Kubernetes-native cost monitoring and optimization platform that provides real-time visibility into cluster spending by namespace, deployment, service, and label — with automated right-sizing and savings recommendations. Now part of IBM's Apptio division.
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Home Page
https://www.apptio.com/products/kubecost/
Key Features
- Cost allocation by namespace, deployment, service, label, and team
- Cloud billing integration for AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Automated container request right-sizing (including GPU-aware recommendations)
- Anomaly detection and cost forecasting
- Collections for showback and chargeback reporting
- Network cost monitoring
- Budgets, alerts, and governance audits
- 10-minute data resolution in v3.0 via ClickHouse backend
- Free tier available for clusters up to 250 cores
- OpenCost compatibility and open-source foundation
Background
- Founded by Webb Brown and Ajay Tripathy, former Google Platform engineers.
- Acquired by IBM in September 2024; now part of the Apptio portfolio.
- Previously raised $25M Series A led by Coatue, with participation from First Round Capital and Afore Capital.
- Surpassed 10 million installs as of mid-2024.
- Kubecost 3.0 introduced a major architectural upgrade, replacing Prometheus with a lightweight agent and ClickHouse database.