diff --git a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts
index 23d1f27..aedb57e 100644
--- a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts
+++ b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
     AssertionFailureError, ParamValidationError, Defer,
 } from 'civkit';
 import { singleton } from 'tsyringe';
-import { AsyncContext, CloudHTTPv2, Ctx, FirebaseStorageBucketControl, InsufficientBalanceError, Logger, OutputServerEventStream, RPCReflect, SecurityCompromiseError } from '../shared';
+import { AsyncContext, BudgetExceededError, CloudHTTPv2, Ctx, FirebaseStorageBucketControl, InsufficientBalanceError, Logger, OutputServerEventStream, RPCReflect, SecurityCompromiseError } from '../shared';
 import { RateLimitControl, RateLimitDesc } from '../shared/services/rate-limit';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { PageSnapshot, PuppeteerControl, ScrappingOptions } from '../services/puppeteer';
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
             );
 
             rpcReflect.finally(() => {
+                if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 if (chargeAmount) {
                     auth.reportUsage(chargeAmount, `reader-${rpcReflect.name}`).catch((err) => {
                         this.logger.warn(`Unable to report usage for ${uid}`, { err: marshalErrorLike(err) });
@@ -218,6 +221,9 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
             );
 
             rpcReflect.finally(() => {
+                if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 if (chargeAmount) {
                     apiRoll._ref?.set({
                         chargeAmount,
@@ -252,6 +258,9 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
 
                     const formatted = await this.snapshotFormatter.formatSnapshot(crawlerOptions.respondWith, scrapped, targetUrl, this.urlValidMs);
                     chargeAmount = this.assignChargeAmount(formatted);
+                    if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+                        throw new BudgetExceededError(`Token budget (${crawlerOptions.tokenBudget}) exceeded, intended charge amount ${chargeAmount}.`);
+                    }
                     sseStream.write({
                         event: 'data',
                         data: formatted,
@@ -284,6 +293,10 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
                 const formatted = await this.snapshotFormatter.formatSnapshot(crawlerOptions.respondWith, scrapped, targetUrl, this.urlValidMs);
                 chargeAmount = this.assignChargeAmount(formatted);
 
+                if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+                    throw new BudgetExceededError(`Token budget (${crawlerOptions.tokenBudget}) exceeded, intended charge amount ${chargeAmount}.`);
+                }
+
                 if (crawlerOptions.isEarlyReturnApplicable()) {
                     return formatted;
                 }
@@ -302,6 +315,9 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
 
             const formatted = await this.snapshotFormatter.formatSnapshot(crawlerOptions.respondWith, lastScrapped, targetUrl, this.urlValidMs);
             chargeAmount = this.assignChargeAmount(formatted);
+            if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+                throw new BudgetExceededError(`Token budget (${crawlerOptions.tokenBudget}) exceeded, intended charge amount ${chargeAmount}.`);
+            }
 
             return formatted;
         }
@@ -321,6 +337,9 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
 
             const formatted = await this.snapshotFormatter.formatSnapshot(crawlerOptions.respondWith, scrapped, targetUrl, this.urlValidMs);
             chargeAmount = this.assignChargeAmount(formatted);
+            if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+                throw new BudgetExceededError(`Token budget (${crawlerOptions.tokenBudget}) exceeded, intended charge amount ${chargeAmount}.`);
+            }
 
             if (crawlerOptions.isEarlyReturnApplicable()) {
                 if (crawlerOptions.respondWith === 'screenshot' && Reflect.get(formatted, 'screenshotUrl')) {
@@ -349,6 +368,10 @@ export class CrawlerHost extends RPCHost {
 
         const formatted = await this.snapshotFormatter.formatSnapshot(crawlerOptions.respondWith, lastScrapped, targetUrl, this.urlValidMs);
         chargeAmount = this.assignChargeAmount(formatted);
+        if (crawlerOptions.tokenBudget && chargeAmount > crawlerOptions.tokenBudget) {
+            throw new BudgetExceededError(`Token budget (${crawlerOptions.tokenBudget}) exceeded, intended charge amount ${chargeAmount}.`);
+        }
+
         if (crawlerOptions.respondWith === 'screenshot' && Reflect.get(formatted, 'screenshotUrl')) {
 
             return assignTransferProtocolMeta(`${formatted.textRepresentation}`,
diff --git a/backend/functions/src/dto/scrapping-options.ts b/backend/functions/src/dto/scrapping-options.ts
index 94f1a54..0f81cca 100644
--- a/backend/functions/src/dto/scrapping-options.ts
+++ b/backend/functions/src/dto/scrapping-options.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ const IMAGE_RETENTION_MODE_VALUES = new Set<string>(IMAGE_RETENTION_MODES);
                     description: 'Specify referer for the page.',
                     in: 'header',
                     schema: { type: 'string' }
+                },
+                'X-Token-Budget': {
+                    description: 'Specify a budget in tokens.\n\nIf the resulting token cost exceeds the budget, the request is rejected.',
+                    in: 'header',
+                    schema: { type: 'string' }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -271,6 +276,9 @@ export class CrawlerOptions extends AutoCastable {
     @Prop()
     referer?: string;
 
+    @Prop()
+    tokenBudget?: number;
+
     static override from(input: any) {
         const instance = super.from(input) as CrawlerOptions;
         const ctx = Reflect.get(input, RPC_CALL_ENVIRONMENT) as {
@@ -387,6 +395,13 @@ export class CrawlerOptions extends AutoCastable {
             instance.cacheTolerance = instance.cacheTolerance * 1000;
         }
 
+        const tokenBudget = ctx?.req.get('x-token-budget') || undefined;
+        instance.tokenBudget ??= parseInt(tokenBudget || '') || undefined;
+
+        if (instance.cacheTolerance) {
+            instance.cacheTolerance = instance.cacheTolerance * 1000;
+        }
+
         return instance;
     }
 
diff --git a/thinapps-shared b/thinapps-shared
index 7b3412e..98e9bf1 160000
--- a/thinapps-shared
+++ b/thinapps-shared
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7b3412e64166599429fa38094f4abd071a15fcd6
+Subproject commit 98e9bf19bc6859c79eff516275cf1120e59e47bf