When we create resources in a cloud architecture, we often tend to forget that this incurs a financial cost that depends on the types of resources that are created. This is even more true with automation and IaC, which allow us to create a multitude of resources using a few commands.
One of the interesting features of the version of Terraform Cloud that's integrated into the paid plan is cost estimation, which makes it possible to visualize the cost of the resources that are handled in the Terraform configuration while it's being run.
In this recipe, we will learn how to use cost estimation in Terraform Cloud.
