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Description

Enhance financial accountability by leveraging smart resource allocation and precise monitoring of cloud metering and chargeback through NCM Cost Governance, previously known as Beam. By utilizing this system, organizations can gain improved visibility, optimize performance, and maintain control throughout public, private, and hybrid multi-cloud environments, ensuring that cloud expenditures remain manageable. Understanding spending across both public and private clouds streamlines the processes of cost management and governance in multi-cloud scenarios. Companies can realize savings by automating various tasks, adjusting resource sizes appropriately, and making informed decisions about reserved instance purchases. Resource costs can be allocated on a consumption basis, while a multifaceted chargeback approach reinforces governance efforts. The total cost of ownership accurately reflects the true expenses associated with operating a private cloud, incorporating all IT administrative costs as determined by customizable industry benchmarks. Furthermore, organizations can automatically generate reports detailing cloud consumption to assign untagged expenses to specific cost centers, and they can configure budget alerts to maintain costs within desired limits, ultimately fostering a culture of financial discipline. This proactive approach to cloud cost management not only enhances visibility but also drives strategic decision-making across the organization.

Description

OpenCost is an open-source initiative that is vendor-neutral, designed to measure and allocate costs associated with cloud infrastructure and containers in real-time. Developed by experts in Kubernetes and backed by practitioners in the field, OpenCost brings transparency to the often opaque spending patterns associated with Kubernetes. It offers flexible and customizable options for cost allocation and monitoring of cloud resources, facilitating accurate showback, chargeback, and continuous reporting. The tool provides real-time cost allocation that can be examined down to individual containers, ensuring precise tracking of expenses. It effectively allocates costs for in-cluster resources, including CPU, GPU, memory, load balancers, and persistent volumes. Additionally, OpenCost features dynamic asset pricing by integrating with billing APIs from AWS, Azure, and GCP, while also accommodating on-premises Kubernetes clusters with tailored pricing solutions. Beyond the Kubernetes cluster, it can monitor expenses from cloud providers related to resources such as object storage and databases, as well as other managed services. Furthermore, it seamlessly integrates with other open-source tools, allowing for convenient exports of pricing data to platforms like Prometheus, enhancing its utility in cost management. This makes OpenCost a comprehensive solution for organizations seeking to maintain control over their cloud spending effectively.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

New Relic Yes 
Adobe Acrobat Reader No 
Azure Blob Storage No 
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) No 
Backstage No 
Docker No 
Freshdesk Yes 
Google Cloud Platform No 
Google Cloud Storage No 
IBM Kubecost No 
Kubernetes No 
Nutanix Cloud Manager Yes 
Nutanix Cloud Platform Yes 
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure No 
Pixie No 
Port No 
SUSE CaaS Platform No 
Scaleway No 
SolarWinds Pingdom Yes 
Vantage No 

Integrations

New Relic Yes 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Yes 
Azure Blob Storage Yes 
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Yes 
Backstage Yes 
Docker Yes 
Freshdesk No 
Google Cloud Platform Yes 
Google Cloud Storage Yes 
IBM Kubecost Yes 
Kubernetes Yes 
Nutanix Cloud Manager No 
Nutanix Cloud Platform No 
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Yes 
Pixie Yes 
Port Yes 
SUSE CaaS Platform Yes 
Scaleway Yes 
SolarWinds Pingdom No 
Vantage Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

Free
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Nutanix

Founded

2009

Country

United States

Website

www.nutanix.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

OpenCost

Country

United States

Website

www.opencost.io

Product Features

Cloud Cost Management

Cost Reduction Optimization No 
Dashboard No 
Data Import/Export No 
Data Storage No 
Data Visualization No 
Resource Usage Reporting No 
Roles / Permissions No 
Spend and Cost Reporting No 

Cloud Management

Access Control No 
Billing & Provisioning No 
Capacity Analytics No 
Cost Management No 
Demand Monitoring No 
Multi-Cloud Management No 
Performance Analytics No 
SLA Management No 
Supply Monitoring No 
Workflow Approval No 

Cloud Workload Protection

Anomaly Detection No 
Asset Discovery No 
Cloud Gap Analysis No 
Cloud Registry No 
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) No 
Data Security No 
Governance No 
Logging & Reporting No 
Machine Learning No 
Security Audit No 
Workload Diversity No 

Product Features

Cloud Cost Management

Cost Reduction Optimization No 
Dashboard No 
Data Import/Export No 
Data Storage No 
Data Visualization No 
Resource Usage Reporting No 
Roles / Permissions No 
Spend and Cost Reporting No 

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