Palette
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Palette, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Palette's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Palette | Priced on request | SaaS, dedicated SaaS, self-hosted or air-gapped · cloud pricing by worker CPU kCh · bare metal/edge by managed nodes · Contact sales; usage-based kCh pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Palette's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access security
- Palette provides customizable role-based access controls and supports single sign-on through external identity providers or SAMLv2.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API
- The product page says all Palette functionality is exposed through an API for integration with systems and workflows.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API access supports short-lived authorization tokens and API keys; documented authorization tokens last 240 minutes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automation tooling
- Spectro Cloud documents a Palette CLI, Go SDK, Terraform provider and Crossplane provider.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Certifications
- Spectro Cloud says it is certified to FIPS 140, SOC 2 Type 2, and ISO 27001 standards; Palette VerteX is FedRAMP Class C (Moderate) Certified and GovRAMP Authorized at Moderate.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Declarative management
- Cluster Profiles define the desired cluster stack and help keep clusters consistent across their lifecycle.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Declarative profiles
- Cluster Profiles define repeatable Kubernetes stacks, access rules and desired state for reuse across clusters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment choices
- Palette is available as multi-tenant SaaS, dedicated SaaS, or self-hosted, including air-gapped self-hosted deployments.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment models
- Palette is offered as multi-tenant SaaS, dedicated SaaS, self-hosted and air-gapped self-hosted deployments.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Existing clusters
- Palette can import existing Kubernetes clusters so they can be monitored and managed from Palette.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Full-stack management
- Teams can model operating system, Kubernetes, networking, storage and add-on services as one managed stack.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Governance
- Features include multi-cluster observability, RBAC, namespace access, quota controls, security tests and secure remote access.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosted availability
- Spectro Cloud states a 99.9% uptime service level for hosted Palette options; the SLA does not cover self-hosted instances.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Installation methods
- Self-hosted installation supports Palette CLI on VMware, Helm on Kubernetes, and a management appliance for VMware, bare metal and MAAS.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists integrations including Argo CD, Kubeflow, Redis, Istio, Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and Calico.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Kubernetes security
- Palette Kubernetes components are secured against CIS Kubernetes benchmarks with additional API server, scheduler, controller and kubelet rules.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application management
- Palette supports declarative application management with Helm and Kustomize plus GitOps and CI/CD workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Spectro Cloud as privately held, founded in 2019, headquartered in San Jose, California, with 201–500 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the company as Spectro Cloud, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2019checked 28 Sep 2026
- Funding and ownership
- Crunchbase lists Spectro Cloud as a private Series D company with seven funding rounds and investors including Goldman Sachs Alternatives and AMD Ventures.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Cost controls
- Palette provides utilization and Kubernetes cost visibility down to namespace and cluster level for public-cloud environments.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Crossplane integration
- The Crossplane provider installs Kubernetes CRDs so Palette resources can be provisioned through Kubernetes APIs.checked 15 Oct 2026
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