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Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) · $74.4/mo
Oracle's Enhanced OKE at $74.40/mo is competitively priced against similar managed Kubernetes control-plane fees, but several alternatives offer comparable or better value depending on your worker-node footprint and egress patterns. Azure AKS Standard ($73/mo) and Google GKE ($73/mo) undercut OKE slightly, while Linode LKE HA ($60/mo) is cheaper if you don't need Oracle's advanced features—though all require separate worker-node costs that will dominate your total bill.
Saves $1.40/mo on control-plane fee alone, with 99.95% SLA and up to 5,000 nodes per cluster for production scale.
Caveat: Windows VM licensing and Premium SSD/Ultra Disk IOPS are billed separately; Cool/Cold/Archive storage tiers impose 90-180 day minimums and early-deletion penalties.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| 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 |
Matches Azure's $73/mo control-plane fee with 99.99% SLA and sustained-use discounts that can lower node costs over time.
Caveat: Egress to internet is billed per-GB after 200 GiB/month free tier; custom machine types carry a 5% premium; easy to miss discount mechanisms when comparing.
Saves $14.40/mo on control-plane fee; 99.99% SLA and simpler per-instance billing for worker nodes without VPU or performance-tier surprises.
Caveat: Outbound bandwidth overages are $0.005-0.015/GB depending on service; Backups and HA databases are separate add-ons that can add up quickly.
Dramatically lower sticker price ($5.55/mo) if you have a small cluster, though the 20 vCPU minimum and per-vCPU billing model may not align with your workload.
Caveat: 20 vCPU minimum means you'll pay at least $111/mo for a minimal cluster; APAC egress loses free status after mid-2026; Windows licensing adds $0.039/vCore/hour.
Only $1/mo more than OKE with per-region pricing flexibility and no separate VPU charges, though region selection significantly affects total cost.
Caveat: No published platform SLA; stopped machines still incur storage charges; cross-region networking can cost up to $0.12/GB; extra RAM and snapshots billed separately.
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 |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) · Standard tier | $73/mo | SLA-backed control plane: 99.95% with availability zones, 99.9% without. Up to 5,000 nodes/cluster, API server autoscaling. Recommended for all production workloads. | 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 |
| 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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