November 2022 Summaries

Infracost, an open-source tool, has been recognized by Gartner as a cool vendor in the Platform Engineering space, highlighting its innovative approach to addressing cloud cost management challenges faced by DevOps, SRE, and platform engineers. Traditionally, cloud cost management has been reactive, with engineers often blamed for budget overruns due to a lack of real-time cost visibility akin to shopping without price labels. Infracost acts as a "checkout screen" by providing engineers with immediate cost estimates through a VS Code extension and CI/CD integration, allowing for cost impact assessments alongside code quality and security reviews. This recognition underscores the importance of proactive cost management solutions, and the Infracost team encourages continued community engagement to further enhance the tool's capabilities.

Infracost has introduced several significant updates this month, including a private beta for actual costs and data transfer costs, allowing engineers to see cost impacts directly in pull requests and avoid unexpected expenses. The platform now features a centralized system for viewing all pull requests and their cost implications, enabling users to filter by status and export data to CSV for tailored analysis. Infracost Cloud's pricing model has been refined to $50 per seat per month, with flexible usage that permits any number of users to occupy purchased seats within a given month. Additional updates include bug fixes for AWS and Azure resources, CLI upgrades, and new community contributions. The company is seeking early users to collaborate on developing cost-saving recommendations within engineering workflows and invites participation in its upcoming community call.