Kubernetes Academy - Zesty
How to Attribute Costs to Pods in Kubernetes (Without Losing Your Mind)
June 26, 2025
6 MIN READ
For DevOps engineers and developers, Kubernetes is great for abstracting infrastructure. It lets us focus on building and shipping applications without worrying whether it’s an m6i.large or a t3.medium that’s currently running under the hood. Out of sight, out of mind. But as of 2025, most companies consider K8s costs a major concern, so the expectations on those managing the infrastructure (us, unfortunately) to mitigate and account for those costs are higher than ever. Yet how can we be accountable for something we literally don’t see? As long as we can’t break K8s workloads down by pod, namespace, or team, there’s [...]
By Ido Slonimsky
Tech Lead, Zesty