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Klustercost vs Krossboard

Both stand on kubernetes cost management software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Klustercost

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

Klustercost combines Kubernetes monitoring with Azure hourly cost enrichment and read-only AI queries. Its current cost enrichment supports Azure; AWS and GCP support are still planned.

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Krossboard

Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Krossboard provides multi-cluster usage analytics and CSV export, with self-hosted, web, and API options. Managed-cluster discovery and support are reserved for Enterprise plans.

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The facts

	Klustercost	Krossboard
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Yes
Runs on	API, Self-hosted, Web	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Free or on request
Plans published	1	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	klustercost.cloud	krossboard.app
On kubernetes cost management software	#5 of 25	#1 of 25

Klustercost: what it does well

Tracks pods, nodes and namespaces in real time.
Provides workload-level cost visibility.
Offers several chat, reporting and API access options.
Open source under GPL-3.0.

What to know first

AWS and GCP support are planned.
MCP assistant queries require an OpenAI API key.
Installation requires Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus and Metrics Server.

Krossboard: what it does well

Analyzes multiple Kubernetes clusters in consolidated views
Reports on namespaces, nodes, and clusters
Exports analytics data as CSV
Includes a REST API with each deployed instance
Free plan supports unlimited clusters

What to know first

Free plan does not include managed-cluster discovery
Free plan includes no support
Managed discovery requires read-only cloud IAM permissions
Deployment requires cloud administration permissions to configure access

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