Pricing
Kubernetes pricing context
Human-reviewed pricing summary paired with DevTune’s public AI search visibility benchmark.
Kubernetes itself is free and open-source under the Apache 2.0 license with no licensing costs. Organizations may incur costs through managed Kubernetes services such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), which charge for cluster management, compute, storage, and networking. Enterprise Kubernetes distributions and support subscriptions from vendors such as Red Hat (OpenShift), SUSE (Rancher), and Mirantis are separately priced commercial products. Kubernetes training and certification programs (CKA, CKAD, CKS) offered through the Linux Foundation carry per-exam fees.