Features at a Glance
The simple, solid, certified Kubernetes distribution that just works.
Current Version: v0.6.2 (April 24, 2018)
The simple, solid, certified Kubernetes distribution that just works.
We believe setting up and maintaining a complex platform like Kubernetes from scratch is not where the race is won. Just like with Linux, building it once is a good educational experience but not for real use. Kontena Pharos is a complete, maintained and certified Kubernetes distribution that works on-premises, on any cloud and beyond!
Kontena Pharos is always up-to-date and built from the latest upstream Kubernetes, including a standardized set of essential features. It is easy to install and maintain with the dedicated CLI tool. The standard deployment may be extended with ready made add-ons for most common use cases, or any extras from the Kubernetes ecosystem!
The Kontena Pharos project and tools are open source and released under Apache 2 license. You can use it for free, for any purpose: personal or commercial. You can always find the latest version from our Github repository. For businesses, we offer commercial subscriptions with support and SLA agreements.
The simple, solid, certified Kubernetes distribution that just works.
Kontena Pharos software is always free. Community support is provided via StackOverflow and the Kontena Pharos community Slack channel free of charge. For enterprises with production workloads, Kontena offers commercial support, consulting and training packages below.
While the Kontena Pharos software itself is free, we offer optional commercial support & maintenance with SLA for organizations building and operating business critical deployments. Contact us at sales@kontena.io for more information!
| Standard | Business | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for Kontena Pharos | |||
| Support for Kubernetes (generic) | |||
| Support Availability | 9am - 5pm weekdays |
9am - 5pm weekdays |
24 hours a day everyday |
| Response Time | 1 business day | 1 hour | 1 hour |
| High Availability Deployment Support | |||
| Disaster Recovery Support | |||
| Price per node | $1,800 / year | $2,700 / year | $4,050 / year |
Kontena offers consulting & training packages to boost and jumpstart your journey with Kubernetes. As the end result, you’ll have a future-proof Kontena Pharos deployment and the know-how for using, maintaining and upgrading it to new versions when needed. Contact us at sales@kontena.io for more information!
$15,000 one-off price
Get up and running quickly with minimal setup, reference design architecture and introduction training. Ideal for any POC.
What's included:
$35,000 one-off price
Get up and running quickly with customized architecture to fit your business needs on public cloud or on-premises!
What's included:
The listed prices do not include sales or value added tax. 1 Sales to EU countries will be always in EUR. 2 Included in Nova package.
Kontena Pharos is a simple, solid and certified Kubernetes distribution that just works. It is composed of the latest upstream Kubernetes with all the essential components delivering a robust foundation that works at any scale. It is open source under Apache 2 license and free for any purpose: personal or commercial.
Unlike most of the existing solutions that simplify installation of Kubernetes on public cloud, Kontena Pharos works on any infrastructure: public cloud, private cloud, on-premises, bare metal or hybrid. It also features robust tools for updating and maintaining the system after installation. In addition, it is commercially supported with support that also covers the use of Kubernetes itself. And finally, unlike many competing solutions out there, it just works!
Please see the comparison in the Kontena Pharos docs .
Kontena has been developing its own container platform solution (including its own orchestrator) for running containers and micro services since 2015. The motivation for this solution has always been to empower developers to architect and run containerized applications with minimal effort on any infrastructure. This solution has been very popular and we feel we have nailed down the developer happiness factor.
At the same time, Kubernetes and the ecosystem around it has been growing to biblical proportions. Despite all of its issues, Kubernetes has been declared as the "winner" of container orchestration. While technically Kontena's own solution is almost on par with available features and provides superior usability, the ecosystem is strongly behind Kubernetes.
Kontena Pharos is the combination of developer experience you will find from Kontena's own solution and Kubernetes with its endless customization options and vibrant ecosystem. Kontena's motivation is still the same: empower developers to architect and run containerized applications with minimal effort on any infrastructure. With Kontena Pharos, we are now also able to deliver this experience to people in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
If you are not 100% happy with your current deployment and feel Kontena Pharos can provide functionality or peace of mind that is not available to you with your current setup, we suggest you give it a try!
Many of you might be familiar with the Kontena Cloud web UI for managing container workloads. Over time, we plan to deliver this same experience also to Kontena Pharos users. For the time being, you can use the standard Kubernetes web UI that is easily available via the Kontena Pharos add-on.
Please contact us at sales@kontena.io for more information or if you have any questions not covered in the FAQ.