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Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by aliscott »

manishsharan wrote: post #30

I wish you would add support for Azure sooner and also VMWare VMC cloud. I literally have to deliver cost estimate comparison of deploying our micro services to AKS vs VMC cluster. I have a tedious excel spreadsheet open that I am currently plugging in numbers to come up with estimates and comparison. edit : just adding that this is the suckiest part of my job and I fully expect to be grilled by management for every…

Azure support is in the works - it's also our most upvoted issue (https://github.com/infracost/infracost/issues/64). Are you using VMC on Azure as well?

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by foolinaround »

htrp wrote: post #32

This is a great project but the fact that cloud pricing has led down this road is insane. The only thing more complicated than cloud billing at this point is medical billing.

Off-topic, but it leads me to think what an open crowd-sourced data for medical billing would be, that would estimate the cost of procedures/treatment plans over time...

the crowd can plug in their costs (EOBs) they receive along with their insurance information, and an open source engine would crunch the numbers to provide these estimates?

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by mikegreen »

technics256 wrote: post #5

How does this compare to the FOSS aws cost estimator for TF that's already available? https://github.com/antonbabenko/terraform-cost-estimation

I'm hoping that Infracost doesn't need the entire state file shipped to an outside service/server, like the one mentioned here does.

State files should be considered secret....

  $ terraform state pull | curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- https://cost.modules.tf/

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by aliscott »

htrp wrote: post #32

This is a great project but the fact that cloud pricing has led down this road is insane. The only thing more complicated than cloud billing at this point is medical billing.

Yeah! When we started in the cloud cost space about 9 years ago I remember AWS had about 10,000 unique price points... now it's over 2 million! The level of services/options available now is incredible, but that just means the pricing complexity keeps increasing.

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

#36

Post by akh »

foolinaround wrote: post #33
htrp wrote: post #32

This is a great project but the fact that cloud pricing has led down this road is insane. The only thing more complicated than cloud billing at this point is medical billing.

Off-topic, but it leads me to think what an open crowd-sourced data for medical billing would be, that would estimate the cost of procedures/treatment plans over time... the crowd can plug in their costs (EOBs) they receive along with their insurance information, and an open source engine would crunch the numbers to provide these estimates?

that's a cool idea, who would benefit? consumers I guess? They'd be able to compare or even just understand what they're about to pay for (either direct or via insurance).

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by manishsharan »

aliscott wrote: post #31
manishsharan wrote: post #30

I wish you would add support for Azure sooner and also VMWare VMC cloud. I literally have to deliver cost estimate comparison of deploying our micro services to AKS vs VMC cluster. I have a tedious excel spreadsheet open that I am currently plugging in numbers to come up with estimates and comparison. edit : just adding that this is the suckiest part of my job and I fully expect to be grilled by management for every…

Azure support is in the works - it's also our most upvoted issue ( https://github.com/infracost/infracost/issues/64 ). Are you using VMC on Azure as well?

>Are you using VMC on Azure as well?

No. we are using VMC cloud , which I believe is its own offering.

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by aliscott »

mikegreen wrote: post #34
technics256 wrote: post #5

How does this compare to the FOSS aws cost estimator for TF that's already available? https://github.com/antonbabenko/terraform-cost-estimation

I'm hoping that Infracost doesn't need the entire state file shipped to an outside service/server, like the one mentioned here does. State files should be considered secret.... $ terraform state pull | curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- https://cost.modules.tf/

Agree, state files can contain sensitive information. We parse the Terraform client side and only send the details to the API that are needed to determine the price, i.e. the instance type, region, etc.

Re: Launch HN: Infracost (YC W21) – open-source cloud cost estimator

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Post by akh »

brainboard-co wrote: post #38

Awesome project. We started looking into this area at https://www.brainboard.co and was happy to found that infracost already started the journey. Keep going!

That's cool, I had seen https://cloudcraft.co but BrainBoard seems to be taking things to the next level. We're seeing the need for cloud price and cost information to be available in other products and are happy to explore integration opportunities. My email is ali@infracost.io
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