Our cloud native world has become more than just tooling, it's an entire ecosystem with many add-ons, complementary tools, when it comes to K8s CRDs, and services that provide its powerful capabilities and infinite scale...but at what cost?

In this talk, we'll share first of its kind research that will highlight the 5 most common OSS cloud native tools killing your observability costs. We'll start by exploring how different observability tools structure pricing, the complexities that compound cost calculation, and especially which OSS tools in your stack are the most resource-intensive services.

You'll discover how you can know whether it's KEDA or Karpenter, ArgoCD or Kyverno ballooning budgets. But don't panic! We'll wrap up with good practices for configuring popular tools to be more economical, so you can leverage the powerful K8s ecosystem without breaking the bank.