List of free Trials/Credit for Managed Kubernetes Services
- Google Cloud Platform (GKE)
- Description: $300 credit which can be used for a 12 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 12 month 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.
- 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
- Link: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/
- Linode (LKE)
- Description: LKE $100 credit for using 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
- Katacoda
- Description: The most used platform for playing with Kubernetes. Different flavours of kubernetes clusters to choose, including a minikube version.
- Link: https://www.katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes
- Tryk8s
- Description: Playground for trying Kubernetes for free.
- Link: https://tryk8s.com/
- CodeFresh
- Description: Leverages the Google Cloud Platform, provides $500 credit for trying out Kubernetes.
- Link: https://codefresh.io/google-cloud/
- KubeSail
- Description: Signup using Github and get a free kubernetes cluster for learning kubernetes
- Link: https://kubesail.com/deployments
- Civo Cloud
- Description: Monthly $70 discount for managed k3s cluster
- Details: https://www.civo.com/learn/kubernetes-faq
- Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your consumption is less than $70
- Link: https://www.civo.com/kube100
- 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.
- Details: https://okteto.com/docs/cloud
- Requirements: a Github account is required for signing up.
- Link: https://cloud.okteto.com/
- https://medium.com/techprimers/free-tiers-in-different-cloud-platforms-for-trying-out-kubernetes-2ccda3f296dc
- The Internet
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