Infracost is an open-source tool that empowers you to estimate the cloud infrastructure costs of your Terraform configurations before actual deployment. It helps you:

Key Features:

• Cloud Cost Estimates: Analyzes your Terraform code and calculates estimated costs for resources like VMs, storage, database instances, and more.

• Multi-Cloud Support: Estimates costs across various cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud.

• Cost Breakdown: Provides detailed cost breakdowns by resource type, region, and usage patterns.

• Comparison Reports: Compares different configuration options and helps identify cost-saving opportunities.

• CI/CD Integration: Integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines for automated cost analysis.

• Customizable Pricing: Uses real-time pricing data and allows customizing pricing factors for increased accuracy.

Benefits of Using Infracost:

• Cost Awareness: Ensures informed decisions about infrastructure choices by understanding potential costs upfront.

• Cost Optimization: Helps identify and eliminate unnecessary expenses, promoting cost-effective cloud deployments.

• Transparency and Accountability: Provides transparency into cloud costs for developers, finance teams, and stakeholders.

• Streamlined Cost Management: Simplifies cost analysis and comparison within CI/CD workflows.

Common Use Cases:

• Predicting and managing cloud infrastructure costs throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Comparing different cloud providers and regions for cost-efficiency.

• Identifying opportunities for cost savings by optimizing resource configurations.

• Demonstrating the cost implications of infrastructure changes to decision-makers.