CloudForecast.io
Infrastructure
cloud cost monitoring
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
8 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Simpler, affordable alternative to bigger cost tools
From 2 comments
We have been using this at Adzerk since an early beta and it's been just what we needed. We used to pay 2% to another cloud pricing company and we were able to cancel that since…
javery on HNI second the need for "simpler" solutions like this. At Perfect Audience (where I worked with the CloudForecast team!) we spent a lot on AWS and used vendors to help monitor the…
brandnewlow on HN
Daily reports and up/down indicators catch spikes at a glance
From 2 comments
We have been using this at Doximity for a while now it is excellent. The daily reports and clear indicators of increase/decrease are helpful to identify spikes at a glance.
brunomiranda on HNWe use this at the company I work for, Slingshot, and it has definitely been helpful for keeping an eye on things like huge dev environments that get spun up and not shut back…
tholgare on HN
Saved money by replacing a pricing vendor
From 1 comment
We have been using this at Adzerk since an early beta and it's been just what we needed. We used to pay 2% to another cloud pricing company and we were able to cancel that since…
javery on HN
Objections
Pricing too high for small usage budgets
From 1 comment
Nice service. At the moment, I have set a couple of billing alarms which trigger at certain thresholds, so that I know if we are going to be over budget by the end of the month.…
cyberferret on HN
Website design and consent/GDPR information issues
From 2 comments
Some tips to improve the website (Last time I did this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16621584): Make the header's height larger. It's very, unusually small, compared to…
Moter8 on HNI think the more important thing might be the consent part. Check out clickwrap or clickthrough consent. The technical bits of this can become extremely tricky and extremely…
ambulancechaser on HN
Unclear why it beats Amazon's built-in tools
From 1 comment
I'm not sure why I would want to use this instead of Amazon's built in tools?
Aeolun on HN
Requests
Support for other cloud providers such as GCP and Azure
From 2 comments
Looks great, would love and use something like this for GCP
dc2447 on HNAny plans to extend this to other cloud providers like Azure and GCS?
partiallypro on HN
Multiple AWS accounts across clients under one login
From 1 comment
Hello, I run a small DevOps consulting company. Can we create one single CloudForecast.io account with independent customers of ours each having multiple AWS accounts?…
nodesocket on HN
Alerts for reserved instance expiry and savings hints
From 1 comment
Nice service. At the moment, I have set a couple of billing alarms which trigger at certain thresholds, so that I know if we are going to be over budget by the end of the month.…
cyberferret on HN
Questions
How the stormy/cloudy/sunny thresholds are set
From 1 comment
This is definitely a problem worth solving, and this looks like a nice solution. I like the use of weather as an at-a-glance shorthand. This is something I'd be looking at every…
nkohari on HN
How reserved instances are treated in forecasts
From 1 comment
I haven't had the time to try this. But my issue with built-in AWS forecast is it'll be totally inaccurate once Reserved Instance come into play. Does CloudForecast solve this…
mdnormy on HN
Alternatives named
AWS Cost Explorer
From 2 comments
I'm not sure why I would want to use this instead of Amazon's built in tools?
Aeolun on HNThat's a great question! So for many people, Cost Explorer does a pretty darn good job at getting you the data you need. However, it takes some extra configuration to get the…
kacy on HN
Google Cloud billing reports
From 1 comment
Google Cloud actually has some good new graphs (they are under billing => reports). Additionally they offer a monthly billing overview e-mail which you should already be receiving.
nodesocket on HN
Venture-backed cloud cost vendors
From 1 comment
I second the need for "simpler" solutions like this. At Perfect Audience (where I worked with the CloudForecast team!) we spent a lot on AWS and used vendors to help monitor the…
brandnewlow on HN