Kubeshark

Kubeshark is ranked #6 of 29 in eBPF observability tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $30/mo.

Kubeshark plans and pricing

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Community Free Up to 3 nodes or 60 pods · Requires internet connectivity · Unlimited API call capacity · Community support kubeshark.com · 1 Oct 2026

Pro $30/mo per month; starting at Unlimited nodes and pods · Limited API call capacity · Requires internet connectivity · Community support kubeshark.com · 1 Oct 2026

Micro $30/mo per month 6 nodes / 120 pods · Unlimited capacity · Unlimited API calls · Unlimited clusters · For dev/test clusters kubeshark.com · 1 Oct 2026

Dynamic $190/mo per month Unlimited nodes and pods · Limited capacity · Unlimited clusters · 100K daily API calls · $50 per extra 100K calls kubeshark.com · 1 Oct 2026

Small $360/mo per month 20 nodes / 400 pods · Unlimited capacity · Unlimited API calls · Unlimited clusters · For small production clusters kubeshark.com · 1 Oct 2026

Enterprise Not published per pod / month Unlimited cluster size · Unlimited consumption · Air-gapped clusters · Unlimited API call capacity · Dedicated support kubeshark.com · 1 Oct 2026

Compared on eBPF observability tools

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $30/mo
Deployment model: self-hosted
Kubernetes support: Yes
Network visibility: Yes
Supported operating systems: Linux, macOS, Windows

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Kubeshark

network observability: Kubeshark indexes cluster-wide Kubernetes network traffic at the kernel level using eBPF and makes it queryable with Kubernetes, API, and network semantics.
AI integration: Kubeshark exposes cluster-wide network data through MCP for AI assistants including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other MCP-compatible clients.
TLS decryption: Kubeshark decrypts TLS and service-mesh mTLS traffic with eBPF without keys, certificates, sidecars, or application changes.
PCAP snapshots: Kubeshark captures retrospective cluster-wide traffic snapshots that can be filtered by time, nodes, workloads, and IPs and exported as PCAP files.
protocols: Kubeshark supports more than 23 protocols, including HTTP, HTTP/2, WebSocket, GraphQL, Kafka, AMQP, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, gRPC, DNS, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SCTP, LDAP, RADIUS, DIAMETER, and TLS.
query language: Kubeshark provides KFL, a query language combining Kubernetes identity, API context, and network attributes for traffic filtering.
service map: Kubeshark provides an identity-aware service map and performance KPIs for pods, services, nodes, and namespaces.
security features: Kubeshark's documented security capabilities include sensitive-data redaction, authorization rules, encrypted browser communication, ingress TLS, and SAML authentication for self-hosted deployments.
compliance: Kubeshark's About page displays a SOC 2 compliance confirmation.
deployment: Kubeshark can be deployed with Helm in Kubernetes and supports self-hosted air-gapped operation on the Enterprise tier.
cloud storage: Kubeshark supports storing traffic snapshots in Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage for long-term retention and cross-cluster sharing.
support: Kubeshark usually provides support through a dedicated Slack channel, while Enterprise includes dedicated Slack support, on-demand Zoom calls, and premium onboarding.
target users: Kubeshark positions itself for SREs, network engineers, AI assistants, and agents to accelerate root-cause analysis, incident response, and network reliability.
Price from: $30/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best eBPF Observability Tools in 2026#6 of 29

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Sources

docs.kubeshark.com· checked 1 Oct 2026
github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark· checked 1 Oct 2026
kubeshark.com/post/kubeshark-live-demo-walkthrough· checked 1 Oct 2026
kubeshark.com/about· checked 1 Oct 2026
kubeshark.com/support· checked 1 Oct 2026
kubeshark.com/pricing· checked 1 Oct 2026