# OpenCost

Open source container cost monitoring.

Source: [Console review](<https://console.dev/tools/opencost>)

Website: [https://www.opencost.io/](<https://www.opencost.io/>)

Profile updated: 2026-10-16

Category: [Observability](<https://console.dev/tools/categories/devops-observability>)

## Supported tech stack

Research checked: 2026-10-11

### Integrates with

- Helm (Integration)
- Kubernetes (Integration)

### Written in

- Go (Language)

Source: [Research source](<https://github.com/opencost/opencost>)

Documented compatibility; coverage may be incomplete. Written in describes implementation, not user-project language support.

Go implementation measures Kubernetes costs and installs through Helm.

## Console’s review — 2023-07-13

Reviewed: 2023-07-13

Author: [David Mytton](<https://console.dev/about#david-mytton>)

Citation: [This review](<https://console.dev/tools/opencost#review_e1ab5ab58a8c4ec763b2e66e22472fdd098d29f86a950e36406dc0e37f042f6c>)

### What we like

Integrates with AWS, GCP, and Azure to provide real time cost reporting and analysis. Provides a kubectl plugin to allow querying of cost data. Export pricing data to Prometheus to build into your queries/dashboards. Integrates with k8s to provide allocation by workloads, containers, etc. Override pricing data e.g. for on-prem deploys, or use cloud pricing APIs. Open source.

### Tradeoffs

Requires a complex setup - you already need to be running k8s and Prometheus. There are multiple open GitHub issues related to Azure, so these are worth reviewing if you want to deploy there.

This review reflects Console’s assessment at publication on 2023-07-13. Features and limitations may have changed since the review date.

## Is OpenCost a fit?

Based on [Console’s review published on 2023-07-13](<https://console.dev/tools/opencost#review_e1ab5ab58a8c4ec763b2e66e22472fdd098d29f86a950e36406dc0e37f042f6c>).

Summary updated: 2026-10-16

### Who it’s for

Developers using Kubernetes and cloud services should consider OpenCost

### Why consider it

OpenCost provides real-time cost reporting and analysis

### Keep in mind

OpenCost requires a complex setup with existing Kubernetes and Prometheus infrastructure

## In these collections

[Understand your systems](<https://console.dev/tools/collections/understand-your-systems>): See where Kubernetes spending goes. The review covers workload-level allocation and cloud pricing inputs, but assumes Kubernetes and Prometheus and notes Azure issues at publication.

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