Available worldwide
What is Helm?
Helm is the best way to find, share, and use software built for Kubernetes. Helm helps you manage Kubernetes applications through Charts that define, install, and upgrade even complex applications.
Helm pricing
We don't have Helm's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
What Helm does
The capabilities that matter for container orchestration tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Orchestration scope
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- Hosting
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- OCI / CRI compliant
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- CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant
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- Rootless operation
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- Daemonless architecture
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- Windows containers
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- ARM architecture support
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- GPU scheduling
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- Stateful workloads
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- Built-in networking / CNI
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- Vendor-managed control plane
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- CNCF maturity
- Graduated
- GUI dashboard
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Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Helm alternatives
Other container orchestration tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Google Kubernetes Enginelow · 31%
- KubernetesProduction-Grade Container Orchestrationlow · 16%
- DockerAccelerated Container Application Developmentlow · 38%
- BuildahA tool that facilitates building OCI container imageslow · 16%
- Red Hat OpenShiftlow · 28%
- k0sThe Simple, Solid & Certified Kubernetes Distributionlow · 20%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Helm, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 63 | 0.10 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 99 | 0.06 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 85 | 0.03 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 5 | 0.13 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.15 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 30,069 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"cncf_maturity":"graduated"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | {"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]} | highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |