KubeSphere
8.1#1 in container orchestration softwareFrom $65 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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MicroK8s
6.9#5 in container orchestration softwareFrom $25 a yearFree planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
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| Fact | KubeSphere | MicroK8s |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Beijing, China | London, United Kingdom |
| Integrations | Official materials identify integrations or ecosystem collaboration with Jenkins, Grafana, Loki, Higress, KubeKey, OpenELB, KubeEye, Fluent Operator, and OpenFunction. | Built-in examples include Prometheus, Jaeger, Istio, LinkerD, Knative, DNS, registry and dashboard services enabled through addons. |
| Minimum resources | The Enterprise page says its lightweight architecture can run with 2 CPU cores and 4 GB of memory. | The getting-started documentation says MicroK8s can run with as little as 540MB memory, while recommending at least 4GB memory and 20GB disk for workloads. |
KubeSphere plans
- KubeSphere Backup FreeFree
- KubeSphere Community EditionFree
- KubeSphere Backup Basic$65 a month
- KubeSphere Backup Standard$200 a month
- KubeSphere Backup Enterprise$340 a month
- KubeSphere Backup ExclusivePriced on request
MicroK8s plans
- Ubuntu Pro PersonalFree
- MicroK8sFree
- Ubuntu Pro Workstation$25 a year
- Ubuntu Pro with 24/7 Enterprise support — Workstation$300 a year
- Ubuntu Pro Server with unlimited VMs$500 a year
- Ubuntu Pro with 24/7 Enterprise support — Server$1,775 a year
Pick KubeSphere if…
KubeSphere suits infrastructure, development, and operations teams deploying applications on Kubernetes. Enterprise options may suit organizations that need multi-tenant permissions and professional technical support.
Pick MicroK8s if…
It suits developers and teams running Kubernetes on workstations, in production, in public clouds or at the edge. IoT projects and software vendors embedding platforms are also among its stated use cases.