Kube Inspector vs MicroShift
| Kube Inspector | MicroShift | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows | Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Supported operating systems | Windows 10/11, macOS 11+ on Apple Silicon, Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora/RHEL-compatible Linux | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 |
| Graphical interface | Yes | No |
| Kubernetes version control | Anything supported by the bundled client-go; in practice, currently supported Kubernetes releases | Version is tied to the MicroShift release; MicroShift 4.22 is derived from OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 |
| Multi-node clusters | — | No |
| Container runtime options | — | CRI-O |
| Local registry support | — | Yes |
| Add-on catalog | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Local Kubernetes Tools. On Inferse, Kube Inspector scores higher on our published basis.