KubeAdapt monitors Kubernetes costs and provides views by cluster, namespace, workload, pod and team. It supports AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, OpenShift and bare-metal Kubernetes. Installation uses one Helm chart, and the site says it takes about five minutes. Rightsizing guidance gives per-container CPU and memory recommendations as YAML for GitOps workflows, with OOM-aware, bursty-CPU and replica-aware guardrails; KubeAdapt does not apply changes to the cluster. Its agent has read-only Kubernetes permissions limited to list and watch. The company says it does not collect Secrets, ConfigMaps, environment variables, container logs or network traffic, and aggregated payloads are signed in the cluster and sent using TLS 1.3 with mutual TLS. Smart Alerting sends budget, cost-spike and new-workload notices through Slack, email or webhooks. A read-only REST API exposes cost, capacity and resource data with Bearer API keys. The free allowance is 0.00 USD per free for the first 100 vCPU across an account. Paid monthly pricing ranges from 0.60 USD to 1.99 USD per billable vCPU, depending on tier.
Who it is for
It suits teams that need cost visibility and rightsizing guidance across Kubernetes environments. Teams should note that recommendations are not applied automatically and that some cloud pricing or network-agent coverage is limited.
What is good
- Cost views include clusters, workloads and teams.
- Works with major cloud and bare-metal Kubernetes.
- Rightsizing recommendations include safety guardrails.
- Budget alerts can go to Slack, email or webhooks.
- First 100 vCPU are free.
What to know first
- KubeAdapt does not apply rightsizing changes.
- GCP and Azure are not supported by the network agent.
- Some GCP discounts are not yet reflected.
Verdict
KubeAdapt pairs Kubernetes cost views with guarded recommendations and alerting, while leaving changes to the user. Its free allowance covers the first 100 vCPU; check cloud-specific limits before relying on all pricing or network features.
KubeAdapt plans and pricing
All plansCompared on Kubernetes cost management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Allocation granularity
- container
- Cost forecasting
- Yes
- Rightsizing recommendations
- Yes
- Commitment optimization
- No
- Budget alerts
- Yes
