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> 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
by 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 agoIf you choose the standard engine edition, there is no additional Kubernetes Engine Cost.
- jacques_chester 7y agoI don't follow you. Edit: ah, I see my mistake. There's a dropdown that lists "Advanced", which apparently accounts for the $14 difference.