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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Kubeadapt's data model, security, supported clusters, and cost methodology.
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
What data leaves my cluster?
Per-container resource samples (CPU, memory, GPU, network counters), node metadata (machine type, region, capacity type), and pod and workload identifiers (name, namespace, labels). The agent sends a compressed snapshot to Kubeadapt every 60 seconds over HTTPS — see How Kubeadapt works for the full data path.
What stays in your cluster: Secrets, ConfigMaps, application traffic content, environment variables, container images, and anything else not in the explicit metrics + metadata set above. The agent has no read permission on Secrets and never reaches into pod filesystems.
Where is my data stored?
In Kubeadapt's cloud, in secure isolated storage. Each customer's data is fully isolated; queries can never cross between customers. Isolation is enforced on every write and every read.
For current region and data-residency options, see the SaaS subscription terms. Contact sales if you have specific residency requirements before signing.
How is data encrypted?
In transit: TLS 1.2 or higher between the agent and Kubeadapt, and between the dashboard and the Kubeadapt API. Agent traffic is authenticated with a per-cluster token on top of TLS.
At rest: storage and backups are both encrypted in Kubeadapt's cloud provider.
Features
Can I track costs by team or project?
Yes. Cost Explorer 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.