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title: Kubernetes Cost Insights
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/k8s-cost-insights
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Access insights specific to your Kubernetes environments through the **Kubernetes Costs** page. This feature leverages New Relic's telemetry data to provide a detailed view of the costs associated with your Kubernetes clusters.

Use the **Kubernetes Costs** page to view costs incurred by each application over time and detailed cost analysis.

![Kubernetes Cost Insights highlighted on the Cloud Cost Intelligence Kubernetes Cost Insights page](https://docs.newrelic.com/images/k8s-cci.webp "Kubernetes Cost Insights highlighted on the Cloud Cost Intelligence Kubernetes Cost Insights page")

## Filters and customization

### Cloud provider filters

To filter your cost data by cloud provider, select an option from the dropdown menu at the top left of the page:

-   **All**: All cloud providers
-   **AWS**: Amazon Web Services only
-   **Azure**: Microsoft Azure only

### Date range selector

At the top right of the page, use the date range selector to:

-   Choose a predefined time period
-   Set custom start and end dates
-   View costs in your preferred timezone (UTC displayed by default)

### Engineering costs filter

If your organization uses cost allocation tags, you can filter by the **Engineering costs** tag to narrow analysis to specific teams, projects, or cost centers tagged in your cloud environment.

## Summary

The Summary section displays four key cost metrics for your selected time period:

-   **Total cost**: The aggregate spending for all Kubernetes clusters with percentage change compared to the previous period
-   **Average cost (Daily)**: The daily average spending with percentage change
-   **Unused cost**: The cost of resources that have been allocated but are not receiving any requests, with percentage change
-   **Unallocated cost**: The cost of cluster resources that have not been allocated to any source, with percentage change

## Insights

The Insights section provides two visualization widgets to help you analyze your Kubernetes costs.

### Cost Trends

The **Cost Trends** widget displays a line chart showing how your Kubernetes costs change over time. Use the view options to switch between **Hourly**, **Daily**, **Weekly**, or **Monthly** views.

### Top 20

The **Top 20** widget displays your highest cost areas using a tree chart visualization. By default, it shows the top 20 clusters by cost. You can customize the view using:

-   **Dropdown filter**: Select what to display (**Cluster name, by cost**)
-   **Group by**: Choose dimensions to group cost data
-   **View by**: Switch between **Tree chart** and other visualization formats

## Cost & Usage Analysis

The **Cost & Usage Analysis** section presents a detailed table with a breakdown of resource usage and costs by cluster name:

-   **Cluster name**: The name of your Kubernetes cluster
-   **CPU cost**: The cost attributed to CPU usage for each cluster
-   **CPU usage**: The percentage of CPU resources consumed by each cluster
-   **Memory cost**: The cost associated with memory usage
-   **Memory usage**: The memory resources by percentage used by each cluster
-   **Unused Cost**: The cost of allocated but unused resources
-   **Unallocated cost**: The cost of cluster resources not allocated to any source
-   **Total cost**: The total cost incurred by each cluster, integrating all resource usage (sortable)

## Understand unused and unallocated costs

These cost dimensions help you measure cluster efficiency:

### Unused cost

Unused cost represents resources that have been allocated but are not receiving any requests.

**Example**: If your total cost is $5.60 allocated to a cluster deployment, but you're only using $4.64, then $0.96 is unused cost.

### Unallocated cost

Unallocated cost represents cluster resources that have not been allocated to any source.

These metrics help you identify opportunities to improve cluster efficiency and reduce waste.

> #### 💡 TIP
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> Select any cluster to view its **Cost Trends**, **Cost Breakdown (Total vs Used)**, and detailed information about unused and unallocated costs.

## Benefits

The Kubernetes Cost Insights feature delivers these outcomes:

-   **Optimized resource usage**: Visibility into underutilized or excessively costly clusters enables effective resource allocation adjustments
-   **Controlled expenses**: Insights into specific cost drivers within your Kubernetes environment enable more informed financial decisions
-   **Enhanced efficiency**: Resource management strategies aligned with business objectives ensure efficient use of cloud resources

The **Kubernetes Costs** page provides the insights necessary to proactively manage Kubernetes costs, supporting strategic decision-making and financial optimization.

[Intelligent summary](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/intelligent-summary)

[Cost overview](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/cost-overview)

[Kubernetes cost insights](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/k8s-cost-insights)

[Budgets](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/cci-budgets)

[Cost optimization recommendations](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/cci-recommendations)

[Query your data with NRQL](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/cci/financial-intelligence/nrql-for-cci)