# Kubernetes pricing

Last confirmed on the vendor's page: 2026-09-29. Source: https://kubernetes.io. Confidence: medium.

Cheapest paid plan: AWS EKS, $0.1 a month.

| Plan | Per month | Unit | Billing | On the vendor's page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open Source | Free |  |  |  |
| AWS EKS | $0.1 | unknown | unknown |  |
| Google GKE | $0.1 | unknown | unknown |  |
| Azure AKS | Free |  |  |  |

## Hidden costs and limits

- EKS control plane: $0.10/cluster/hour = $73/month per cluster.
- Load balancers: Each Kubernetes Service of type LoadBalancer creates a cloud load balancer.
- Persistent storage: EBS/EFS/GCE PD charges for every PersistentVolume.
- GKE Autopilot pricing (vCPU $0.0445/hr, memory $0.0049/GB/hr) eliminates node management but costs 20-30% more than standard GKE for steady workloads.

## Cite

Toolradar, verified 2026-09-29, https://toolradar.com/tools/kubernetes/pricing

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