Comparison

Headlamp vs K9s

No leader: the top candidate Headlamp has only 0.21 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Headlamp59
K9s52
Score
Vioscale score
Headlamp59 / 100low · 21%updating
K9s52 / 100low · 21%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Headlamp
K9s
Model
Price level
Headlampfree
K9sfree
Transparent
Headlamp
K9s
Adoption
Dependent repos
Headlamp0
K9s4
Github stars
Headlamp7,152
Activity
Commits last 30d
Headlamp100
K9s30
Release
Cadence days
Headlamp5
K9s5
History
Headlamp20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
HeadlampTypeScript
K9sGo

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for kubernetes management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Headlamp-
K9s-
Eks gke aks lifecycle
Headlamp-
K9s-
Bare metal vsphere provisioning
Headlamp-
K9s-
Centralized SSO RBAC
Headlamp-
K9s-
Multi cluster config sync
Headlamp-
K9s-
Bundled observability stack
Headlamp-
K9s-
Bundled service mesh
Headlamp-
K9s-
Edge iot scale capable
Headlamp-
K9s-
Cost management module
Headlamp-
K9s-
CLI shell access
Headlamp-
K9s-
SOC2 type ii
Headlamp-
K9s-
ISO 27001
Headlamp-
K9s-
Pricing model
Headlamp-
K9s-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Headlamp

A Kubernetes management dashboard combining core resource viewing and administration features with extensibility for customization.

Independently observed

K9s

Helps users view and manage Kubernetes clusters through a command-line interface, with real-time resource tracking and interactive management capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Headlamp

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, free to use

as of verify ↗

K9s

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Headlamp
K9s
macOS
Headlamp
K9s
Windows
Headlamp
K9s
Linux
Headlamp
K9s
CLI
Headlamp
K9s
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Headlamp
K9s
Self-hosted
Headlamp
K9s

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.