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List of Free Trials of Managed Kubernetes Services

Free Kubernetes

List of free Trials/Credit for Managed Kubernetes Services

• Google Cloud Platform (GKE)
  • Description: $300 credit which can be used for a 3 month period from the account creation. There is no restriction on the resources and the number of nodes for creating a cluster.
  • Extras: you can add Istio and Try Cloud Run (Knative)
  • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
  • Link: https://cloud.google.com/free/
• Microsoft Azure (AKS)
  • Description: $200 credit which can be used for a 30 days period from the account creation. However, the Azure Kubernetes Service is free for AI and ML workloads which falls into the always free resource list.
  • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
  • Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
• IBM Cloud
  • Description: Single worker node Kubernetes cluster along with container registry like other cloud providers. This is more than enough for a beginner to try the concepts of Kubernetes. Free cluster expires after 30 days.
  • Link: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/
• Linode (LKE)
  • Description: LKE $100 credit for a 2 month period from the account creation to use Linode infrastructure and services.
  • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
  • Link: https://www.linode.com/lp/brand-free-credit
• Alibaba Cloud
  • Description: $300 credit which can be used for a 12 month period from the account creation. They also provide Kubernetes in the always free resource list.
  • Link: https://www.alibabacloud.com/
• Redhat OpenShift
  • Description: Single node PaaS over Kubernetes.It can be used for a trial period of 60 days in your RedHat account
  • Link: https://www.openshift.com/try
• CodeFresh
  • Description: Leverages the Google Cloud Platform, provides $500 credit for trying out Kubernetes.
  • Link: https://codefresh.io/google-cloud/
• Civo Cloud
  • Description: $250 credit for a month period from the account creation to use Civo kubernetes and services.
  • Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out.
  • Link: https://www.civo.com/signup
• Okteto Cloud
  • Description: Managed Kubernetes service designed for developers. Free developer accounts come with 8GB of RAM, 4 CPUs and 5GB Disk space. The apps sleep after 24 hours of inactivity. You have access to a single namespace.
  • Details: https://okteto.com/docs/cloud
  • Requirements: a Github account is required for signing up.
  • Link: https://cloud.okteto.com/
• Huawei Cloud
  • Description: Register and get 1500 hours of free trial. Up to 10Gb available to download and store docker container images (Always free)
  • Details: https://activity.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/free_packages/
  • Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up
  • Link: https://reg.huaweicloud.com/registerui/register.html/
• DigitalOcean
  • Description: DigitalOcean provides 100$ trial credit for first 60days. This require a referral from existing users or use the below URL which is the official referral URL.
  • Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up
  • Link: https://m.do.co/c/8cce85e94a19
• Kubernautic
  • Description: Rancher Shared or Dedicated as a Service to manage and run kubernetes either On-Prem or as a Cloudless service.
  • Pricing: Forever Free/Free Trial/Paid Tier Available. Forever free plan includes a single user, shared rancher dashboard, spot namespaces, 1CPU, 1Gi Mem. While the Free trial plan includes 2 user, shared rancher dashboard, stateful namespaces, 2CPU, 2Gi Mem, 10GB storage.
  • Link: https://kubernautic.com/
• Freebernetes Cloud Platform (FCP)
  • Description: Short-lived Kubernetes cluster for educational purposes. Works on a crowdfunding model, so other limits may change over time. Initial restrictions: 6h TTL, 2CPU, 4Gi Mem, 10Gi PV, external IPv6 for control plane/workers ( jump container for IPv4-only users with kubectl/helm tools)
  • Requirements: A valid email is required.
  • Link: https://try-fcp.org/
• KraudCloud
  • Description: Free kubernetes clusters with 32GB RAM during its 6 month beta phase.
  • Requirements: A Github account is required for signing up and getting an invite.
  • Link: https://kraudcloud.com/

Others

• AWS Free Credit for Open Source Projects

Sources

• https://medium.com/techprimers/free-tiers-in-different-cloud-platforms-for-trying-out-kubernetes-2ccda3f296dc
• The Internet

Maintainers

• Salaboy
• LearnK8s

Contributors

• TheYkk
• pchico83
• devInTheNorth
• ngoduykhanh
• saiyam1814
• soorajshankar
• milindchawre
• varsubham
• aep
• HelixSpiral

Issues, more resources?

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