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title: "Enable Usage Notifications in Cloud Sites"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/usage/enable-usage-notifications-in-cloud-sites/"
description: "Efficiently manage costs and resources by monitoring usage in Cloud Sites. Enable email notifications for critical categories like bandwidth, disk space, and da…"
vertical: "Hosting"
date: "2024-03-04"
last_modified: "2026-07-02"
---

# Enable Usage Notifications in Cloud Sites

Control costs and manage resources efficiently by tracking usage. Instead of manually checking statistics, enable Cloud Sites email notifications for bandwidth, disk space, and database size. With notifications, you will be notified by a message in the control panel in addition to an email. Here’s how:

1. Log into your Cloud Sites control panel and click on Usage on the top of the screen.  
    ![usage tab in cloud sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_I56ayI.png)
2. Click on “Click Here to Configure Usage Notifications” under Total Usage on the top left section of the screen.  
    ![total usage display](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_uIemU9.png)
3. Click on Enable Notification under Usage Notifications.  
    ![enable notifications button highlighted](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_CBTjMU.png)
4. Enable your warning and critical notifications for Bandwidth, Disk Space and MSSQL.  
    ![notification thresholds screenshot](https://docs.nexcess.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/help.liquidweb.com_CxvRWT.png)
5. 

You’ll now be notified whenever your critical categories reach those usage thresholds so that you can manage your Cloud Sites account more effectively.