# Using budgets for Savings Plans
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You can use Amazon Budgets to set budgets for your Savings Plan utilization, coverage, and costs. You can track your costs as you continue to optimize through Amazon.

You can create and set up a budget for your Savings Plans in two ways:
+ [Using a template (simplified)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/savingsplans/latest/userguide/sp-create-savingsplans-budget-template.html)
+ [Customizing a budget (advanced)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/savingsplans/latest/userguide/sp-create-savingsplans-budget.html)

For more information, see [Managing Your Costs with Amazon Budgets](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/budgets-managing-costs.html) in the *Amazon Cost Management User Guide*.