Understanding Kubernetes Cost Fundamentals | Cost Management Series - Part 1

Kubernetes makes scaling easy—but what about managing costs?

In this first episode of our Kubernetes Cost Management Series, Rajith Attapattu (CTO, Randoli) joins Kunal Verma (DevRel Engineer, Randoli) to unpack the core concepts every team needs to understand about Kubernetes costs.

➡️ You'll learn:
- Why Kubernetes cost management is uniquely challenging
- The key drivers of Kubernetes cloud spend (compute, memory, nodes, etc.)
- Common cost blind spots for DevOps and Platform teams
- What it really takes to build cost visibility and accountability in engineering teams

➡️ Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction
1:51 - Chapter 1 (Importance)
6:06 - Chapter 2 (Pain points)
12:32 - Chapter 3 (Cluster Cost Breakdown)
18:44 - Chapter 4 (Container Cost Breakdown)
26:07 - Chapter 5 (Cost Drivers)
35:46 - Chapter 6 (Recap)

If you're a platform engineer, SRE, or part of a FinOps org, this video will give you a solid foundation before diving into advanced cost optimization techniques in upcoming episodes.