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Kubernetes Cost

6 providers in this category.

Kubernetes cost tools give platform and FinOps teams visibility into the spend a cluster generates, breaking it down by namespace, workload, and label and mapping it to real cloud rates. The stronger tools go beyond reporting to continuously rightsize requests, manage spot capacity, and automate scaling. They suit teams running production Kubernetes where over-provisioning quietly inflates the bill.

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Neutral ordering. Not a recommendation.

6 results

CAST AI

cast.ai

Kubernetes CostCloud Cost Management

CAST AI is a Kubernetes automation platform that optimizes cost, performance, and security across clusters, with automated rightsizing, bin-packing, spot-instance management, and autoscaling.

$$ Midusage-based pricing
Strengths
Capability, Multi-cloud +3Free tier, Free plan availableMaturity, operating 7 years

Kubecost

www.kubecost.com

Cloud Cost ManagementKubernetes Cost

Kubecost, an IBM company, is a Kubernetes cost monitoring and optimization tool that allocates spend by cluster, namespace, and workload.

$$ Midusage-based pricing
Strengths
Capability, Multi-cloud +3Free tier, Free plan availableMaturity, operating 7 years

OpenCost

www.opencost.io

OpenCost is an open-source, CNCF-hosted specification and tool for measuring and allocating Kubernetes and cloud costs, originating from Kubecost's core.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing
Strengths
Free tier, Free plan availableOpenness, Open-source

PerfectScale

www.perfectscale.io

PerfectScale is a Kubernetes resource optimization platform that continuously rightsizes workloads to reduce cost while protecting reliability.

$$ Midusage-based pricing
Strengths
Free tier, Free plan availableCapability, Multi-cloud +2Maturity, operating 5 years

ScaleOps

scaleops.com

ScaleOps is a Kubernetes resource optimization platform that automatically and continuously rightsizes pods in real time, reacting to live demand to reduce cost while preventing throttling and out-of-memory failures.

$$ Midusage-based pricing
Strengths
Capability, Multi-cloud +2Value, Mid tier

StormForge by CloudBolt

www.stormforge.io

StormForge is a Kubernetes resource optimization platform that uses machine learning to rightsize workloads, tuning CPU and memory requests and limits to cut cost while meeting performance targets.

$$ Midusage-based pricing
Strengths
Free tier, Free plan availableMaturity, operating 11 yearsCapability, Multi-cloud +2