Overview
Flexibility: Run workloads by the hour
With IBM Cloud®, you can plan for, estimate, review and modify your cluster environment to control costs. Just by using a managed service like IBM Cloud® Kubernetes Service, you’re saving many expenses associated with managing, updating and maintaining an infrastructure environment.
Pricing configurations for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Shared infrastructure configuration examples
Physical resources on shared hardware. Run your cluster with native subnet and VLAN networking on our classic infrastructure.
Free | Small | Medium | Large | |
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Promotion |
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vCPU |
—
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2
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16
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64
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Memory |
—
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4 GB
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128 GB
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512 GB
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Primary disk |
—
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25 GB SSD
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25 GB SSD
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25 GB SSD
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Secondary disk |
—
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100 GB SSD
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100 GB SSD
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100 GB SSD
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Network speed |
—
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1 Gbps
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1 Gbps
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1 Gbps
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Hourly pricing |
No charge
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USD 0.11
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USD 1.46
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USD 4.55
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Dedicated infrastructure configuration examples
Physical resources completely isolated. Run your cluster with native subnet and VLAN networking on our classic infrastructure.
Small | Medium | Large | |
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vCPU |
2
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16
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56
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Memory |
4 GB
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64 GB
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242 GB
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Primary disk |
25 GB SSD
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25 GB SSD
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25 GB SSD
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Secondary disk |
100 GB SSD
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100 GB SSD
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100 GB SSD
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Network speed |
1 Gbps
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1 Gbps
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1 Gbps
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Hourly pricing |
USD 0.34
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USD 1.35
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USD 3.37
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Bare metal infrastructure configuration examples
Worker node provisioned as a single-tenant physical bare metal server. Run your cluster with native subnet and VLAN networking on our classic infrastructure.
Small | Medium | Large | |
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vCPU |
4
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20
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32
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Memory |
32 GB
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384 GB
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384 GB
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Primary disk |
2 TB HDD
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2 TB HDD
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2 TB HHD
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Secondary disk |
2 TB HDD
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960 GB SSD
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1.9 TB SSD
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Network speed |
10 Gbps bonded
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10 Gbps bonded
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10 Gbps bonded
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SGX |
Enabled
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Not enabled
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Not enabled
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Monthly pricing |
USD 630.00
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USD 1,501.00
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USD 3,554.00
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VPC infrastructure configuration examples
Virtual Private Cloud gives you the security of a private cloud environment with the dynamic scalability of a public cloud, with the ability to deploy your cluster worker nodes as generation 2 compute virtual servers.
Small | Medium | Large | |
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vCPU |
2
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16
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32
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Memory |
4 GB
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128 GB
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128 GB
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Primary disk |
100 GB block
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100 GB block
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100 GB block
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Network speed |
1 Gbps
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1 Gbps
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1 Gbps
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Hourly pricing |
USD 0.11
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USD 1.46
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USD 1.79
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Get a personalized quote
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