Untab
Untab is a web-based tool for understanding Kubernetes application costs and reducing infrastructure spending.
What Untab is
Untab is a web-based tool for understanding Kubernetes application costs and reducing infrastructure spending. It tracks total cost for each pod, service, namespace, and team, then monitors clusters for inefficiencies and suggests resource requests and limits. Chargeback calculations allocate bills across clusters and across clouds or data centers. Reports can use public prices, actual AWS/EKS or GCP/GKE bills, or a custom price sheet. AWS and Google Cloud Platform billing integrations are documented, but connecting a provider is optional. The Untab agent installs through a basic Kubernetes manifest or Helm charts. Real-time reports should appear within 15 minutes of installation, while detailed weekly reports need several days of data and generally publish Tuesdays. Users can sign up with Google, GitHub, or email. Plans start at $100/mo: Small is $100 a month for 100 cores, Medium is $500 a month for 500 cores, and Large is $1,000 a month for 1,000 cores. Each includes unlimited seats and email support.
Good
- Tracks cost by pod, service, namespace, and team
- Provides resource request and limit suggestions
- Supports internal chargeback calculations
- Installs with manifests or Helm charts
- Unlimited seats on listed plans
Watch out
- Plans start at $100/mo
- Granular user permissions were planned, not listed
- Weekly reports need several days of data
- Cloud billing setup requires provider configuration
Who it suits
It suits teams operating Kubernetes clusters that need workload-level cost tracking, rightsizing suggestions, or internal chargebacks. The web service can use public, cloud-bill, or custom pricing inputs.
Verdict
Untab focuses on Kubernetes cost visibility, optimization guidance, and chargeback reporting. Its plans scale by core count, with unlimited seats and email support included.
Plans and prices
From Untab's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Small | $100 a month | 100 cores · unlimited seats · email support · $100 /month |
| Medium | $500 a month | 500 cores · unlimited seats · email support · $500 /month |
| Large | $1,000 a month | 1,000 cores · unlimited seats · email support · $1,000 /month |
| Enteprise | Priced on request | 1,000+ cores · unlimited seats · email support · Contact us |
The facts
Each one read from Untab's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account setup
- Users can sign up with Google, GitHub, or email.checked 7 Oct 2001
- AWS access
- AWS billing setup uses a cross-account role and a policy granting cost, EC2, load balancer, CloudWatch, and autoscaling read actions.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Chargebacks
- Untab calculates bills for internal team chargebacks across clusters and clouds or data centers.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Deployment
- The Untab agent can be installed with a basic Kubernetes manifest or Helm charts.checked 7 Oct 2001
- GCP access
- The Google Cloud setup calls for a service account, BigQuery billing export, and the Compute Engine, BigQuery, and IAM Service Account Credentials APIs.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The documentation describes AWS and Google Cloud Platform billing integrations; provider setup is optional.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Optimization
- It monitors clusters for cost inefficiencies and provides optimization recommendations, including suggested resource requests and limits.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Untab helps users understand the cost of Kubernetes applications and reduce infrastructure spending.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Report timing
- Real-time reports should appear within 15 minutes of installation, while detailed weekly reports need a few days of collected data and generally publish Tuesdays.checked 7 Oct 2001
- User permissions
- The documentation says all user accounts have full permissions and that a more granular permissions system was planned for the future.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Company
- The site identifies the maker as Untab Inc. and lists Vancouver, BC, Canada as its address.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- Cost inputs
- Reports can use public prices, actual AWS/EKS or GCP/GKE bills, or a custom price sheet.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Cost tracking
- It tracks total cost for each pod, service, namespace, and team.checked 7 Oct 2001
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