Sveltos

6.9easy start · #16 of 32
in GitOps Tools

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on self-hosted. Paid plans from $80/mo.

Sveltos is ranked #16 of 32 in GitOps tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on Self-hosted. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $80/mo.

Sveltos plans and pricing

All plans

Open Source Free per cluster · all Sveltos core features · GitHub issue management · public documentation · community Slack support website.projectsveltos.io · 30 Sept 2026

Enterprise Premium $960/yr per cluster / year priority technical support SLA-backed · priority Slack channel · zero-downtime security patches · priority bug fixes and feature requests · architectural guidance and best practices website.projectsveltos.io · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on GitOps tools

Free plan: Yes
Reconciliation scope: applications
Managed control plane: No
Multi-cluster management: Yes
Progressive delivery: Yes
Supported Git sources: GitHub
Supported deployment targets: EKS, AKS, GKE, on-premises Kubernetes, edge Kubernetes

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The record

Purpose: Sveltos is an open-source Kubernetes add-on controller for deploying and managing add-ons and applications across clusters from a central management plane.
Deployment formats: It supports Helm charts, raw YAML/JSON, Kustomize overlays, Carvel ytt, and Jsonnet.
GitOps: Sveltos extends GitOps workflows and integrates with Flux sources to distribute configurations across managed clusters.
Targeting and tenancy: Label selectors target clusters, while ClusterProfile and namespace-scoped Profile resources support fleet-wide and tenant-specific configuration.
Drift management: Sveltos monitors deployed resources for configuration drift and can report drift or reconcile resources to the desired state, depending on configuration.
Event automation: Its event framework uses Lua or CEL conditions to watch cluster events and trigger resource deployments or updates.
Progressive rollouts: ClusterPromotion supports staged rollouts of cluster configurations and add-ons, with enterprise rollout pipelines offering health checks between stages.
Restricted environments: Pull Mode lets a lightweight agent in a managed cluster initiate outbound polling, avoiding inbound firewall rules and supporting air-gapped or restricted environments.
Notifications: Sveltos can send notifications through Slack, Teams, Discord, Webex, Telegram, SMTP, or Kubernetes events.
AI management: The enterprise offering includes an MCP server for natural-language cluster management, troubleshooting, and diagnostics.
Installation: The FAQ says Sveltos can be installed on a management cluster with a Helm chart or a single YAML manifest.
Support: The free community offering includes GitHub issue management, public documentation, and community Slack support; Enterprise Premium lists priority SLA-backed technical support.
Scale: The official site says Sveltos was tested against 15,000 vclusters.
Price from: $80/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best GitOps Tools in 2026#16 of 32

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Sources

website.projectsveltos.io/faq/· checked 30 Sept 2026
projectsveltos.io/latest/· checked 30 Sept 2026
website.projectsveltos.io/pricing/· checked 30 Sept 2026
website.projectsveltos.io· checked 30 Sept 2026