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Harness CCM supports FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) for unified cost reporting and seamless external data ingestion.
AI for FinOps: Productive Cloud Cost Management
Turn Cloud Chaos Into Clarity Using Data Driven Automation and AI at Every Step.
Build views with natural language
Ask questions like “What are my top spenders?” or “Where am I wasting budget?” and instantly see cloud costs broken down by team, region, or service — no manual reports required.
AI recommendations for savings
Harness AI identifies over-provisioned and idle resources, generates right-sizing plans, and even creates governance policies for cleanup.
Conversational FinOps
Collaborate with your AI assistant to analyze, optimize, and act — turning cost management into a real-time dialogue that drives measurable savings.
Inform: Visibility, Allocation & Reporting
Optimize: Intelligent Automation & Recommendations
Operate: Operational Excellence
Take a quick FinOps Maturity Assessment using the Crawl, Walk, Run framework to identify your biggest strengths and most critical gaps.
Granular cloud cost insights
Full reporting and visibility across cost allocation, kubernetes, chargeback/showback and anomaly detection.
Al FinOps
Surface cost insights, identify and automate optimization opportunities, and reduce analysis time from hours to minutes.
Asset Governance
FinOps-as-Code that automates cloud cost management through simple, policy-driven governance of all cloud assets using YAML-based rules.
AutoStopping
A safety net for your deployments detects trouble and reacts intelligently.
Commitment Orchestrator
Streamline pipeline creation and maintenance with reusable stages and pipelines.
Cluster Orchestrator
Deliver workload-driven intelligent node autoscaling with spot orchestration and bin packing to maximize performance and cost efficiency in real time.
With Harness AI, Move From Insight to Action Instantly, Without Manually Scripting or Clicking Through Dashboards.
Attribute and Manage Cloud Costs with Precision
Simplify hierarchical cost attribution for chargeback and showback purposes.
Visualize complex multi-cloud and Kubernetes cluster costs with Cost Perspectives, organized by teams, workloads, and applications.
Capture all costs for a team, application, or workload into well-defined Cost Categories for accurate and detailed cost allocation.
Detect and alert on abnormal cost spikes with intelligent cloud cost Anomaly Detection, stopping bill shock in its tracks.
Optimize Cloud Costs with Intelligent Automation
Save up to 70% on non-production costs with Cloud AutoStopping, automatically detecting, shutting down, and auto-starting idle resources.
Get relevant and actionable Recommendations for optimizing AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes resources, including VMs, ECS, EBS, and RDS.
Automate long-term commitment management with Commitment Orchestrator, ensuring optimized compute coverage and contract renewals.
Govern Cloud Assets with Governance-as-Code
Enforce real-time governance policies and auto-remediation with Cloud Asset Governance using Governance-as-Code.
Generate YAML policies using AI-powered Harness AIDA for effective cost, security, and compliance management across cloud assets.
Set and track daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual Hierarchical Budgets with real-time forecasting and alerts.
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Customer Success Stories
Flying High With FinOps: How United Airlines is Scaling Cloud Cost Efficiency With Harness
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All developers in Synopsys have access to recommendations within Harness CCM. We recommend that developers use this information when deploying new microservices to the cloud. This is what makes this cloud cost management tool a game changer for us as we balance the speed of innovation with its cost.
We identified clients that were idle for much longer periods, measured in weeks or even months, grouped those clients together, and set Cloud AutoStopping to shut them down accordingly. Right away we were saving $15,000 to $20,000 a month, and in only six months, we saw our first savings topping $100,000 a month.
With the Harness Cloud Asset Governance feature, we are now automating cost governance, driving half of the savings from the part that we thought was already well-governed. That governance-as-code approach includes real-time enforcement and auto-remediation, and quite frankly achieved even greater savings.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between FinOps and Cloud Cost Management (CCM)?
FinOps is a cultural practice and methodology that brings together finance, engineering, and business teams to collaborate on cloud financial management decisions. It's the "how" of managing cloud costs through people, processes, and technology.
