MicroK8s

MicroK8s is ranked #1 of 24 in container management software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $2.08/mo.

MicroK8s plans and pricing

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Ubuntu Pro Personal Free up to 5 machines ubuntu.com · 30 Sept 2026

MicroK8s Free no license fees canonical.com · 30 Sept 2026

Ubuntu Pro Workstation $25/yr per machine per year workstation subscription ubuntu.com · 30 Sept 2026

Ubuntu Pro with 24/7 Enterprise support — Workstation $300/yr full support per machine per year 24/7 full support ubuntu.com · 30 Sept 2026

Ubuntu Pro Server with unlimited VMs $500/yr per machine per year unlimited VMs ubuntu.com · 30 Sept 2026

Ubuntu Pro with 24/7 Enterprise support — Server $1,775/yr infra support per machine per year 24/7 infra support · unlimited VMs ubuntu.com · 30 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Deployment model: self-hosted

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MicroK8s

What it is: MicroK8s is a lightweight, low-ops Kubernetes distribution that scales from a single node to a high-availability production cluster.
Use cases: Canonical positions MicroK8s for developer workstations, production, public clouds, edge deployments, IoT and software-vendor embedded platforms.
High availability: Adding three or more MicroK8s nodes enables resilient Dqlite-backed high availability and automatic recovery after a node failure.
Security isolation: Strict confinement limits MicroK8s and container workloads to explicitly granted files, system resources and hardware.
Cluster automation: MicroK8s supports Cluster API for automated cluster creation and lifecycle management through YAML manifests, including rolling HA upgrades and in-place non-HA control-plane upgrades.
GPU support: The GPU addon uses the NVIDIA GPU Operator and supports NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU for AI, machine-learning and HPC workloads.
Addons: Canonical maintains officially supported core addons, while community addons provide additional services such as certificate management and DNS.
Integrations: Built-in examples include Prometheus, Jaeger, Istio, LinkerD, Knative, DNS, registry and dashboard services enabled through addons.
Security updates: MicroK8s applies security updates automatically by default, rolls back on failure and supports one-command Kubernetes upgrades.
Certification: Canonical describes MicroK8s as a minimal CNCF-certified distribution containing upstream Kubernetes services in a single contained package.
Support: Canonical advertises a 99.9% uptime SLA and up to 15 years of security maintenance through Ubuntu Pro coverage for MicroK8s and related infrastructure.
Minimum resources: The getting-started documentation says MicroK8s can run with as little as 540MB memory, while recommending at least 4GB memory and 20GB disk for workloads.
Windows requirements: The Windows installer documentation recommends Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise and requires at least 4GB available RAM and 40GB storage.
Free trial: Ubuntu Pro offers a 30-day enterprise and commercial trial, supports up to 50 attached machines during the trial and excludes support and Knowledge Base access.
Price from: $2.08/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Container Management Software in 2026#1 of 24
Best Container Orchestration Software in 2026#1 of 20

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canonical.com/microk8s/docs· checked 30 Sept 2026
canonical.com/microk8s· checked 30 Sept 2026
canonical.com/microk8s/features· checked 30 Sept 2026
canonical.com/microk8s/docs/addons· checked 30 Sept 2026
canonical.com/microk8s/docs/getting-started· checked 30 Sept 2026
canonical.com/microk8s/docs/install-windows· checked 30 Sept 2026
ubuntu.com/pro/free-trial· checked 30 Sept 2026
ubuntu.com/pricing/pro· checked 30 Sept 2026