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Kubernetes Cluster Cost Calculator
Control plane fees + worker node costs + load balancers + storage. K8s is rarely free even managed.
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FAQ
Cheaper K8s? +
DigitalOcean and Linode skip control plane fees. Good for small clusters. Hetzner has self-managed K8s on cheap dedicated.
Worth K8s for small teams? +
Often no. Fly.io, Render, Railway, or even just docker-compose on a VPS handles small services with way less complexity.