Cost Optimization

Cloud cost optimization before it becomes the bill.

Put cost into planning, deploy review, Kubernetes operations, drift review, and cleanup instead of chasing it after the invoice arrives.

Cost before deploy approval
Idle and waste from discovery
Per-namespace Kubernetes cost
Drift catches cost changes

ops0 is preventive cloud security. Cost optimization coverage puts spend into planning, deploy review, Kubernetes operations, drift review, and cleanup, so cost is visible before it becomes the bill.

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ops0 query console: production resources listed with monthly spend and total cost, with a blast radius panel showing downstream impact
+$780/mo
Plan delta
caught pre-deploy (example)
9
Idle resources
flagged
+18%
Namespace spend
trend
4
Clouds priced
AWS · GCP · Azure · OCI
Warn or block
Budget rules
before approval
Cost summaryCost gate
The plan adds $780/mo, three idle resources are flagged, and checkout namespace spend is rising 18% week over week.
Plan delta
+$780/mo
this change
Idle
9 found
flagged resources
K8s spend
+18%
checkout namespace
Drift
2 costly
manual changes
Before Deploy

Cost should be visible before the change ships.

Per-resource cost estimate for AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI.
Resource-level cost impact shown during the deployment path.
Budget rules can warn or block before approval.
Waste and drift detailReview
Cost context stays attached to the resource, so waste and manual changes surface with the record, not in a separate report
Idle resourcerds-staging-replica, 41 days unused
Linked discoveryAttached to resource record
Drifted settingNode group size, m5.xlarge to m5.2xlarge
Changed byManual console edit, 2 days ago
→ Open savings review
Live Estate & Drift

Waste and manual cost changes stop hiding.

Idle resource detection stays attached to the discovered record.
Live state is compared against code, so drifted cost changes surface.
Before and after values make the change explainable.
Cost signalsLifecycle
Before deploy
Node group expansion is the main monthly delta
Runtime
Per-namespace Kubernetes cost flags an over-requested workload
Cleanup
Orphaned load balancer still billing monthly
PlanningPer-resource cost estimate
RuntimeNamespace and workload spend
CleanupRanked by actual impact
Action

Cost recommendations lead back to code.

Per-namespace Kubernetes cost breakdown by workload.
Take Action opens linked IaC context where available.
Planning, runtime, and cleanup stay connected to one review loop.
Cost surfaces

Cost coverage across the whole lifecycle.

Pre-deploy cost estimate

Per-resource cost estimate for AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI, shown in the deployment path before approval.

Idle-resource detection

Unused and orphaned resources are flagged and stay attached to the discovered record.

Per-namespace Kubernetes cost

Cost broken down by namespace and workload, so a spend spike traces back to a cause.

Budget warn or block

Budget rules can warn a reviewer or block a change from being approved.

Drift-cost detection

Live state is compared against code, so a manual change with cost impact does not go unnoticed.

Cleanup that leads to code

Cost recommendations open linked IaC context, so cleanup goes through review, not console edits.

Common questions

ops0 surfaces cost context during planning, runtime, and cleanup so teams can prevent overruns and prioritize waste removal.
RelatedKubernetesGoverned DeploymentsKubernetes Security

Control cost
before and after deploy.

Cost is caught in planning and runtime. Connecting it back to linked IaC is what turns visibility into savings.

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