Kamaji vs kMetal
Kamaji
kamaji.clastix.io
kMetal
kmetal.clastix.ioSide by side
| Figure | Kamaji | kMetal |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Kubernetes Management Platforms | 7.9 (#9) | 7.4 (#18) |
| Headquarters | Naples, Italy | Naples, Italy |
| Intended users | The product is described for platform engineering, managed services, and multi-tenant environments that need Kubernetes clusters at scale. | The product site says kMetal is built for enterprises, cloud providers, and AI factories. |
| Purpose | Kamaji runs Kubernetes control planes as pods in a management cluster to simplify operating multiple Kubernetes clusters. | kMetal provides a platform for deploying, managing, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters with production-grade reliability and efficiency. |
| Support | Clastix offers subscription-based enterprise support plans for Kamaji. | Clastix Care is included with every kMetal deployment and includes a private Slack channel and monthly office hours with Clastix engineers. |
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In their own words
Kamaji
Kamaji runs Kubernetes control planes as pods inside a management cluster, giving platform teams a way to operate multiple tenant clusters. Each tenant control plane is independent and separated from others. It uses upstream Kubernetes components and kubeadm, with CNCF-conformant tenant clusters. Worker nodes may run on bare metal, virtual machines, or cloud instances across cloud, data-center, edge, and bare-metal environments. Kamaji integrates with Cluster API for infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management, and supports cluster provisioning, multi-cluster management, policy enforcement, and upgrade management. Datastores include etcd and MySQL- or PostgreSQL-compatible databases through kine; NATS support is experimental. Konnectivity, enabled by default, creates secure tunnels to worker nodes. Prometheus-format metrics cover management and tenant planes. Metrics endpoints use unauthenticated plaintext by default, with documented HTTPS and bearer-token options. Kamaji is free under Apache 2.0; Clastix also sells enterprise support.