Cloud cost analytics (FinOps) · Infracost, Inc.

Infracost

Shows cloud cost estimates directly in pull requests before Terraform/OpenTofu changes are applied, shifting FinOps left into code review.

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Infracost estimates the cost impact of infrastructure-as-code changes — Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK — before they're applied, posting a cost diff as a comment on the pull request so reviewers see the dollar impact of a change alongside the code diff, rather than discovering it on next month's bill. The core CLI and cost-estimation engine are open source and free to run in CI; the paid Infracost Cloud layer adds dashboards, FinOps policies (guardrails that can block a PR over budget), team-wide visibility and admin controls on top of the same estimates. This shifts cost governance earlier in the workflow than traditional post-hoc cost-analytics tools that only show spend after resources are already running.

At a glance

Vendor Infracost, Inc.
Pricing model Free tier + paid plans
Free tier Yes
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted
Open source Yes (Apache-2.0 (CLI))
Best for Platform teams wanting cost visibility at pull-request time, before infrastructure changes are applied.

Pricing

Free open-source CLI covers up to 1,000 CI runs/month; paid Cloud tiers add dashboards, FinOps guardrails and team management at flat monthly fees.

Plan Price Notes
CI/CD (Free) Free 1,000 runs/month
Starter $250/month 10,000 runs/month, email support
Cloud $1,000/month 10 admin seats, FinOps policies, cost guardrails, dashboards
Enterprise custom SSO/SAML, SKU-level pricing overrides, dedicated support

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Features

  • Cost diffs posted directly on Terraform/OpenTofu pull requests
  • Open-source CLI usable in any CI pipeline
  • FinOps policy guardrails that can block over-budget changes
  • Support for Terraform, CloudFormation and CDK
  • Team dashboards for cost trend visibility
  • SKU-level pricing overrides for negotiated discounts (Enterprise)

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Alternatives

Vantage Self-serve cloud cost management platform with transparent per-tier pricing based on monthly tracked cloud spend. Kubecost Kubernetes-native cost monitoring and allocation tool, free at small scale, now sold by IBM after Apptio's acquisition. OpenCost CNCF open-source specification and engine for real-time Kubernetes cost allocation, the free foundation Kubecost is built on.

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Terms to know

FP&A (financial planning and analysis) The finance function responsible for budgeting, forecasting and analyzing company performance against plan. FinOps An operating model for managing cloud spending collaboratively across engineering, finance, and business teams.

Related guides

How to choose a cloud cost management tool Decide whether you need a tool that reports cloud spend or one that acts on it automatically — that split matters more than which clouds it supports.