Traditional FinOps platforms were built for six-figure contracts, dedicated FinOps teams, and procurement cycles that take months. nable is built for engineers who need answers today.
Dashboards, policy governance, a dedicated CSM, and a sales process measured in weeks. Strong if you have a six-figure budget and a team whose full-time job is FinOps.
MCP server on your machine. No contract, no onboarding call, no dashboard to maintain. Free tier is genuinely free. Works in Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.
| Feature | Legacy platform | nable |
|---|---|---|
| AWS cost queries | ✓ | ✓ |
| Azure cost queries | ✓ | ✓ |
| GCP cost queries | ✓ | ✓ |
| SaaS spend (Datadog, Snowflake, Stripe…) | Add-on / limited | ✓ 13 connectors |
| Anomaly detection with tag attribution | Detection only | ✓ tells you which team drove it |
| Rightsizing: CPU, memory, and network | CPU only | ✓ via Compute Optimizer |
| RI / Savings Plan analysis | ✓ | ✓ |
| CI/CD budget gate, blocks on overage | - | ✓ |
| Auto-create Jira / Linear / GitHub tickets | - | ✓ Team plan |
| Works inside Claude, Cursor, Windsurf | - | ✓ native MCP |
| Credentials stay on your machine | Uploaded to vendor | ✓ OS keyring only |
| K8s namespace cost breakdown | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier (no card required) | - | ✓ forever free |
| Self-serve setup, no sales call | Demo required | ✓ pip install |
| Source-available | - | ✓ EL2 (auditable) |
Enterprise FinOps pricing is opaque and tied to multi-year contracts. nable starts free and scales at $29/seat, with no surprises at renewal.
nable is self-serve. pip install finops-mcp and you're querying cost data in under 5 minutes.
nable answers questions in plain English inside your AI client. No widget to drag, no dashboard to configure, no training required.
With nable, nothing leaves your machine. Queries go direct from your laptop to your cloud APIs. Credentials live in your OS keyring. There's nothing on our servers to breach.
nable auto-creates the Jira, Linear, or GitHub issue with instance ID, current vs recommended type, and projected savings pre-filled.
nable connects 13 providers (Datadog, Snowflake, Stripe, MongoDB, Twilio, Cloudflare, Vercel), normalized into the same view as your cloud spend.
Enterprise FinOps platforms are quote-based, contract-required, and typically run $40k–$120k/year for mid-market teams. nable is free to start.
No demo call. No contract. No credit card for the free tier. Install it, connect your AWS account, ask Claude why costs went up.