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Cloud cost estimates for Terraform directly in Pull Requests.
AI-driven FinOps for automated cloud cost transparency, governance, and remediation.
Harness Cloud Cost Management (CCM) represents a sophisticated pivot in the FinOps landscape, moving beyond passive reporting to automated remediation. Built on the Harness Intelligent Software Delivery Platform, CCM leverages machine learning to provide deep visibility into multi-cloud environments, specifically targeting the complexities of Kubernetes and microservices. Unlike legacy tools that only surface spend, Harness CCM implements 'Cloud AutoStopping' technology, which detects idle resources and shuts them down dynamically without disrupting active workflows. For 2026, the tool integrates deeply with AI/ML infrastructure, allowing teams to track GPU utilization costs and LLM inferencing spend in real-time. Its technical architecture utilizes a 'Delegate' agent system to securely ingest billing data and cloud metrics without requiring root-level credentials. By providing 100% granular visibility into non-labeled resources and shared cluster costs, it enables precise chargebacks and engineering accountability. The platform's market position is defined by its ability to bridge the gap between finance teams and developers, embedding cost governance directly into the CI/CD pipeline rather than treating it as a monthly post-mortem activity.
Uses a proxy or DNS-based approach to detect incoming traffic; shuts down idle compute and restarts it instantly when a request is received.
Verified feedback from the global deployment network.
Post queries, share implementation strategies, and help other users.
A proprietary tagging and filtering engine that allows for cost mapping even when resources are missing tags.
Deep visibility into namespaces, workloads, and individual pods, integrating with Prometheus for resource utilization data.
Uses advanced time-series forecasting to detect spend spikes and alert relevant stakeholders via webhook or Slack.
Integrates Open Policy Agent (OPA) to enforce cost-related policies during the CI/CD pipeline.
Analyzes historical CPU/Memory metrics to recommend specific instance type changes or container limit adjustments.
Automated management of RIs (Reserved Instances) and Savings Plans across cloud providers.
Dev/Test environments running 24/7 despite only being used during business hours, leading to 60% waste.
Registry Updated:2/7/2026
Developer clicks the environment URL next morning; Harness detects traffic and restarts instance in < 30 seconds.
Finance cannot attribute a $50k monthly EKS bill to specific product teams sharing a cluster.
Engineers spinning up high-cost GPU instances for testing without approval.