User manual
v1.16.0 • 9/21/2026
Budget planning in MonKey
MonKey’s budget planner works as budget planning software and an online budget planner app: set income and spending, categorize costs, and use it as your spending tracker and expense tracker for everyday expense tracking.
Features
- Online budget planner: Create plans with categories, limits, and goals
- Budget planner app: Manage budgets from the MonKey Budget page
- Multi-Currency Budgets: Create budgets in different currencies with automatic conversion
- Intelligent Categorization: AI-powered help for expense tracking
- Real-time Sync: Live updates from connected bank accounts
- Historical Analysis: Track budget performance over time
- Goal Setting: Set and track financial goals within budgets
- Collaborative Planning: Share budgets within tenant organizations when needed
Budget Item Details
The Budget Item Details feature allows users to view and edit the details of a specific budget item.
To view or edit a budget item:
- Navigate to the Budget page
- Find the budget item you want to view or edit in the table
- Click the "View and Edit" button (eye icon) in the Actions column
- A modal dialog will open showing the item details
- You can edit any of the fields:
- Item name
- Category
- Operation type (Spending or Income)
- Amount
- Click "Save" to save your changes or "Cancel" to discard them
Spending and expense tracking
Treat Budget as your spending tracker: review income versus expenses, tighten categories that overspend, and keep expense tracking aligned with the limits you set in the budget planner.