Topic: finops-cloud-native

2026

1. August 17, 202616 min read

   Cloud native FinOps · 03/03

   FinOps cost models: what AWS, Azure and GCP bill — and what VCF calculates

   An EKS cluster-hour, an AKS tier, a GKE Pod request and depreciated VCF hardware are not four values of one variable. What each platform bills, and what VCF calculates instead.

2. August 17, 202616 min read

   Cloud native FinOps · 01/03

   OpenCost: seeing before acting on Kubernetes spend

   OpenCost makes cluster spend readable per namespace. We look at its allocation model, what its default pricing really is, and where the open source ends.

3. August 17, 202619 min read

   Cloud native FinOps · 02/03

   Rightsizing Kubernetes workloads with VPA and KRR

   VPA recommends and applies, KRR recommends and explains. VPA's six update modes, and what each one actually does to a Pod now that in-place resize is stable.