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Kubernetes pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Kubernetes. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the technology tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Kubernetes pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Kubernetes catalogue entry carries no price, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Kubernetes review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Kubernetes feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Container orchestration
- Automatic scaling
- Self-healing
- Service discovery
- Load balancing
- Storage orchestration
- Automated rollouts
- Secret management
Integrations
- Docker
- Helm
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Istio
- Jenkins
- GitLab
- ArgoCD
Security
- RBAC
- Network policies
- Pod security
- Secrets
Deployment
- On-premise deployment
- Cloud deployment
- Hybrid deployment
- Edge deployment
Platform
- Linux support
- Windows support
- Cloud support
Localization
- Multi-language support language support
People bring Kubernetes in for microservices deployment, cloud-native applications, ci/cd pipelines, multi-cloud deployments, edge computing. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Kubernetes are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Too few technology tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Personetics | On request | quote | - | vs Kubernetes |
| Zeta | On request | quote | - | vs Kubernetes |
| Finxact | On request | quote | - | vs Kubernetes |
| Thought Machine | On request | quote | - | vs Kubernetes |
| Alkami | On request | quote | - | vs Kubernetes |
| Datadog | $15/month | - | - | vs Kubernetes |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Kubernetes badges page.
Before you pay for Kubernetes
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Kubernetes runs on linux, cloud (aws, gcp, azure), and is published by Cloud Native Computing Foundation of Open Source. The full record is on the Kubernetes review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
Kubernetes pricing questions
- How much does Kubernetes cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Kubernetes. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Kubernetes have a free plan?
- Yes, Kubernetes is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Kubernetes have a free tier: Canny.
- What am I actually paying for with Kubernetes?
- The record lists 28 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for microservices deployment, cloud-native applications, ci/cd pipelines.
- Does Kubernetes charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Kubernetes prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Kubernetes against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Personetics, Zeta, Finxact, Thought Machine. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Kubernetes covering price, platforms and features.