Vantage Launches Kubernetes Network Cost Attribution

Vantage has launched Kubernetes Network Cost Attribution, a no-cost feature in its Kubernetes agent that assigns cloud network spending to individual pods and rolls it up by workloads, namespaces, labels, Virtual Tags, teams, applications, or other chargeback dimensions. Building on existing pod-level compute, memory, GPU, and storage reporting, the feature uses a per-node DaemonSet to read Linux connection-tracking data, classify transmitted traffic into destinations such as intra-zone, intra-region, cross-region, and internet egress, and price chargeable traffic using cloud providers’ data transfer rates. It supports EKS, AKS, and GKE, while EKS can optionally use AWS network discovery to automatically identify VPC subnets and distinguish S3 traffic routes, including free gateway-endpoint traffic. Users must upgrade to compatible agent and Helm chart versions, enable network cost collection, configure subnets or AWS discovery, and ensure node-level conntrack accounting is enabled; reporting typically begins within 24 hours and cannot be backfilled. The feature does not require VPC Flow Logs, stores aggregated totals rather than full flow records, and complements Vantage Network Flow Reports by focusing on workload-level cost ownership rather than detailed traffic routes.

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