Frequently Asked Questions
General
What is Kubeadapt?
Kubeadapt is a Kubernetes cost monitoring and optimization platform. It shows you where your cluster spend goes, identifies savings opportunities, and helps prevent unexpected cost increases.
For a full overview, see the Introduction.
Is Kubeadapt read-only?
Yes. The agent reads cluster state and usage metrics, then sends them to Kubeadapt Cloud for analysis. It never modifies workloads, deletes resources, or changes configurations.
Kubeadapt shows you what to optimize. You decide when and how to apply changes. See the Right-sizing Guide for the recommended workflow.
What Kubernetes distributions are supported?
EKS, GKE, AKS, self-hosted (kubeadm, kops, Rancher), and OpenShift.
Requires Kubernetes 1.24+ and outbound HTTPS access from the agent to Kubeadapt Cloud.
Data & Security
For details on what the agent collects, RBAC permissions, and data flow, see the Security page.
Features
Can I track costs by team or project?
Yes. The cost query engine lets you slice costs across containers, pods, deployments, namespaces, labels, and other dimensions.
Does Kubeadapt support multi-cluster?
Yes. Install the agent on each cluster and monitor them all from a single dashboard.
Does Kubeadapt have an API?
Yes. Kubeadapt has a REST API for programmatic access to cluster data, costs, and recommendations. API keys can be created in the Kubeadapt UI under Settings → API Tokens.
See API Documentation for details.
Getting Started
Can I try before purchasing?
Yes. See the Quick Start Guide to get started.