Cloud cost estimation tools comparison

This table provides a comparison of various cloud tools and their features across different cloud providers:

Name	Usable	Pipeline integration	Open source	All services supported	Multi cloud	Cloud native solution	Additional features	Self hosting	Cloud
Aws cloudformation cli	✅	✅	✅	🟢	🔴	✅	🔴	🔴	AWS
arm-estimator	✅	✅	✅	🟠	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	Azure
Scalr [Enterprise available]	✅	✅	🔴	🟢	✅	🔴	✅	✅	GCP , AWS , Azure
Terraform cloud [Enterprise available]	✅	✅	🔴	🟢	✅	🔴	✅	✅	GCP , AWS , Azure
terraform-aws-pricing	✅	✅	✅	🟠	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	AWS
terracost	✅	✅	✅	🔴	🟠	🔴	🔴	🔴	GCP , AWS , Azure
CSPARMPricingCalculator	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	🔴	Azure
Infracost [Enterprise available]	✅	✅	✅	🟢	✅	🔴	✅	✅	GCP , AWS , Azure

                                            ✅ = YES      🟢 = Most

                                            🔴 = NO       🟠 = Few

Note

All the additional features supported tools have dashboards ,policies to control cost,reports generation,notification triggers
Pricing details: terraform cloud pricing, scalr pricing,infracost pricing.

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Date: May 9th 2024

Our Recommendation:

Infracost

Compatibility: Infracost is compatible with both Terraform and OpenTofu, making it a versatile tool for cloud infrastructure management.

Integrations: Infracost can seamlessly integrate with Scalr and Terraform Cloud, expanding its functionality and ease of use.

CI/CD Support: Infracost supports continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes, streamlining your development and deployment workflows.

Tagging Policies and Guardrails: You can leverage Infracost to apply tagging policies and implement guardrails for better governance and cost management.

Note

You can estimate your costs with the pricing calculators provided by major cloud providers:

• AWS Pricing Calculator: Click here
• Microsoft Azure Pricing Calculator Click here
• Google Cloud Pricing Calculator Click here