Kuboard License & Support
Kuboard is a Kubernetes-based container management platform. This page explains how to obtain a license, how the Free and Enhanced editions compare, and where to get technical support and product updates.
License
The Free and Enhanced editions share almost all features. The vast majority of capabilities listed below are available in both editions; the two editions differ only in a few areas tied to capacity and service investment, such as the number of managed clusters, historical audit logs, and high-availability deployment:
| Feature | Free | Enhanced |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes Basic Management | ||
| Node management, node drain/eviction, Pod eviction | ✅ | ✅ |
| Namespace management, LimitRange, ResourceQuota | ✅ | ✅ |
| ServiceAccount management | ✅ | ✅ |
| Workload management (Deployment / StatefulSet / DaemonSet / CronJob / Job / Pod) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Workload editor (form-based editing of Deployment / StatefulSet / DaemonSet) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Service / Ingress / IngressClass management | ✅ | ✅ |
| ConfigMap / Secret management | ✅ | ✅ |
| CustomResourceDefinition / CR management | ✅ | ✅ |
| NetworkPolicy management | ✅ | ✅ |
| HorizontalPodAutoscaler management | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kubernetes Storage | ||
| StorageClass, PersistentVolume, PersistentVolumeClaim management | ✅ | ✅ |
| VolumeSnapshotClass, VolumeSnapshot management | ✅ | ✅ |
| CSI driver, CSI node, CSI storage capacity management | ✅ | ✅ |
| Volume mount management | ✅ | ✅ |
| Services & Networking | ||
| Gateway API (GatewayClass / Gateway / HTTPRoute / TLSRoute / TCPRoute / UDPRoute / GRPCRoute / ReferenceGrant) | ✅ | ✅ |
| EndpointSlice management | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cluster Resources | ||
| RBAC management (Role / RoleBinding / ClusterRole / ClusterRoleBinding) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Admission Webhook management (MutatingWebhookConfiguration / ValidatingWebhookConfiguration / ValidatingAdmissionPolicy / ValidatingAdmissionPolicyBinding) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) management (ResourceClaim / ResourceClaimTemplate / ResourceSlice / PodSchedulingReadiness) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Flow control (FlowSchema / PriorityLevelConfiguration) | ✅ | ✅ |
| PriorityClass and PodDisruptionBudget management | ✅ | ✅ |
| RuntimeClass and Lease management | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kubernetes Troubleshooting | ||
| Top Nodes / Top Pods (resource monitoring) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Event list (integrated into the context of related objects) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Container log console (real-time / download) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Container web terminal | ✅ | ✅ |
| File browser (view / edit / upload / download files in containers) | ✅ | ✅ |
| YAML preview, edit, diff | ✅ | ✅ |
| Resource map (interactive topology visualization) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Authentication & Authorization | ||
| Built-in user repository (users / groups / roles) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Webhook external user repository | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kubernetes RBAC authorization | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-factor authentication (MFA / TOTP) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Password policy | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multi-cluster Management | ||
| Import clusters via kubeconfig | ✅ | ✅ |
| Import clusters via kuboard-agent | ✅ | ✅ |
| Manage up to 3 Kubernetes clusters | ✅ | ✅ |
| Manage more than 3 Kubernetes clusters | ❌ | ✅ |
| Helm Applications | ||
| Helm Release install, upgrade, rollback, events | ✅ | ✅ |
| Chart marketplace browsing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Chart repository management | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI & Automation (MCP) | ||
| MCP Server (Model Context Protocol, Streamable HTTP / SSE, compatible with opencode / Claude / Cursor and other AI clients) | ✅ | ✅ |
| K8s ops toolkit (query and operate workloads / Pods / nodes / configs / events / custom resources) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Prometheus query tool (metric queries, per-rule RBAC authorization, aggregation query strategies) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Diagnostic prompts (diagnose Pods / clean up orphaned PVCs / generate Deployment YAML) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Real-time resource change subscription push (SSE) | ✅ | ✅ |
| High-risk operation confirmation token (dangerous tools require secondary confirmation) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tool whitelist + rate limiting + audit redaction | ✅ | ✅ |
| Audit & Observability | ||
| Operation audit logs (current day) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Operation audit logs (history) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Audit policy configuration | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kuboard Proxy (web-based kubectl proxy) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kuboard Signature Features | ||
| Image version adjustment (batch update workload images) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Import / export K8s objects (YAML) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Continuous deployment integration (image update / restart) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kuboard addon marketplace | ✅ | ✅ |
| System configuration (e.g., disable menu items) | ✅ | ✅ |
| K8sCapability version-compatibility layer (K8s 1.15+) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Resource availability governance (auto-detect cluster component installation status) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kuboard high-availability deployment mode | ❌ | ✅ |
| Services & Support | ||
| Free community support via WeChat / QQ groups | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dedicated Q&A channel for paid users | ❌ | ✅ |
| Remote assistance | ❌ | ✅ |
For how to obtain and import a license file, see License Installation.
Do you need a license?
If you only use Free edition features and manage no more than 3 clusters, you can use Kuboard directly without a license. Import a license file when you need Enhanced edition capabilities.
Community & Commercial Support
Free edition users can get community support through WeChat/QQ communities and GitHub Issues; Enhanced edition users also enjoy a dedicated Q&A channel and remote assistance. See Community & Commercial Support.
Contact
Kuboard has been publicly available since August 2019. Current:
See kuboard.cn — it usually takes about a month to go from Kubernetes beginner to production deployment.
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