Why Kubecost?

Kubecost empowers teams to monitor, allocate, forecast, and reduce Kubernetes spend with precision—integrating seamlessly into your FinOps ecosystem through Apptio and IBM.

Key Features:

• Real-Time Cost Visibility
  Track spend across clusters, namespaces, pods, services, and labels.
• Optimization & Automation
  Rightsize workloads, reclaim idle resources, and automate cost-saving actions.
• Forecasting & Anomaly Detection
  Leverage ML-driven insights and alerts to catch overages before they escalate.
• Cross-Cloud and Hybrid Support
  Unified visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem, and hybrid Kubernetes clusters.
• High Scale & Performance
  Handle enterprise-scale environments with enhanced backend speed and resource efficiency.
• Seamless Apptio Integration
  Bring Kubernetes cost intelligence directly into your broader Apptio FinOps platform.

How We Can Help:

As IBM Instana partners, we specialize in helping businesses like yours leverage the full power of Instana to optimize operations, improve reliability, and boost performance. Here’s how we can help:

• Seamless Integration: We’ll handle the setup and integration of Instana with your existing infrastructure, from cloud providers like AWS and Azure to Kubernetes and container environments.

• Customization & Optimization: Your business is unique, and so are your observability needs. Our team will help tailor Instana to your specific workflows, making sure you get the most value from the platform.

• Real-Time Support & Training: Once up and running, we don’t leave you in the dark. We provide ongoing support and training, ensuring your team can troubleshoot, resolve issues, and stay ahead of potential bottlenecks.

Our Kubecost Offering

• Custom Dashboards & Alerts
  Tailored visualizations and alerts to align with engineering, product, or finance workflows.

• FinOps Enablement
  Align Kubecost with budgeting, governance, cloud cost frameworks, and internal chargeback.

• Ongoing Optimization Support
  Regular usage reviews, cost audits, and guidance to sustain improvements.

Business Impact

• Spend Reductions:
  Typical clients reduce Kubernetes costs by 20–50% through visibility and automation.

• Cross-Functional Alignment:
  Shared dashboards and insights unite engineering and finance around transparent spending.

• Scalable Efficiency:
  High-performance metrics and cost histories support growth and budgeting confidence.

Learn More & Take Action

• Install in Minutes:
  Launch via Helm or YAML and begin visualizing Kubernetes spend immediately.

• Automate Savings:
  Implement policies and use Kubecost Actions to dynamically rightsize or shut down idle workloads.

• Forecast with Confidence:
  Set budgets, get visual cost trends, and receive proactive alerts.

• Integrate Enterprise-Wide:
  Bring Kubecost insights into your wider Apptio FinOps ecosystem.

Ready to Get Started?

Join the growing number of organizations using Kubecost (by Apptio / IBM) to gain real-time Kubernetes cost visibility, optimize infrastructure spend, and drive FinOps success.

Reach out today to see how 321 Gang and Kubecost can help you reduce cloud waste, align engineering with finance, and scale your Kubernetes workloads more efficiently.