/free-kubernetes

List of Free Trials of Managed Kubernetes Services

Apache License 2.0Apache-2.0

Free Kubernetes

List of free Trials/Credit for Managed Kubernetes Services

  • Google Cloud Platform (GKE)
    • Description: $300 credit which can be used for a 3 month period from the account creation. There is no restriction on the resources and the number of nodes for creating a cluster.
    • Extras: you can add Istio and Try Cloud Run (Knative)
    • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
    • Link: https://cloud.google.com/free/
  • Microsoft Azure (AKS)
    • Description: $200 credit which can be used for a 30 days period from the account creation. However, the Azure Kubernetes Service is free for AI and ML workloads which falls into the always free resource list.
    • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
    • Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
  • IBM Cloud
    • Description: Single worker node Kubernetes cluster along with container registry like other cloud providers. This is more than enough for a beginner to try the concepts of Kubernetes. Free cluster expires after 30 days.
    • Link: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/
  • Linode (LKE)
    • Description: LKE $100 credit for a 2 month period from the account creation to use Linode infrastructure and services.
    • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
    • Link: https://www.linode.com/lp/brand-free-credit
  • Alibaba Cloud
    • Description: $300 credit which can be used for a 12 month period from the account creation. They also provide Kubernetes in the always free resource list.
    • Link: https://www.alibabacloud.com/
  • Redhat OpenShift
    • Description: Single node PaaS over Kubernetes.It can be used for a trial period of 60 days in your RedHat account
    • Link: https://www.openshift.com/try
  • CodeFresh
  • Civo Cloud
    • Description: $250 credit for a month period from the account creation to use Civo kubernetes and services.
    • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
    • Link: https://www.civo.com/signup
  • Huawei Cloud
  • DigitalOcean
    • Description: DigitalOcean provides 100$ trial credit for first 60days. This require a referral from existing users or use the below URL which is the official referral URL.
    • Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up
    • Link: https://m.do.co/c/8cce85e94a19
  • Kubernautic
    • Description: Rancher Shared or Dedicated as a Service to manage and run kubernetes either On-Prem or as a Cloudless service.
    • Pricing: Forever Free/Free Trial/Paid Tier Available. Forever free plan includes a single user, shared rancher dashboard, spot namespaces, 1CPU, 1Gi Mem. While the Free trial plan includes 2 user, shared rancher dashboard, stateful namespaces, 2CPU, 2Gi Mem, 10GB storage.
    • Link: https://kubernautic.com/
  • Freebernetes Cloud Platform (FCP)
    • Description: Short-lived Kubernetes cluster for educational purposes. Works on a crowdfunding model, so other limits may change over time. Initial restrictions: 6h TTL, 2CPU, 4Gi Mem, 10Gi PV, external IPv6 for control plane/workers ( jump container for IPv4-only users with kubectl/helm tools)
    • Requirements: A valid email is required.
    • Link: https://try-fcp.org/
  • KraudCloud
    • Description: Free kubernetes clusters with 32GB RAM during its 6 month beta phase.
    • Requirements: A Github account is required for signing up and getting an invite.
    • Link: https://kraudcloud.com/
  • Symbiosis
    • Description: $50 credit for a month starting when creating the first cluster.
    • Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up.
    • Link: https://symbiosis.host/

Others

Sources

Maintainers

Contributors

Issues, more resources?

Please create an issue in this repository or send a PR with your changes/additions