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GKE is free.

• llampx 7y ago
  GKE is the managed version of Kubernetes that Google Cloud offers. Definitely not free.
  • moondev 7y ago
    Free as in you pay for your worker nodes, but nothing additional for operating the platform itself. You do lose control over your control plane nodes and etcd however.
    • wodenokoto 7y ago
      Yes, it’s free as long as you pay for it.
      • jjeaff 7y ago
        No, there is no extra charge for gke. You pay for the nodes you use and you pay the same price whether you are using just cloud compute or whether you run those same cloud compute nodes in a gke.
        • tdxcbkifxx 7y ago
          Mhmm, it's free if you pay for the all other stuff.
          • nouney 7y ago
            Like everywhere else ...
    • jacques_chester 7y ago
      > Free as in you pay for your worker nodes, but nothing additional for operating the platform itself. If you go to the GCP pricing calculator[0] and add one n1-standard-1 VM to GCE, it costs $24.27/month. Add one n1-standard-1 VM to a GKE cluster and you pay $38.27/month. There is a literal line item saying "Kubernetes Engine Cost: USD 14.00". It's not free. It's just billed under the worker. [0] https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/ https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/
      • anderschen 7y ago
        If you choose the standard engine edition, there is no additional Kubernetes Engine Cost.
        • jacques_chester 7y ago
          I don't follow you. Edit: ah, I see my mistake. There's a dropdown that lists "Advanced", which apparently accounts for the $14 difference.