Managed Kubernetes pricing comparisons

Pick a head-to-head to see two managed Kubernetes providers side by side — control-plane fee, worker-node cost, free tier, load balancer, egress and a sample monthly total for a small cluster. Popular matchups include EKS vs GKE, EKS vs AKS, GKE vs AKS and DigitalOcean vs Linode.

Data as of June 2026.

Amazon EKS vs Google GKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Amazon EKS vs Azure AKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Google GKE vs Azure AKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Amazon EKS vs DigitalOcean DOKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

DigitalOcean DOKS vs Akamai LKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Google GKE vs DigitalOcean DOKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Azure AKS vs DigitalOcean DOKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

DigitalOcean DOKS vs Vultr VKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Akamai LKE vs Vultr VKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Civo Kubernetes vs DigitalOcean DOKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Amazon EKS vs Oracle OKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Scaleway Kapsule vs OVHcloud MKS

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Google GKE vs Akamai LKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

Civo Kubernetes vs Vultr VKE

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

DigitalOcean DOKS vs Hetzner (self-managed)

Control-plane fee, node cost and a sample monthly total.

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Last updated: 2026-06-20