# Vantage vs Infracost

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/vantage-vs-infracost/

Every value below is read from Vantage's and Infracost's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Vantage | Infracost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Kind of free offer | Free tier | Free tier |
| What the free plan includes | $2,500 of monitored cloud spend, 3 users, 30+ supported providers, email support and SAML single sign-on — SSO on the free tier, which is unusual anywhere in this corpus. | 1,000 runs a month, with GitHub, GitLab and Azure DevOps integrations and Slack community support. |
| Entry paid plan | $30 a month for Pro, covering $7,500 of cloud spend and 5 users. | $250 a month for Starter, which raises the allowance to 10,000 runs. Cloud is $1,000 a month with 10 admin seats. |
| Pricing model | A fixed monthly fee set by how much cloud spend the plan covers — $2,500 free, $7,500 at $30 a month — with a user count attached to each tier. The bill scales with the bill you are watching, which the page frames as the point: fixed-rate plans that do not themselves contribute to the cost problem. | Runs per month. A run is one cost estimate against Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK in your pipeline, so the meter tracks how often you ask rather than how much you spend or save — 1,000 free, 10,000 at $250 a month. |
| Support on entry paid plan | Email support on the FREE tier, alongside SAML SSO — both on a plan that costs nothing. | Slack community support on the free tier; email support starts at $250 a month. |

## Where they differ

### What the free plan includes

- Vantage: $2,500 of monitored cloud spend, 3 users, 30+ supported providers, email support and SAML single sign-on — SSO on the free tier, which is unusual anywhere in this corpus. ([source](https://www.vantage.sh/pricing))
- Infracost: 1,000 runs a month, with GitHub, GitLab and Azure DevOps integrations and Slack community support. ([source](https://www.infracost.io/pricing/))

### Entry paid plan

- Vantage: $30 a month for Pro, covering $7,500 of cloud spend and 5 users. ([source](https://www.vantage.sh/pricing))
- Infracost: $250 a month for Starter, which raises the allowance to 10,000 runs. Cloud is $1,000 a month with 10 admin seats. ([source](https://www.infracost.io/pricing/))

### Pricing model

- Vantage: A fixed monthly fee set by how much cloud spend the plan covers — $2,500 free, $7,500 at $30 a month — with a user count attached to each tier. The bill scales with the bill you are watching, which the page frames as the point: fixed-rate plans that do not themselves contribute to the cost problem. ([source](https://www.vantage.sh/pricing))
- Infracost: Runs per month. A run is one cost estimate against Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK in your pipeline, so the meter tracks how often you ask rather than how much you spend or save — 1,000 free, 10,000 at $250 a month. ([source](https://www.infracost.io/pricing/))

### Support on entry paid plan

- Vantage: Email support on the FREE tier, alongside SAML SSO — both on a plan that costs nothing. ([source](https://www.vantage.sh/pricing))
- Infracost: Slack community support on the free tier; email support starts at $250 a month. ([source](https://www.infracost.io/pricing/))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Vantage if Watching a modest bill without the tool becoming part of the problem. $30 a month covers $7,500 of cloud spend across 30+ providers, and the free tier carries email support and SAML SSO — both of which most of this corpus puts three plans up.

Pick Infracost if Catching cost before it is spent. It runs in the pipeline against Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK, so the estimate lands in the pull request rather than in next month's invoice, and 1,000 runs a month are free.

Consider something else: Vantage — Your cloud bill is large. The fee is set by the spend the plan covers, so the tool that watches the bill scales with it; and the tier ceilings are stated in spend rather than in features, which means outgrowing a plan is a billing event rather than a capability one.

Consider something else: Infracost — You want the bill watched rather than the plan. The meter is runs, so it charges by how often you ask and not by what you spend or save — and support is a Slack community until $250 a month, where Vantage answers email on a free plan.

## Documented by only one

- When the free offer ends: Vantage: Paid tiers carry a 14-day free trial; the free Starter plan itself does not expire.
- Build allowance: Infracost: 10,000 runs a month on Starter against 1,000 free — a tenfold allowance for $250, where a run is one estimate in one pipeline execution.
- SAML single sign-on: Vantage: Supported

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: Vantage or Infracost?**

Vantage: $30 a month for Pro, covering $7,500 of cloud spend and 5 users.
Infracost: $250 a month for Starter, which raises the allowance to 10,000 runs. Cloud is $1,000 a month with 10 admin seats.

**Should I choose Vantage or Infracost?**

Pick Vantage if Watching a modest bill without the tool becoming part of the problem. $30 a month covers $7,500 of cloud spend across 30+ providers, and the free tier carries email support and SAML SSO — both of which most of this corpus puts three plans up.
Pick Infracost if Catching cost before it is spent. It runs in the pipeline against Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK, so the estimate lands in the pull request rather than in next month's invoice, and 1,000 runs a month are free.