Radar

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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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