What is Kubevious?
Kubevious is an AI-powered platform designed to simplify Kubernetes management by providing clear visibility into application configurations and enforcing safety measures. It helps Kubernetes operators avoid mistakes and costly outages by identifying configuration conflicts, compliance violations, and best practice issues before they reach production.
The platform offers a unique application-centric user interface that correlates configurations across different domains, including application configuration, state, RBAC, storage, networking, and service mesh. This allows teams to quickly identify issues, understand blast radius for changes, and travel back in time to investigate failures through its Time Machine feature.
Features
- Application Centric UI: Correlates application configurations for easy navigation and understanding
- Configuration Validation: Detects errors, warnings, and best practice violations in Kubernetes setups
- Time Machine: Allows traveling back in time to investigate cluster states and identify failure causes
- Custom Rules Engine: Enforces organization-specific compliance requirements and cloud-native best practices
- Search Engine: Provides Google-like search functionality for finding Kubernetes resources quickly
- Slack Integration: Enables receiving critical updates and running troubleshooting from Slack workspace
- Multiple Cluster Support: Manages up to 5 clusters in Ronin plan with scaling options available
- Continuous Security Validation: Includes vulnerability scanning and CIS benchmark validation in higher tiers
Use Cases
- Preventing configuration conflicts and compliance violations in Kubernetes deployments
- Reducing problem resolution time through application-centric troubleshooting
- Enforcing custom organizational policies and cloud-native best practices
- Investigating cluster failures with time-travel forensic capabilities
- Managing multiple Kubernetes clusters from a single dashboard
- Simplifying network policies and RBAC troubleshooting in complex environments
FAQs
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What makes Kubevious different from other Kubernetes tools?
Kubevious provides unique application-level configuration insights, detects misconfigurations and conflicts, enforces best practices, and offers cloud-native tools from a single dashboard, helping users make smarter and safer decisions. -
How can I try Kubevious before purchasing?
You can sign up for the Ronin plan for a free trial without requiring a credit card, or use the open-source version which is free forever. -
What happens when I sign up for Kubevious?
New projects are placed on the Ronin plan by default, with options to upgrade to Samurai or Shogun plans through consultation with the team. -
How long does Kubevious retain my cluster data?
The open-source version retains data for 14 days, while paid plans offer longer retention periods (e.g., 3 months for Ronin, 6 months for Samurai, and unlimited for Shogun).
