Kubernetes Cost Allocation Done Right

Explore the complexities of measuring costs in Kubernetes environments through this 53-minute webinar presented by CNCF. Gain insights into best practices for implementing cost monitoring in your organization, including showback/chargeback programs. Learn about Kubecost's open-source approach to ensuring consistent and accurate visibility across workloads. Discover how to handle dynamic application resource needs, shared resources without transparent pricing, and workloads running on various machine types and cloud providers. Presenters Webb Brown and Ajay Tripathy from Kubecost cover topics such as cost allocation mechanisms, GPU multitenant, PVCs, network costs, integrations, capacity planning, and more. Understand the importance of cost visibility, explore the architecture behind Kubecost, and learn how to empower users to act on cost information effectively.

Introduction
Overview
Why is this important
The 3part equation
Demo
Architecture
Additional Questions
Cost Allocation Mechanisms
Private APIs
Public APIs
GPU Multitenant
PVCs
Network Cost
Integrations
Company Efforts
Prometheus
Open Core Model
MultiAccount
Questions
Simple vs Advanced
Capacity Planning for Cluster Resources
Not Forecasting
Impact of Running
Prometheus Scale
CubeCoS
Recommendations
Readonly permissions
Wrapup