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title: "Managed Containers (K8s) | Optidata Cloud"
description: "Managed Kubernetes on Optidata Cloud. We run the control plane, upgrades, and node pools so your team ships containers. Create clusters in the console, or run them inside Private Cloud."
url: "https://www.optidata.com/products/kubernetes"
lang: "en"
updated_at: "2026-10-06"
---

# Managed Containers (K8s)

> Optidata Managed Containers (K8s) creates Kubernetes clusters from the console in Miami (US1). Cluster management costs $20.00/month per cluster, a high-availability control plane adds $40.00/month, and worker nodes are billed as Cloud Compute instances. Prices as of Oct 6, 2026, Miami (US1), USD.

**You ship containers. We run the control plane.** Managed clusters on the same platform as Cloud Compute, VPC, Block Storage, and GPU. Node pools that scale, upgrades during a maintenance window, and no egress bill on traffic between your services. Available in the console and inside Private Cloud.

## What you get

- **Managed control plane:** Optidata operates the API server, etcd, and the scheduler. Your team receives a kubeconfig and works through the standard Kubernetes API, with no control plane to maintain.
- **Node pools that scale on demand:** Workers are grouped into pools by machine shape, each with a minimum and a maximum. A pool grows when demand rises and returns to its floor once the peak is over.
- **High availability option:** Clusters that cannot tolerate a single point of failure can be created with a redundant control plane.
- **Upgrades in your maintenance window:** Kubernetes versions and patches are applied inside the maintenance window you define, not at a moment chosen for you.
- **Native to the platform:** Services are published through Load Balancers, persistent volumes are backed by Block Storage, and east-west traffic stays inside your VPC.
- **No egress charge on internal traffic:** Traffic between your services on the private network is not metered as egress, so scaling out does not add a line item at the end of the month.

## Who it's for

- **Platform teams:** Microservices and internal platforms without a large SRE bench behind them.
- **Teams leaving DIY K8s:** Keep the Kubernetes API you already build on, drop the weekend on-call for the control plane.
- **AI and batch on containers:** Scale inference workers and batch jobs next to Optidata GPU capacity.
- **Migrations from hyperscalers:** Same manifests, predictable bill, an architect on the migration.

## How it works

1. **Define the cluster:** Region, Kubernetes version, and network. Optidata provisions the control plane.
2. **Size the node pools:** Balanced or Dedicated shapes per pool, with min and max for autoscaling.
3. **Connect and deploy:** Pull the kubeconfig, point kubectl or your CI at it, apply your manifests.
4. **Operate with the platform:** Services get Load Balancers, PVCs get Block Storage, cost and state stay in one console.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does managed Kubernetes cost on Optidata?

$20.00/month per cluster for management, plus $40.00/month if you turn on the high-availability control plane. Worker nodes are Cloud Compute instances billed at their plan price. Prices as of Oct 6, 2026, Miami (US1), USD.

### Where do clusters run?

In Miami (US1) from the self-serve console. Kubernetes on dedicated infrastructure in Brazil or the United States is available through Private Cloud.


## Links

- HTML: https://www.optidata.com/products/kubernetes
- Price list: https://www.optidata.com/pricing (markdown: https://www.optidata.com/pricing.md)
- Console: https://console.optidata.com