kOps

kops.sigs.k8s.io · checked 8 Oct 2026

#10 · Kubernetes Management Platforms

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How it plugs in

—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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kOps creates, destroys, upgrades, and maintains production grade, highly available Kubernetes clusters and provisions the required cloud infrastructure.

Pricing

kOpsNo paid plans or price listed on the official pages reviewedFree

As kops.sigs.k8s.io lists them, checked 8 Oct 2026.

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Facts

Website: kops.sigs.k8s.io
Price: Free tier
Free trial: No
Architecture: kOps supports ARM64 architectures.
Cloud providers: AWS and Google Cloud are officially supported; DigitalOcean, Hetzner, and OpenStack are in beta, and Azure is in alpha.
Cluster provisioning: kOps automates provisioning of highly available Kubernetes clusters.
Configuration: It provides a YAML manifest based API, templating, and dry run modes for creating manifests.
Infrastructure output: kOps can generate Terraform.
Installation requirement: kubectl is required to install and use kOps.
License: The kubernetes/kops repository lists the Apache-2.0 license.
Networking: It offers popular CNI networking providers out of the box.
Security: IAM: The security documentation says all Pods running on a cluster have access to the underlying instance IAM role and that the permission scope is currently quite broad.
Security: SSH: SSH access to masters and nodes is allowed from any address by default, though no public key is installed by default; SSH sources can be restricted in cluster configuration or with a command option.
State management: Its state sync model supports dry runs and automatic idempotency.
Support: kOps maintainers hold public office hours for developers and users, and the project points users to Kubernetes Slack channels for help.

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