# OpenCost / Kubecost: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opencost-kubecost

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Cloud cost management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/cloud-cost-management/index.md) | 0% | 29 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Have substantial Kubernetes spend? Add OpenCost/Kubecost to the evaluation." (GPT-6 Luna, FinOps)
- "Kubernetes‑only cost visibility | OpenCost / Kubecost" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, FinOps)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named OpenCost / Kubecost, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- flexera.com: 2
- amnic.com: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- broadcom.com: 1
- cio.com: 1
- cloud.ibm.com: 1
- cloudzero.com: 1
- costanalyst.ai: 1
- docs.datadoghq.com: 1
- docs.finout.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://flexera.com/products/flexera-one/finops: 2
- https://amnic.com/blogs/cloud-cost-management-tools: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-explorer: 1
- https://broadcom.com/products/software/finops/cloudhealth: 1
- https://cio.com/article/189652/top-13-cloud-cost-management-tools.html: 1
- https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/track-spend-with-cloudability: 1
- https://cloudzero.com/: 1
- https://costanalyst.ai/best/cloud-cost-optimization-tools: 1

## What it publishes

Every page opencost.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 137 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 33 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-21
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-07-21 blog: Opencost llmd inference cost https://opencost.io/blog/opencost-llmd-inference-cost
- Recent: 2026-02-23 blog: Opencost community meeting schedule https://opencost.io/blog/opencost-community-meeting-schedule
- Recent: 2025-12-17 blog: Opencost 2025 year in review https://opencost.io/blog/opencost-2025-year-in-review
- Recent: 2025-12-09 blog: Introducing kubemodel https://opencost.io/blog/introducing-kubemodel
- Recent: 2025-10-30 blog: Kubecon na 2025 https://opencost.io/blog/kubecon-na-2025
- Recent: 2025-10-23 blog: Opencost mcp server https://opencost.io/blog/opencost-mcp-server

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.