10 Mistakes You're making in Kubernetes that cost you money

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  1. krr

    Prometheus-based Kubernetes Resource Recommendations

    There are tools for doing that automatically or semi-automatically - like krr or VPA and other commercial tools.

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  3. autoscaler

    Autoscaling components for Kubernetes

    Node auto-scaling - you can use tools like Cluster Autoscaler, Karpenter or Spot Ocean to scale your nodes to your workload's requirements.

  4. opencost

    Cost monitoring for Kubernetes workloads and cloud costs

    It can be tough in large environments to find where you're less efficient or where most of the money goes. Optimizing by hunch often fails. You might spend a week improving a service by 80%, only to realize the total cost was just $200/month. Meanwhile, a 5% improvement on another area could have saved you $5,000/month. There are some great Open-source tools built for that, like OpenCost.

  5. keda

    KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. It provides event driven scale for any container running in Kubernetes

    Workload auto-scaling - you can use tools like HPA or KEDA to scale your workloads based on metrics or events.

  6. karpenter-provider-aws

    Karpenter is a Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity.

    Node auto-scaling - you can use tools like Cluster Autoscaler, Karpenter or Spot Ocean to scale your nodes to your workload's requirements.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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