Replacement Guide

How to Build Your Own IBM Kubecost

Replace IBM Kubecost with a custom build. Get the Kubernetes visibility you need

Few Days
19 features13 integrations3-5 days

Estimated Timeline

Based on 19 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.

1
Architecture & setup
Half day
2
Core features
2-3 days
3
Testing & polish
1 day

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Key Features to Replicate

Top features across 8 categories. See all 19 features

Integration(3 features)

DevOps Workflow Integration

Integration with DevOps workflows to shift left and provide earlier cost visibility to teams

EKS, AKS, GKE Support

Native support for Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, and on-premises Kubernetes

Enterprise IntegrationsPremium

Integration with enterprise systems and workflows

Monitoring(3 features)

Multi-cluster ViewPremium

Unified monitoring across unlimited clusters at any scale with centralized visibility

Real-time Cost Visibility

See Kubernetes costs in real time with granular insights into cloud spend across clusters, cloud providers, and on-prem environments

Unified Cost Monitoring

Monitor all Kubernetes and out-of-cluster spend in one place with full cloud service billing integration across AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure

Cost Management(2 features)

Cloud-native Service Cost Attribution

Associate cloud-native services like RDS, Azure Storage, and BigQuery with Kubernetes concepts to determine total application cost

Cost Allocation

See allocated spend across native Kubernetes concepts with flexible, customizable cost breakdown for accurate showbacks and chargebacks reconciled against actual cloud bills

Infrastructure(2 features)

Automated Scaling and Resource ManagementPremium

Automatic scaling and resource management in SaaS deployment

High Availability and Disaster RecoveryPremium

Kubecost-managed high availability and disaster recovery for SaaS deployment

Security(2 features)

Identity Provider IntegrationPremium

Bring your own identity provider for authentication and SSO

Role-based Access ControlPremium

Control user access and permissions based on roles within the organization

Support(2 features)

Community Support

Community-based support for Foundations tier users

Dedicated Support and Professional ServicesPremium

Enterprise-grade dedicated support and professional services

Configuration(1 features)

Custom Pricing SupportPremium

Support for custom pricing models and configurations

Data Management(1 features)

Unlimited Metric RetentionPremium

Store and retain unlimited historical metrics data for long-term analysis

Cost Calculator

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