# Kubernetes

### How Kubernetes pricing works

Kubernetes cluster pricing is based on the underlying required and optional Kubernetes-related resources.

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Starting at CHF 0.042/hr or CHF 30/mo
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### Required resources

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A cluster requires at least three (3) of the following worker node flavors to operate.

| Flavor²      | vCPUs |   RAM | Hourly price° | Monthly price°¹ |
| ------------ | ----: | ----: | ------------: | --------------: |
| k1.1x2       |     1 |  2 GB |    CHF 0.0090 |           CHF 7 |
| k1.2x2       |     2 |  2 GB |    CHF 0.0110 |           CHF 8 |
| k1.2x4       |     2 |  4 GB |    CHF 0.0150 |          CHF 11 |
| k1.2x8       |     2 |  8 GB |    CHF 0.0230 |          CHF 17 |
| k1.4x8       |     4 |  8 GB |    CHF 0.0270 |          CHF 20 |
| k1.4x16      |     4 | 16 GB |    CHF 0.0430 |          CHF 31 |
| k1.4x32      |     4 | 32 GB |    CHF 0.0750 |          CHF 55 |
| k1.8x32      |     8 | 32 GB |    CHF 0.0830 |          CHF 61 |
| k1.8x64      |     8 | 64 GB |    CHF 0.1470 |         CHF 107 |
| k1.8x96      |     8 | 96 GB |    CHF 0.2110 |         CHF 154 |
| k1.16x96     |    16 | 96 GB |    CHF 0.2270 |         CHF 166 |
| {% endtab %} |       |       |               |                 |

{% tab title="Control plane" %}
The following fee for the control plane (master node) per cluster applies irrespective of the cluster size.

| Flavor²       | vCPUs |  RAM | Hourly price° | Monthly price°¹ |
| ------------- | ----: | ---: | ------------: | --------------: |
| k1.2x4        |     2 | 4 GB |    CHF 0.0150 |          CHF 11 |
| {% endtab %}  |       |      |               |                 |
| {% endtabs %} |       |      |               |                 |

### Optional resources

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[Volumes & Snapshots](/platform/pricing/volumes-and-snapshots.md)
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[Load Balancers](/platform/pricing/load-balancers.md)
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### Included

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**Elastic IP Address.** Each Kubernetes node comes with a free elastic public IPv4 address.
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**20 TB Outbound Traffic.** Per organization-account 20 TB of outbound traffic per month is included. Inbound and internal traffic is always free.
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**Basic Support** according to the best-effort principle.
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° Prices are in CHF (Swiss franc) and don't include VAT. 1 CHF is usually [equal](https://www.google.com/search?q=1+CHF+in+USD\&cad=h) to 1 USD.\
¹ Monthly price estimates are based on 730 hours of usage.\
² All Kubernetes flavors are deployed with a 60 GB root volume by default.


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