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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service vs KubeSphere

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

ibm.com

KubeSphere

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FigureIBM Cloud Kubernetes ServiceKubeSphere
Price fromFree$65/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published18
Spec score · Container Orchestration Software6.6 (#24)8.9 (#1)

Plans

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

  • FreeFree

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KubeSphere

  • KubeSphere Backup FreeFree
  • KubeSphere Community EditionFree
  • 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
  • KubeSphere EnterprisePriced on request

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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

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KubeSphere

KubeSphere is a Kubernetes-based platform for managing cloud-native applications, with a plug-in architecture for third-party applications and open-source tools. Its Community Edition is an open-source container platform and costs nothing, with free-forever availability for a self-managed Kubernetes platform. The platform supports multi-tenancy and multi-cluster management, with monitoring, event and audit-log queries, tenant log collection, alerting and notifications. Delivery features include Jenkins-based CI/CD and automated Source-to-Image and Binary-to-Image workflows. KubeSphere supports online or offline installation, one-click upgrades and cluster scaling across infrastructure environments. Its REST API backend includes an API server and controller manager. Enterprise adds image security hardening, two-factor authentication, vulnerability fixes and permission controls at platform, cluster and application levels. Enterprise is available by on-demand subscription or private deployment, with extensions available by subscription; pricing is available from sales. Its lightweight architecture can run with 2 CPU cores and 4 GB of memory.

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