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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) · $73/mo
Azure AKS Premium at $73/mo is competitively priced for a managed Kubernetes control plane with LTS support, but several alternatives offer lower entry costs or better value depending on workload size and region. However, Azure's hidden costs (Windows licensing, bandwidth tiers, storage penalties) are comparable to competitors, and the LTS surcharge is unconfirmed, making direct comparison difficult.
Flat $60/mo HA control plane is $13/mo cheaper than Azure Premium and includes multi-master redundancy without the LTS surcharge uncertainty.
Caveat: Worker nodes billed separately; bandwidth overages at $0.005-0.015/GB are lower than Azure but still apply; backup add-ons cost extra.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONOS | Managed Kubernetes · K8s RAM - per GB | $1.94/mo | Worker node RAM, control plane free | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Kubernetes · NVIDIA H100 GPU node | $3.39/mo | 80 GB GPU RAM, 240 GiB Droplet RAM, 20 vCPUs (billed hourly, shown as monthly-equivalent placeholder) | Visit |
| Kamatera | Managed Kubernetes · Worker node = Type A Cloud VM (min) | $4/mo |
Identical $73/mo cluster fee with transparent per-second billing and strong sustained-use discounts that can offset node costs over time.
Caveat: Network egress and storage tiers carry separate retrieval fees; custom machine types add 5% premium; easy to miss discount mechanisms.
Capped at $74.40/mo for enhanced control plane with financially-backed SLA and advanced features like virtual nodes and workload identity.
Caveat: Block Volume performance (VPU) billed separately; Archive Storage has 90-day minimum retention; worker nodes cost extra.
Per-cluster control plane at $75/mo with region-based pricing flexibility and no published platform SLA (risk/reward trade-off).
Caveat: Pricing not independently verified; stopped machines still charge for rootfs storage; cross-region networking can be expensive ($0.12/GB in some regions); no blanket SLA.
Before you switch
| No separate K8s pricing published. Worker nodes are billed at standard Cloud VM rates by CPU type; this row mirrors the Type A minimum (1 vCPU/1GB) as the cheapest possible worker node. No control-plane fee found -- likely bundled or unspecified. |
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| OVHcloud | Managed Rancher Service · OVHcloud Edition | $5.55/mo | Per vCPU/hour across all schedulable worker node vCPUs in downstream clusters. 20 vCPU minimum billed. | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) · HA Control Plane | $60/mo | Flat $60/mo add-on for a highly-available, multi-master control plane; worker nodes billed separately | Visit |
| Google Cloud | Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) · Cluster management fee | $73/mo | Flat fee per cluster regardless of mode/size/topology, billed per second | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) · Enhanced Cluster | $74.4/mo | $0.10/hour per cluster, capped at $74.40/month; financially-backed uptime SLA; advanced features (virtual nodes, workload identity). Worker nodes billed separately. | Visit |
| Fly.io | Fly Kubernetes (FKS) · FKS control plane | $75/mo | Per-cluster control plane fee. Node Machines and attached Volumes billed separately at standard Machines/Volumes rates. Single-source figure, not independently re-verified. | Visit |
| Scaleway | Kubernetes Kapsule · Dedicated Control Plane 4GB | $80/mo | Dedicated control plane, 4 GB RAM | Visit |
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