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Kubecost provides real-time cost visibility and insights for your Kubernetes clusters. This guide shows you how to deploy Kubecost on your Qovery cluster to track and optimize your infrastructure spending.
Prerequisites: You need a functioning Qovery cluster before starting this tutorial.
This tutorial takes approximately 3 minutes to complete.

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Step 1. Add the Kubecost Helm Repository

Add the Kubecost Helm repository in Qovery:
  1. Go to your Organization settings
  2. Select Helm Repositories
  3. Click Add Repository
  4. Enter the repository details:
    • Name: Kubecost
    • Repository URL: https://kubecost.github.io/cost-analyzer/
  5. Click Create

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Step 2. Deploy the Kubecost Helm Chart

Create a new Helm service in your environment:
  1. Navigate to your Environment
  2. Click Create → Helm
  3. Configure the Helm service:
    • Service name: kubecost
    • Source: Kubecost (the repository you just added)
    • Chart name: cost-analyzer
    • Chart version: 1.108.0
    • Allow cluster-wide resources: Enable
  4. (Optional) If you have a Kubecost token:
    • Create an environment variable named KUBECOST_TOKEN
    • Set it as Secret
    • Enter your token value
  5. If using a token, add this in the Values override section: 
    kubecostToken: qovery.env.KUBECOST_TOKEN
  6. Click Create and wait for the deployment to complete

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Step 3. Expose Kubecost

To access the Kubecost interface, you need to expose it publicly:
  1. Once deployed, check the Deployment logs to find the service name
Service name The service name will be something like: helm-z325f0565-kubecost-cost-analyzer
  1. Go to your Helm service Settings → Port
  2. Click Add Port
Add port
  1. Configure the port:
    • Service name: The service name from step 1 (e.g., helm-z325f0565-kubecost-cost-analyzer)
    • Service port: 9090
    • Protocol: HTTP
    • Publicly exposed: Enable
  2. Click Create
  3. After redeployment, you’ll see a public link to access Kubecost
Link

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Conclusion

You’ve successfully deployed Kubecost on your Qovery cluster. You can now access the Kubecost dashboard to monitor your Kubernetes costs and get optimization recommendations. To learn more about using Kubecost, check out their Getting Started guide.

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Next Steps

Kubecost Documentation

Learn more about Kubecost features

Optimize

Optimization strategies with Qovery

Qovery Observe

Built-in observability

Datadog

Advanced monitoring with Datadog