Cost estimation for a cloud-based infrastructure provisioning system

A computer program product for estimating a cost for cloud based infrastructure, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

• receive a plan, a configuration and proposed changes for the cloud-based infrastructure, the plan, configuration and proposed changes comprising data representing one or more computing resources needed for a cloud-based application;
• generate a new configuration for the cloud-based infrastructure, the new configuration incorporating the plan, configuration and proposed changes, the new configuration being modeled as a graph having a root level node representing a launch configuration, and prices being mapped to the launch configuration;
• determine resources that are part of the new configuration;
• request, from one or more cloud providers associated with the new configuration, price data for the resolved resources;
• and
• generate, based on the price data received, a cost estimate for the new configuration of the cloud-based infrastructure.

A system for estimating a cost for cloud-based infrastructure, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to generate a set of functional computing modules comprising:
• a planning module configured to generate a plan, a configuration and proposed changes for a cloud-based infrastructure, the plan, configuration and proposed changes comprising data representing one or more computing resources needed for a cloud-based application;
• a cost estimator module configured to receive the plan, configuration and proposed changes for the cloud-based infrastructure to generate a new configuration for the cloud-based infrastructure, the new configuration incorporating the plan, configuration and proposed changes, the new configuration being modeled as a graph having a root level node representing a launch configuration, and prices being mapped to the launch configuration;
• one or more price resolvers in communication with the cost estimator module and being configured to resolve resources that are part of the new configuration, and to request, from one or more cloud providers associated with the new configuration, price data for the resolved resources so as to enable the cost estimator module to generate a cost estimate for the new configuration of the cloud-based infrastructure.