Freedom Plan FAQ
The Platform9 Managed Kubernetes Freedom Plan is our free-forever plan that provides access to many of the core features of PMK. PMK enables you to deploy, upgrade and manage your Kubernetes clusters from one central location. The Freedom Plan supports up to 2 Clusters with a maximum of 10 nodes each (tip! 3 Masters + 7 Workers is a perfect combination) on Bare Metal, AWS, or Azure.
We built the Freedom Plan to enable developers, DevOps, ITOps, really anyone, to experience burden free Kubernetes infrastructure.
To get started, choose your infrastructure and follow the guide.
How is the Freedom Plan Different from PMK Paid Plans?
PMK Paid Plans are our fully managed Kubernetes offerings that have no cluster limits, an available SLA and access to our Kubernetes certified support team. Our support team will proactively maintain your environments and are on-call to fix your Kubernetes infrastructure issues when you need them.
The Freedom Plan enables you to experience many of the PMK features with support provided by our community of users. You can ask questions on the Platform9 Community, reach out on Slack or email Platform9 Free Tier Questions
Below is a comparison of PMK Paid Plans and Freedom Plan capabilities.
| Deployment | PMK Freedom Plan | PMK Paid Plans |
|---|---|---|
| API (CI/CD & Automation) | Yes | Yes |
| Fully Automated K8s Install | Yes | Yes |
| Autoscaling | Yes | Yes |
| Scale BareOS (VM's/Bare Metal) | Yes | Yes |
| Load Balancers | Yes | Yes |
| CNI Support | Yes | Yes |
| Clusters | ||
| Total Number of Clusters | 2 | Unlimited* |
| Master Nodes per Cluster | 1, 3 or 5 | Unlimited* |
| Worker Nodes per Cluster | 1 to 9 | Unlimited* |
| Supported Clouds | ||
| BareOS | Ubuntu & CentOS | Ubuntu & CentOS |
| AWS | Yes | Yes |
| Azure | Yes | Yes |
| Platform9 Managed Observability | ||
| Per Cluster Monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Self-Service Alerting | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| Rule Customization | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| Platform9 Support | ||
| Access to Platform9 Support | Not Available | Available |
| Platform9 SLA | No | Yes |
| Platform9 Upgrades | ||
| PMK Upgrades | Yes | Yes |
| Kubernetes Upgrades | Yes | Yes |
| Integration with Platform9 Managed Bare Metal# | ||
| Integrated | No | Yes |
| BareMetal Cloud | No | Yes |
Usage of Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) is subject to licensing restrictions. Usage limits are set by the defined licensed quantity purchased. Platform9 Managed Bare Metal is not included within the PMK license and must be purchased separately. Terms and conditions apply.