Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service pricing
6 plans read from aws.amazon.com
Standard Kubernetes version support$0.10 a month $0.10 per cluster per hourPer cluster; standard support lasts 14 months after a Kubernetes version is released Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Extended Kubernetes version support$0.60 a month $0.60 per cluster per hourPer cluster; applies for the 12 months after standard support ends Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned Control Plane XL$1.65 a month $1.65 per cluster per hour, in addition to standard cluster pricingXL scaling tier Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned Control Plane 2XL$3.40 a month $3.40 per cluster per hour, in addition to standard cluster pricing2XL scaling tier Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned Control Plane 4XL$6.90 a month $6.90 per cluster per hour, in addition to standard cluster pricing4XL scaling tier Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned Control Plane 8XL$13.90 a month $13.90 per cluster per hour, in addition to standard cluster pricing8XL scaling tier Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service lists no free plan.
- Paid plans published: 6, from $0.10 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Kubernetes Engine | $0.10/mo | Yes | Yes |
| KubeSphere | $65/mo | Yes | Yes |
| HashiCorp Nomad | — | Yes | Yes |
| Docker Swarm | $9/mo | Yes | No |
| MicroK8s | $2.08/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Kubernetes | — | Yes | No |
| Mirantis Kubernetes Engine | — | No | Yes |
| Palette | — | No | Yes |