# hystax/optscale

FinOps and cloud cost optimization tool. Supports AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud and Kubernetes.

Repository: https://github.com/hystax/optscale
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/optscale
Homepage: https://hystax.com
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aws, azure, devops, gcp, kubernetes, cost-optimization, finops, cloud-cost, cloud-cost-intelligence, cloud, s3-optimization, paas-instrumentation, paas-profiling
Last push: 2026-08-25T14:13:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2039, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 12.5, "n_releases_24m": 39}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2175, forks 329 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:22.093695+00:00)

## What it is
OptScale is an open-source FinOps and cloud cost optimization platform that provides visibility into infrastructure spend across AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and Kubernetes. It offers cost analytics, optimization recommendations, and ML/big-data workload profiling for engineering and finance teams.

## Use cases
- reduce cloud costs across aws azure and gcp
- track kubernetes cluster spending
- get cloud cost optimization recommendations
- analyze ml workload costs for pytorch and tensorflow jobs
- set budgets and alerts for cloud spending
- profile databricks and spark costs
- self-host a finops platform for multi-cloud

## When to choose
- you need multi-cloud cost visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba, and Kubernetes in one tool
- you want an open-source, self-hostable FinOps alternative to commercial cost management tools
- your teams run ML/big-data workloads (Databricks, MLflow, Spark, Kubeflow) and need per-workload cost profiling
- engineering and finance teams need shared dashboards and optimization recommendations

## When to avoid
- you only use a single cloud provider whose native cost tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management) suffice
- you need a lightweight CLI or script rather than a full multi-service platform
- you cannot operate a self-hosted deployment with multiple microservices
- you require enterprise support or private deployment without a paid plan

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, analytics, cloud, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, analytics, monitoring, self-hosted
- platform: python, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: finops, cloud-cost-optimization, cost-management, aws, azure, gcp, alibaba-cloud, kubernetes, mlops-profiling, cost-visibility, devops, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- hystax/optscale (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.093695+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:48:55.979998+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hystax/optscale (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.093695+00:00, sha 04f0f2106084)
  - homepage: https://hystax.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:07.575237+00:00, sha f4da28a7f29d)
  - site_page: https://hystax.com/optscale/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:07.584388+00:00, sha ac8e8fb886f7)
  - site_page: https://hystax.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:07.586461+00:00, sha 6e8bfa985752)
  - site_page: https://hystax.com/support (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:07.588751+00:00, sha 18486270c13d)
  - site_page: https://hystax.com/company (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:07.590628+00:00, sha 58705254f857)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.