Kubernetes Cost Optimization

Your K8s Cluster Wastes 50-70%
of What You Pay For

Professional Kubernetes cost optimization for EKS, GKE, and AKS. Rightsizing, Karpenter tuning, Spot instances, and GPU optimization. We cut K8s costs 40-60% without risking stability.

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40-60%
K8s Cost Reduction
EKS GKE AKS
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6 Kubernetes Cost Optimization Strategies We Implement

Saves 30-40%

Resource Request Rightsizing

Analyze actual CPU/memory usage vs requests. Right-size pods to actual requirements. Stop over-provisioning that forces autoscaler to add unnecessary nodes.

Saves 15-25%

Karpenter / Autoscaler Tuning

Deploy Karpenter for right-sized node provisioning. Enable node consolidation. Diversify instance types for better Spot availability. Replace bloated node groups.

Saves 60-90%

Spot Instance Adoption

Move stateless workloads to Spot/preemptible nodes. Configure disruption budgets and fallback strategies. Diversify across instance types for availability.

Saves 40-70%

GPU Workload Optimization

Scale GPU nodes to zero when idle. Right-size GPU instance types. Use Spot GPUs for training with checkpointing. Separate inference and training pools.

Saves 10-20%

Namespace & Resource Governance

Set resource quotas per namespace. Implement LimitRanges to prevent over-provisioning. Clean up orphaned PVCs and abandoned workloads.

Saves Ongoing

Cost Visibility & Attribution

Deploy Kubecost or OpenCost. Tag workloads to teams and products. Build dashboards that show per-namespace, per-team, per-deployment costs in real time.

Signs Your K8s Cluster Needs Optimization

Cluster CPU utilization below 40% across all nodes
Resource requests set to 'generous defaults' that nobody adjusted
Running on-demand instances for all workloads (no Spot adoption)
Using Cluster Autoscaler with fixed node groups instead of Karpenter
GPU nodes running 24/7 for workloads that need them 4-8 hours/day
No per-namespace or per-team cost visibility or budgets
PersistentVolumeClaims from deleted deployments still billing
NAT Gateway data processing fees growing with pod traffic

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