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Harness Cloud Cost Management

Harness Cloud Cost Management (CCM) provides intelligent cloud cost optimization with AI-driven recommendations, customizable cost perspectives, budgets, anomaly detection, and chargeback / showback through cost categories. CCM ingests cost data from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes clusters and exposes a REST API on the Harness platform for FinOps automation.

Harness Cloud Cost Management publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Anomalies API, Budgets API, Connectors API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Anomaly Detection, Budgets, Cloud Cost Management, FinOps, and Kubernetes.

The Harness Cloud Cost Management catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Harness Cloud Cost Management’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, pricing, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

45.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
Anomaly DetectionBudgetsCloud Cost ManagementFinOpsKubernetesRecommendations

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 45.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Harness Cloud Cost Management Anomalies API

Detect and review unusual cost patterns and anomalies.

Harness Cloud Cost Management Budgets API

Define and monitor cloud spending budgets with alerts.

Harness Cloud Cost Management Connectors API

Manage cloud provider and Kubernetes connectors for cost ingestion.

Harness Cloud Cost Management Cost Categories API

Allocate and chargeback cloud costs by business units.

Harness Cloud Cost Management Perspectives API

Group and analyze cloud cost data through customizable views.

Harness Cloud Cost Management Recommendations API

AI-driven recommendations for cloud cost optimization.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Harness Cloud Cost Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Harness Cloud Cost Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Harness Cloud Cost Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Harness Cloud Cost Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Harness Cloud Cost Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, GDPR, CSA STAR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Harness Cloud Cost Agentic Access

17 operations · 7 acting

17 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: harness-cloud-cost
name: Harness Cloud Cost Management
description: Harness Cloud Cost Management (CCM) provides intelligent cloud cost optimization with AI-driven recommendations,
  customizable cost perspectives, budgets, anomaly detection, and chargeback / showback through cost categories. CCM ingests
  cost data from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes clusters and exposes a REST API on the Harness platform for FinOps automation.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/harness-cloud-cost.png
tags:
- Anomaly Detection
- Budgets
- Cloud Cost Management
- FinOps
- Kubernetes
- Recommendations
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: harness-cloud-cost:harness-cloud-cost-anomalies-api
  name: Harness Cloud Cost Management Anomalies API
  description: Detect and review unusual cost patterns and anomalies.
  humanURL: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
  baseURL: https://app.harness.io
  tags:
  - Anomalies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/harness-cloud-cost-anomalies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management/get-started/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/rules/harness-cloud-cost-rules.yml
- aid: harness-cloud-cost:harness-cloud-cost-budgets-api
  name: Harness Cloud Cost Management Budgets API
  description: Define and monitor cloud spending budgets with alerts.
  humanURL: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
  baseURL: https://app.harness.io
  tags:
  - Budgets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/harness-cloud-cost-budgets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management/get-started/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/rules/harness-cloud-cost-rules.yml
- aid: harness-cloud-cost:harness-cloud-cost-connectors-api
  name: Harness Cloud Cost Management Connectors API
  description: Manage cloud provider and Kubernetes connectors for cost ingestion.
  humanURL: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
  baseURL: https://app.harness.io
  tags:
  - Connectors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/harness-cloud-cost-connectors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management/get-started/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/rules/harness-cloud-cost-rules.yml
- aid: harness-cloud-cost:harness-cloud-cost-cost-categories-api
  name: Harness Cloud Cost Management Cost Categories API
  description: Allocate and chargeback cloud costs by business units.
  humanURL: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
  baseURL: https://app.harness.io
  tags:
  - Cost Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/harness-cloud-cost-cost-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management/get-started/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/rules/harness-cloud-cost-rules.yml
- aid: harness-cloud-cost:harness-cloud-cost-perspectives-api
  name: Harness Cloud Cost Management Perspectives API
  description: Group and analyze cloud cost data through customizable views.
  humanURL: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
  baseURL: https://app.harness.io
  tags:
  - Perspectives
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/harness-cloud-cost-perspectives-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management/get-started/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/rules/harness-cloud-cost-rules.yml
- aid: harness-cloud-cost:harness-cloud-cost-recommendations-api
  name: Harness Cloud Cost Management Recommendations API
  description: AI-driven recommendations for cloud cost optimization.
  humanURL: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
  baseURL: https://app.harness.io
  tags:
  - Recommendations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/harness-cloud-cost-recommendations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management/get-started/overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harness-cloud-cost/refs/heads/main/rules/harness-cloud-cost-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/harness-cloud-cost-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/harness-cloud-cost-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/harness-cloud-cost-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/harness-cloud-cost-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/harness-cloud-cost-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/harness
- type: Website
  url: https://www.harness.io/products/cloud-cost
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.harness.io/docs/cloud-cost-management
- type: APIReference
  url: https://apidocs.harness.io/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.harness.io/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.harness.io
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.harness.io/partners
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://apidocs.harness.io/llms.txt
- url: https://www.harness.io/blog/rss.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: harness
- name: Continuous Delivery & GitOps
- name: Continuous Integration
- name: Internal Developer Portal
- name: Infrastructure as Code Management
- name: Database DevOps
- name: Artifact Registry
- name: Feature Management & Experimentation
- name: Resilience Testing
- name: AI Test Automation
- name: AI SRE
- name: Application Security Testing
- name: Web Application & API Protection
- name: AI Security
- name: Cloud Cost Management
- name: Software Engineering Insights
- name: Badge labeled Digital Transformations
- name: Badge labeled Cloud Migrations
- name: Badge labeled DevSecOps
- name: Badge labeled harness certified expert
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com