K3s Lightweight Kubernetes (Self-Hosted)

Explore this developer service’s ongoing no-cost allowance, restrictions and official documentation before deploying.

INCLUDED FREE ALLOWANCE

Apache-2.0 lightweight, production-ready Kubernetes distribution with bundled control plane, container runtime and cluster utilities; no software license fee or vendor-imposed usage quota.

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Plan details

What do these plan and deployment labels mean?

Plan: Ongoing free allowance
Deployment model: Self-hosted
Credit card: Not required
Commercial use: Allowed
Added to directory (UTC): 2026-11-02
Last checked: 2026-11-01

Important restrictions

Operate your own Linux nodes, network, persistent volumes, backups, security updates and monitoring; cloud VMs, storage and load balancers may be billed. K3s is a Kubernetes distribution, not a free managed cluster.

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