Docker container cost allocation tool that calculates and monitors
how much each container costs across one or many VPS instances.
Agent + Central Server architecture.
What Container Cost brings to your infrastructure
See total cost, per-container breakdown, and trends from all VPS in one central dashboard.
Deploy lightweight agents on each VPS. They calculate costs locally and push to central server.
Fair allocation based on actual resource usage: CPU 50%, RAM 40%, Storage 10%.
Three roles: Admin, Engineer, Management โ different access levels.
Add/remove VPS from dashboard, auto-generate API keys, online/offline monitoring.
Deploy agents on new VPS with a single curl ... | bash command.
Get started in 5 minutes
# 1. Clone & start with PostgreSQL
git clone https://github.com/edsuwarna/container-cost.git
cd container-cost
docker compose up -d
# 2. Open dashboard
# http://localhost:8081
# Login: admin / admin123
# 3. Add VPS โ deploy agent
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edsuwarna/container-cost/
main/deploy/setup-agent.sh | bash -s -- \
--server=http://YOUR_IP:8080 \
--api-key=YOUR_API_KEY
# 4. Monitor everything from dashboard
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