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OpenCost
OpenCost provides flexible and customizable cost allocation and cloud resource monitoring specifically designed for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Open-source cost monitoring and allocation for cloud-native Kubernetes environments.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires Kubernetes expertise for deployment and configuration.
Pros
- +Provides highly granular cost visibility within Kubernetes environments.
- +Supports multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments with on-premise capabilities.
- +Being open-source, it offers transparency and community-driven development.
- +Integrates with existing cloud billing APIs for accurate pricing data.
Cons
- −Requires Kubernetes expertise for deployment and configuration.
- −May require additional setup for comprehensive cost monitoring of non-Kubernetes resources.
- −Relies on community support for troubleshooting and advanced use cases.
Key features
- ✓Real-time cost allocation by Kubernetes concepts to the container level
- ✓Dynamic asset pricing via AWS, Azure, and GCP billing API integrations
- ✓Support for on-prem Kubernetes clusters with custom pricing
- ✓Cost allocation for in-cluster resources (CPU, GPU, memory, load balancers, persistent volumes)
- ✓Monitoring of out-of-cluster cloud provider resources (object storage, databases, managed services)
- ✓Integrations with other open-source tooling like Prometheus for pricing data exports
- ✓Open source and community-supported
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCost | — | month | Real-time cost allocation, broken down by Kubernetes concepts to the container level; Dynamic asset pricing, through integrations with AWS, Azure, and GCP billing APIs as well as support for on-prem Kubernetes clusters using custom pricing; Allocation for in-cluster resources like CPU, GPU, memory, load balancers and persistent volumes |