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IBM Kubecost

Score7.2 out of 10

2 Reviews and Ratings

What is IBM Kubecost?

Kubecost is a cost monitoring and optimization solution designed for teams utilizing Kubernetes. According to the vendor, this product offers visibility into Kubernetes costs, accurate cost allocation, optimization insights, and alerts and governance features. It is suitable for businesses of all sizes, and professionals in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, IT Management, Finance, and various technology sectors can benefit from its capabilities.

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Who Buys & Uses IBM Kubecost

Optimize your K8 with data at a glance

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I manage a azure k8 platform and many tenants on my clusters / containers are from various app teams I use Kubecost to provide cost transparency to my tenants so they can optimize their spend and make better cost effective architecture decisions for their apps

Pros

  • Show namespace level cost and usage
  • Allow rightisizibg At namespace level
  • Show effectiveness of current resources allocation

Cons

  • Agents installation and the ping fed integration
  • The amount of CPU Kubecost agents use

Most Important Features

  • The level of detail data on usage for k8 containers
  • The ability to optimize for k8 containers namespace level
  • Efficiency calculation for namespace

Return on Investment

  • Allowed individual teams to better their cloud architecture for cost efficiency
  • Save on cloud investment

Alternatives Considered

Apptio Cloudability

Other Software Used

Apptio Cloudability