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# Kubecost
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[Kubecost](https://kubecost.com/) is an open-source Kubernetes cost monitoring solution.
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Kubecost gives teams visibility into current and historical Kubernetes spend and resource allocation. These models provide cost transparency in Kubernetes environments that support multiple applications, teams, departments, etc.
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To see more on the functionality of the full Kubecost product, please visit the [features page](https://kubecost.com/#features) on our website.
Here is a summary of features enabled by this cost model:
- Real-time cost allocation by Kubernetes service, deployment, namespace, label, statefulset, daemonset, pod, and container
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- Dynamic asset pricing enabled by integrations with AWS, Azure, and GCP billing APIs
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- Supports on-prem k8s clusters with custom pricing sheets
- Allocation for in-cluster resources like CPU, GPU, memory, and persistent volumes.
- Allocation for AWS & GCP out-of-cluster resources like RDS instances and S3 buckets with key (optional)
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- Easily export pricing data to Prometheus with /metrics endpoint ([learn more](https://github.com/kubecost/cost-model/blob/develop/PROMETHEUS.md))
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- Free and open source distribution (Apache2 license)
## Requirements
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- Kubernetes 1.8+
- kube-state-metrics
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Node Exporter