| Option | Cost | Production allowed? | vSphere required? | Status | |--------|------|---------------------|-------------------|--------| | TKG inside vSphere 7/8 | Included with your vSphere license | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Active | | TKG Community Edition | Free | ❌ No (community only) | ❌ No | Discontinued | | Standalone "TKG Free" | – | – | – | Does not exist |
: A "standalone" management cluster that can be deployed as virtual machines on vSphere, AWS, or Azure, providing a consistent experience across different infrastructures. Broadcom TechDocs +3 Key Features and Packages TKG is more than just raw Kubernetes; it includes a suite of pre-validated packages to make it "production-ready" out of the box: Networking
If you mean completely free without any vSphere license , that no longer exists from VMware/Broadcom.
| Option | Cost | Production allowed? | vSphere required? | Status | |--------|------|---------------------|-------------------|--------| | TKG inside vSphere 7/8 | Included with your vSphere license | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | Active | | TKG Community Edition | Free | ❌ No (community only) | ❌ No | Discontinued | | Standalone "TKG Free" | – | – | – | Does not exist |
: A "standalone" management cluster that can be deployed as virtual machines on vSphere, AWS, or Azure, providing a consistent experience across different infrastructures. Broadcom TechDocs +3 Key Features and Packages TKG is more than just raw Kubernetes; it includes a suite of pre-validated packages to make it "production-ready" out of the box: Networking
If you mean completely free without any vSphere license , that no longer exists from VMware/Broadcom.