gets a fixed monthly budget that never overruns, and you can set spending caps per key and for the whole company. Optional top-off from a prepaid company balance keeps critical agents running.