Cloud Cost Management (CCM) refers to the specific tools, platforms, and technologies used to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud spending. It's the "what" - the actual tooling and capabilities.Harness CCM provides the platform and tools to enable your FinOps practice across the three key phases: Inform (visibility and allocation), Optimize (recommendations and automation), and Operate (governance and continuous improvement).
How does Harness CCM support FinOps practices across different teams?
For Finance Teams: Cost categories, chargeback/showback capabilities, budgeting and forecasting, and executive-level reporting dashboards.
For Engineering Teams: Native integration with CI/CD pipelines, real-time cost impact analysis, automated optimization recommendations, and developer-friendly dashboards.
For Business Teams: Business mapping, cost perspectives by product/project, and custom reporting aligned with business metrics.
Does Harness CCM support the FinOps FOCUS format?
Yes, Harness CCM supports FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) for unified cost reporting and seamless external data ingestion.
What makes Harness CCM different from other cloud cost management tools?
Unified Platform Approach: Unlike point solutions, Harness CCM is part of a comprehensive DevSecOps platform that includes CI/CD, security, and feature flags, providing unified visibility across your entire software delivery lifecycle.
AI-Powered Intelligence: Advanced ML algorithms for anomaly detection, intelligent recommendations, and our FinOps AI Assistant that provides actionable insights.
Proactive vs. Reactive: Built-in automation and policy enforcement prevent cost overruns rather than just reporting on them after the fact.
How do I get started with FinOps using Harness CCM?
Phase 1 - Inform: Set up cost visibility with Perspectives, implement Cost Categories for proper allocation, and establish chargeback/showback processes.
Phase 2 - Optimize: Enable AutoStopping for idle resources, implement Commitment Orchestrator for RI/SP management, and leverage intelligent recommendations.
Phase 3 - Operate: Establish governance policies, set up continuous monitoring and alerts, and implement automated optimization workflows.
Start with our FinOps Maturity Assessment to understand where you are in your journey.
Can Harness CCM handle multi-cloud environments?
Yes, Harness CCM provides comprehensive coverage across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform with:
- Unified cost visibility across all cloud providers
- Cloud-specific optimization recommendations
- Cross-cloud resource management and governance
- Kubernetes-native support for container workloads across clouds
How does Harness CCM help with Kubernetes cost management?
Harness CCM offers advanced Kubernetes cost management through:
- Cluster Orchestrator: Intelligent node autoscaling with spot orchestration and bin packing
- Workload-level visibility: Granular cost allocation down to individual pods and namespaces
- Right-sizing recommendations: AI-powered suggestions for CPU and memory optimization
Multi-cluster management: Centralized governance across multiple Kubernetes environments
What is the typical ROI and time-to-value with Harness CCM?
Most customers see significant cost savings within 30 days through:
- Immediate visibility into waste and optimization opportunities
- AutoStopping reducing costs by 70%+ on non-production workloads
- Automated commitment management improving coverage and utilization
- Policy-based governance preventing future cost overruns
The unified platform approach also reduces operational overhead by eliminating the need for multiple point solutions.
How does Harness CCM support compliance and governance?
Harness CCM provides enterprise-grade governance through:
- Policy-as-Code: Define and enforce cost policies using Open Policy Agent (OPA)
- Asset Governance: 150+ out-of-the-box rules plus custom policy creation
- Role-Based Access Control: Granular permissions and multi-tenancy support
- Audit Trails: Complete visibility into who changed what and when
Budget Controls: Automated alerts and enforcement actions
Can I integrate Harness CCM with my existing tools and workflows?
Yes, Harness CCM offers extensive integration capabilities:
- ITSM Integration: Slack, Jira, ServiceNow for automated workflow management
- Monitoring Tools: Integration with Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus for enhanced visibility
- CI/CD Pipelines: Native integration with deployment workflows for cost-aware releases
- APIs: REST APIs for custom integrations and data export
FOCUS Adoption: Support for FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification