k0s
The Simple, Solid & Certified Kubernetes Distribution
- Also known as
- k0s
What is k0s?
k0s is a CNCF-certified, 100% open source & free Kubernetes distribution that runs on any infrastructure: bare-metal, on-premises, edge, IoT, public & private clouds.
k0s pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
100% open source & free
k0s
Free100% open source & free for personal or commercial use
What k0s 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
- Kubernetes
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- OCI / CRI compliant
- -
- CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant
- ✓
- Rootless operation
- -
- Daemonless architecture
- -
- Windows containers
- -
- ARM architecture support
- ✓
- GPU scheduling
- -
- Stateful workloads
- -
- Built-in networking / CNI
- ✓
- Vendor-managed control plane
- -
- CNCF maturity
- Sandbox
- GUI dashboard
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Kube-Router
- Calico
k0s alternatives
Other container orchestration tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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 k0s, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing Transparency | 80 | 12.00 | 960.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 8.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 12.00 | 693.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 16.00 | 219.5 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 30.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 22.00 | 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.