k0s Open-Source Kubernetes Distribution

Explore this developer service’s free allowance, critical restrictions and official documentation before deploying.

INCLUDED FREE ALLOWANCE

Free Apache-2.0 CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution with single-node or multi-node clusters, containerd runtime, networking and workload orchestration on your own servers; no vendor software node or workload quota.

Plan details

Plan: Ongoing free allowance
Deployment model: Self-hosted
Credit card: Not required
Commercial use: Allowed
Added to directory (UTC): 2026-10-29
Last checked: 2026-10-29

Important restrictions

You supply and operate compute, disks, cluster networking, TLS, upgrades, backups and monitoring. Public-cloud instances, load balancers, storage and commercial support are billed separately; this is not a free managed Kubernetes hosting plan. Follow Apache-2.0 notice obligations.

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