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Status Future consideration
Workspace Cloudability
Categories Container Reporting Kubecost/Advanced Containers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 19, 2026

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Add GPU and GPU memory to container cost allocation

We need Cloudability Kubernetes Cost Allocation to include GPU and GPU memory weighted by GPU importance along other existing metrics (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network) and COST measures in Cloudability Dashboards+Reports properly reflect allocation

Today, Cloudability provides Kubernetes Cost Allocation for K8S clusters running agent and the applications/pod COSTS are properly allocated based on the resource usage (CPU, memory, disk, i/o). The COSTS can be shown in the Cloudability Reports, Dashboards, and Explore resources used by FINANCE and ENGINEERING teams. This is helpful and good for traditional non-GPU workloads.

AIML workloads often require GPU based instances that run workloads in Kubernetes; however, according to our TAM, the GPU and GPU memory are not included in the Cloudability Cost allocation and so the COSTS reports in REPORTS, DASHBOARDS, EXPLORES does not properly allocate the costs for these very expensive GPU servers. Rough estimates are that Cost Allocation is off by 30-50% for GPU enabled AWS instances (P and G instance families like the p5.48xlarge). While some of that data may be available in KubeCost, that is not the core tool used by Finance processes.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Sep 16, 2026

    Please note that Kubecost/Cloudability Advanced Containers which opens a separate UI while helpful does not include the DASHBOARDS and REPORTS in CLOUDABILITY that are used by FINANCE and most ENGINEERING teams. Need the Cost Attribution for Kubernetes to be integrated with Cloudability REPORTS and EXPLORE and DASHBOARDS like it is today for K8S CPU + MEMORY as well as GPU and GPU MEMORY.

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    Chip Zoller
    Sep 15, 2026

    As mentioned, GPU costs and even more is available in Kubecost/Cloudability Advanced Containers with more enhancements planned in that area.

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