Kubecost · FinOps Profile

Kubecost Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Kubecost: Apptio-licensed Kubernetes cost-allocation and optimization tooling. Foundations is free; Enterprise tiers are subscription contracts. The product itself emits the FinOps signal — its Allocation, Assets, Cloud Cost, Budget, Forecast, and Savings APIs are the data plane that downstream FinOps tooling consumes.

Kubecost Finops is the FinOps profile for Kubecost on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 5 billable meters, billed in USD, on a annual cycle, and pricing category freemium + subscription.

The profile maps 6 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, Cloud Cost, Kubernetes, and Cost Management.

Category: Cloud Cost Management Pricing: Freemium + Subscription Billing: Annual FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSCloud CostKubernetesCost Management

Framework Alignment

Framework
Data Spec

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseAdjustmentCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Apptio, Inc.
ProviderName
Kubecost
PublisherName
International Business Machines Corporation (Apptio)
ServiceCategory
Cloud Cost Management
ServiceName
Kubecost

Meters

cluster_cores
Unit: core
monitored_clusters
Unit: cluster
metric_retention_days
Unit: day
allocation_queries
Unit: request
gpu_optimization_enabled
Unit: cluster

Sources