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IBM Kubecost vs Infracost comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Kubecost
Average Rating
9.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (24th)
Infracost
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (43rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

IBM Kubecost and Infracost aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IBM Kubecost is designed for Cloud Cost Management and holds a mindshare of 2.7%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
Infracost, on the other hand, focuses on AWS Marketplace, holds 0.2% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Kubecost2.7%
Apptio Cloudability6.0%
IBM Turbonomic5.4%
Other85.9%
Cloud Cost Management
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Infracost0.2%
True PACS SaaS0.3%
CTG Cross-Border VPC Connection (Asia Pacific:Seoul-China:Beijing)0.3%
Other99.2%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

DIRK UYTTERHOEVEN - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Architect at DV Consulting
Identifies and eliminates overprovisioning of expensive resources like storage, highly scalable and offers performance
I like the overall product because I can select what monitoring should be enabled and whatnot. In our case, we really focus on performance because it's clear that the price is related to most performance setups. So the more performance, the more expensive. So we look into the performance that the customer needs, and then based upon that feedback from the remote control, we change the parameters. And even the end user will not notice it is not using it, so we just make money without any impact on the end users.
Arkajyoti Misra - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at Husk Power Systems
Cloud cost insights have enabled proactive right sizing and predictable infrastructure spend
Infracost is actually a very good product; however, the improvement part could be on the pricing side because the non-free plans are a bit expensive and don't necessarily offset the savings. Feature-wise, I don't have a lot of complaints about this product; it's quite amazing with a good concept. I do think that with AI catching up, tools such as ChatGPT or Codex will be able to do what Infracost does, so they need to come up with something to differentiate their product. I choose that assessment because of the pricing part; if the pricing was much better, since the starter pack is $250 a month, I'm not sure we are always able to save that much every month, making it an expense instead of a saving. The only improvements needed for Infracost are on the pricing part.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It offers a detailed examination of your cluster, including the types of instances utilized, allocated CPU and RAM, and resource distribution for specific applications."
"The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers."
"I mostly like the dashboards."
"Infracost has positively impacted my organization by enabling us to reduce our cloud bill without impacting performance, achieving at least a 20% reduction in the amount we spend on cloud."
"The best feature Infracost offers is that the dashboard is very helpful because it is more visual to all stakeholders."
"Infracost has positively impacted my organization by helping me reduce my infrastructure cost and review expenses, and I am able to remove all unnecessary infrastructure."
"Infracost has positively impacted my organization by enhancing our engineering team's cost consciousness."
 

Cons

"The integration with other solutions could be improved."
"There is a significant potential for enhancing it through the incorporation of advanced technologies like AI and generative AI."
"Faster monitoring could potentially improve overall stability in the production environment."
"Infracost is actually a very good product; however, the improvement part could be on the pricing side because the non-free plans are a bit expensive and don't necessarily offset the savings."
"I would appreciate some improvements in terms of processing speed, and I would be happy to see a slightly better user interface from my perspective, but everything else is excellent."
"I think Infracost can be improved by connecting native and cloud practices; we could use some tools according to each cloud, but as a service, Infracost is very helpful."
"Infracost could be improved in terms of processing and the user interface, as there are times that these aspects could be enhanced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of the tool may seem nominal compared to the potential savings in infrastructure expenses."
"The real savings come from using Kubecost features like autoscaling and serverless functions to optimize your resource usage. If you treat it like a data center migration without fine-tuning, it might cost more."
"The cost is cheap. Kubecost has an open-source core."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
43%
Transportation Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infracost?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that I need to create each resource using the tools as I promote. In many cases, I use Terraform free locally and then Infracost locally in ...
What needs improvement with Infracost?
I think Infracost can be improved by connecting native and cloud practices; we could use some tools according to each cloud, but as a service, Infracost is very helpful. However, in this case, we n...
What is your primary use case for Infracost?
I use Infracost in all my projects. A specific example of how I use Infracost in my projects is that I need to create infrastructure as code using Terraform and then I connect Infracost in the proj...
 

Also Known As

Kubecost - Amazon EKS cost monitoring
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