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| -title: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Free and Standard pricing tiers for control plane management |
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| -description: Learn about the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Free and Standard pricing tiers for control plane management |
| 2 | +title: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Free and Standard pricing tiers for cluster management |
| 3 | +description: Learn about the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Free and Standard pricing tiers for cluster management |
4 | 4 | services: container-service
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5 | 5 | ms.topic: conceptual
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6 | 6 | ms.date: 01/20/2023
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7 | 7 | ms.custom: references_regions, devx-track-azurecli
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| -# Free and Standard pricing tiers for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) control plane management |
| 10 | +# Free and Standard pricing tiers for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster management |
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| -Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now offering two pricing tiers for control plane management: the **Free tier** and the **Standard tier**. |
| 12 | +Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now offering two pricing tiers for cluster management: the **Free tier** and the **Standard tier**. |
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14 | 14 | | |Free tier|Standard tier|
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16 | 16 | |**When to use**|• You want to experiment with AKS at no extra cost <br> • You're new to AKS and Kubernetes|• You're running production or mission-critical workloads and need high availability and reliability <br> • You need a financially backed SLA|
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17 | 17 | |**Supported cluster types**|• Development clusters or small scale testing environments <br> • Clusters with fewer than 10 nodes|• Enterprise-grade or production workloads <br> • Clusters with up to 5,000 nodes|
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18 | 18 | |**Pricing**|• Free cluster management <br> • Pay-as-you-go for resources you consume|• Pay-as-you-go for resources you consume|
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| -|**Feature comparison**|• Recommended for clusters with fewer than 10 nodes, but can support up to 1,000 nodes <br> • Includes all current AKS features|• Uptime SLA is enabled by default <br> • Greater control plane reliability and resources <br> • Can support up to 5,000 nodes in a cluster <br> • Includes all current AKS features |
| 19 | +|**Feature comparison**|• Recommended for clusters with fewer than 10 nodes, but can support up to 1,000 nodes <br> • Includes all current AKS features|• Uptime SLA is enabled by default <br> • Greater cluster reliability and resources <br> • Can support up to 5,000 nodes in a cluster <br> • Includes all current AKS features |
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21 | 21 | For more information on pricing, see the [AKS pricing details](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/).
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