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Radar is ranked #18 of 40 in Kubernetes monitoring on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $149/mo.
Compared on Kubernetes monitoring
- Free plan
- Yesradarhq.io
- Paid from
- $149/moradarhq.io
- Kubernetes logs
- Noradarhq.io
- Distributed tracing
- Noradarhq.io
- Alerting channels
- Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Microsoft Teams, webhooksradarhq.io
- Managed Kubernetes support
- Yesradarhq.io
- Data retention
- 3 daysradarhq.io
Facts
- Product
- Radar is an open-source Kubernetes interface for people and AI agents, with topology, events, Helm, GitOps, image internals, and audits.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Radar runs as a single binary locally with a kubeconfig or in-cluster through Helm.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Desktop apps
- The desktop app is available for macOS, Linux, and Windows.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Topology
- The topology view displays Deployments, Services, and Ingresses as a live graph with traffic, TLS health, and cross-namespace dependencies.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- AI investigations
- Radar Cloud offers AI root-cause investigations with evidence, and its pricing page includes 100 investigations per month on Cloud Free.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Built-in integrations include Argo, Flux, Cilium, Istio, Karpenter, KEDA, Crossplane, cert-manager, OpenCost, Kubecost, Prometheus, Trivy, and Velero, with no plugins required.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Radar Cloud alerts can be sent to Slack or any webhook, with per-cluster routing.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The pricing page states SOC 2 Type 2 applies to every Cloud plan; SAML/OIDC SSO and SCIM 2.0 are included on Enterprise and Custom.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Radar OSS sends no cluster data out and makes one anonymous, blockable version check; the pricing page says Cloud streams viewed resources, events, and logs through its control plane without storing them.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Retention limits
- Cloud event timeline retention is 24 hours on Free, 3 days on Team, 30 days on Enterprise, and custom on Custom; audit log retention is 30 days on Team and one year on Enterprise.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Radar OSS support is through GitHub and Discord; Enterprise includes priority support, while Custom lists a dedicated CSM and phone support.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Radar describes itself as centralized Kubernetes visibility for platform engineering teams.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Radar is the open-source Kubernetes UI from the platform team at Skyhook.radarhq.io · 3 Oct 2026
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Sources
- radarhq.io· checked 3 Oct 2026
- radarhq.io/docs/install· checked 3 Oct 2026
- radarhq.io/pricing· checked 3 Oct 2026
- radarhq.io/docs/features/integrations· checked 3 Oct 2026
- radarhq.io/about· checked 3 Oct 2026



