Your account's monthly budget lives in Account Settings, on the Budget tab. Type a figure into Default Monthly Budget, click Save, and Pace adjusts your campaign budgets daily so the month lands on target.
Every account paces in one of two modes: Monthly Budget (the default) or Daily Floor. This article covers Monthly Budget mode, where you give Pace one number a month and it does the daily maths. To see how the two modes fit into Pace's wider budget model, read how budgets and pacing fit together.
Setting a monthly budget is available on every plan, and every workspace member can edit any account's settings.
Set the monthly budget
- Open the account and click the Settings (gear) icon.
- Click the Budget tab.
- On Google Ads, Meta Ads, and TikTok Ads accounts, check that Pacing Mode is set to Monthly Budget; it's the default. LinkedIn Ads and Microsoft Ads accounts are always in Monthly Budget mode, so there's nothing to switch.
- Type your amount into Default Monthly Budget. Pace uses this figure for every month unless you set a specific month to a different amount (covered below).
- Click Save.
A Settings Saved confirmation appears. From here, Pace adjusts your campaign budgets every day to land the month on your number.
Set a different number for specific months
When your budget changes month to month (say a client lifts their spend next quarter), set the exact figure per month in the Budget Planner below the budget field. Use the Upcoming / Previous toggle to move through the timeline.
Each month either inherits your default (marked (default)) or carries its own figure.
- This month: type a figure straight into the current month's row to override the default. Clear the field to return it to the default.
- A future month: click Add month override, pick the month and year, type the amount, and click Add. To remove a future month's figure later, click the × beside its row in the Budget Planner.
Changing the Default Monthly Budget updates every month still inheriting it. Months with their own figure stay exactly where you set them.
What happens after you save
Pace steers each campaign's daily budget so the month finishes on target. When a month ends, Pace records the budget that applied to it. The Previous view always shows each past month's recorded budget, even if you change the default later.
Note: Your configured budget, not your actual spend, counts toward your plan's managed-spend limit. A Monthly Budget account counts its monthly number.
If a new budget would push your workspace over its plan's managed-spend limit, Pace blocks the save and names the limit. Lower the figure or move to a higher plan, then save again.
Next
To push a new budget to your campaigns right away instead of waiting for the next daily run, read Pace Now and Pace All.