Harness Cloud Cost Management
AI cloud cost management with hourly visibility, Kubernetes cost allocation, anomaly detection, AutoStopping automation, and FOCUS support. Free Forever tier available for up to $250K/year spend.
About Harness Cloud Cost Management
Harness Cloud Cost Management (CCM) is an AI FinOps platform designed to provide granular cost visibility and optimization across cloud infrastructure. Unlike traditional tools built for monthly CFO reporting, CCM puts cost visibility directly in the hands of engineers and DevOps with hourly insights into resource consumption.
CCM supports the complete FinOps lifecycle: Inform (visibility and allocation), Optimize (recommendations and automation), and Operate (governance and continuous improvement). The platform provides granular cost details of cluster namespaces, workloads, nodes, pods, and labels, with details of total cost versus utilized, idle, and unallocated cost.
The platform includes AI-powered anomaly detection, intelligent recommendations, and a FinOps AI Assistant. CCM supports FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) for unified cost reporting and seamless external data ingestion. As part of the Harness Platform, it integrates with CI/CD pipelines for proactive cost management.
Key Features
- Hourly Cost Visibility: Granular cost insights by account, environment, deployment, application, microservice, and cluster updated hourly, not monthly.
- Kubernetes Cost Allocation: Detailed cost allocation for namespaces, workloads, nodes, and pods with utilized, idle, and unallocated cost breakdowns.
- AutoStopping: Cloud AutoStopping rules to automatically detect, shut down, and restart idle resources for immediate savings.
- Anomaly Detection: AI detection and alerting on abnormal cost spikes to reduce bill shock and enable rapid response.
- Cost Governance: Budget configuration with threshold based notifications and policies to prevent cost overruns.
- FOCUS Support: Full support for FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification for standardized cost reporting.
Pricing
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Free Forever: $0 Manage up to $250,000/year cloud spend, up to 2 Kubernetes clusters, up to 10 AutoStopping rules, 30 day data visibility, cost recommendations, and community support.
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Enterprise: (Request based) Required when cloud spend exceeds $250K/year, includes unlimited clusters, unlimited AutoStopping rules, extended data retention, advanced analytics, dedicated support, and enterprise integrations.
Pricing last updated: February 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Use Cases
- Enable engineering teams with hourly cost visibility into applications and clusters
- Implement chargeback/showback with granular Kubernetes cost allocation
- Reduce waste with automated stopping/starting of idle resources via AutoStopping
- Detect and alert on cost anomalies before they impact budgets
- Standardize cost reporting using FOCUS specification across multi cloud
Pros & Cons
Pros:
- Free Forever tier with generous limits ($250K/year spend, 2 K8s clusters)
- Hourly granularity versus traditional monthly reporting
- Native integration with Harness CI/CD for shift left cost management
- AI-powered anomaly detection and intelligent recommendations
- Full FOCUS specification support for standardized reporting
Cons:
- Free tier limited to 30-day data visibility and 10 AutoStopping rules
- Enterprise pricing not publicly disclosed
- Most powerful when integrated with broader Harness platform
Integrations
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Harness CI/CD, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, FOCUS specification
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February 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM by Venkatraman
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