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https://github.com/learnk8s/free-kubernetes

List of Free Trials of Managed Kubernetes Services
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# Free Kubernetes

List of free Trials/Credit for Managed Kubernetes Services



- **Google Cloud Platform (GKE)**

  - Description: $300 credit which can be used for a 3 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/](https://cloud.google.com/free/)

- **Microsoft Azure (AKS)**

  - Description: $200 credit which can be used for a 30 days 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.

  - Requirements: a Credit Card is required for signing up, but you will not be charged if your credit runs out. 

  - Link: [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/](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. Free cluster expires after 30 days.

  - Link: [https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/free/)

- **Linode (LKE)**

  - Description: LKE $100 credit for a 2 month period from the account creation to use 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](https://www.linode.com/lp/brand-free-credit/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=11178784744_109179228203&utm_term=g_kwd-382938117749_e_linode%20free%20credit&utm_content=466889770057&locationid=9072502&device=c_c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIseSc88iR7AIVT83tCh3LLAoCEAAYAiAAEgLc5_D_BwE)

- **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/](https://account.alibabacloud.com/register/intl_register.htm?spm=a3c0i.272861.3156523820.52.273f24af6J56ph&oauth_callback=https%3A%2F%2Feu.alibabacloud.com%2F&)

- **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](https://www.openshift.com/try)

- **CodeFresh**

  - Description: Leverages the Google Cloud Platform, provides $500 credit for trying out Kubernetes.

  - Link: [https://codefresh.io/google-cloud/](https://codefresh.io/google-cloud/)

- **Civo Cloud**

  - Description: $250 credit for a month period from the account creation to use Civo kubernetes 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.civo.com/signup](https://www.civo.com/signup)

- **Huawei Cloud**

   - Description:  Register and get 1500 hours of free trial. Up to 10Gb available to download and store docker container images (Always free)

   - Details: [https://activity.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/free_packages/](https://activity.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/free_packages/)

   - Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up

   - Link: [https://reg.huaweicloud.com/registerui/register.html/](https://reg.huaweicloud.com/registerui/register.html)

- **DigitalOcean**

  - Description: DigitalOcean provides 100$ trial credit for first 60days. This require a referral from existing users or use the below URL which is the official referral URL.

  - Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up

  - Link: [https://m.do.co/c/8cce85e94a19](https://m.do.co/c/8cce85e94a19)

- **Kubernautic**

  - Description: Rancher Shared or Dedicated as a Service to manage and run kubernetes either On-Prem or as a Cloudless service.

  - Pricing: [Forever Free/Free Trial/Paid Tier Available](https://kubernauts.de/en/pricing/). Forever free plan includes a single user, shared rancher dashboard, spot namespaces, 1CPU, 1Gi Mem. While the Free trial plan includes 2 user, shared rancher dashboard, stateful namespaces, 2CPU, 2Gi Mem, 10GB storage.

  - Link: [https://kubernautic.com/](https://kubernautic.com/)

- **Freebernetes Cloud Platform (FCP)**

  - Description: Short-lived Kubernetes cluster for educational purposes. Works on a crowdfunding model, so other limits may change over time. Initial restrictions: 6h TTL, 2CPU, 4Gi Mem, 10Gi PV, external IPv6 for control plane/workers ( jump container for IPv4-only users with `kubectl`/`helm` tools)

  - Requirements: A valid email is required.

  - Link: [https://try-fcp.org/](https://try-fcp.org/)

- **KraudCloud**

  - Description: Free kubernetes clusters with 32GB RAM during its 6 month beta phase.

  - Requirements: A Github account is required for signing up and getting an invite.

  - Link: [https://kraudcloud.com/](https://kraudcloud.com/)

- **Symbiosis**

  - Description: $50 credit for a month starting when creating the first cluster.

  - Requirements: A Credit Card is required for signing up.

  - Link: [https://symbiosis.host/](https://symbiosis.host/)

# Others

- [AWS Free Credit for Open Source Projects](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-promotional-credits-open-source-projects/)



# Sources

- https://medium.com/techprimers/free-tiers-in-different-cloud-platforms-for-trying-out-kubernetes-2ccda3f296dc

- The Internet



# Maintainers

- [Salaboy](http://twitter.com/salaboy)

- [LearnK8s](http://twitter.com/learnk8s)



# Contributors

- [TheYkk](https://github.com/TheYkk)

- [pchico83](http://github.com/pchico83)

- [devInTheNorth](http://github.com/devInTheNorth)

- [ngoduykhanh](https://github.com/ngoduykhanh)

- [saiyam1814](https://github.com/saiyam1814)

- [soorajshankar](https://github.com/soorajshankar)

- [milindchawre](https://github.com/milindchawre)

- [varsubham](https://github.com/varsubham)

- [aep](https://github.com/aep)

- [HelixSpiral](https://github.com/HelixSpiral)

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