Community vs Pro vs Enterprise
Community (Free)
The Community edition is designed for small workloads:
- Up to 3 nodes or 60 pods
- Single-user license requiring cloud login
- Requires internet connectivity
- Community support
Pro (Starting at $20/month)
The Pro edition offers volume-based pricing for any cluster size. Choose a tier based on your usage needs:
| Tier | Monthly Price | Daily API Capacity | Monthly Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro 100K | $20 | 100K API calls | ~3M API calls |
| Pro 700K | $100 | 700K API calls | ~21M API calls |
| Pro 2M | $200 | 2M API calls | ~60M API calls |
The $200 tier provides 20x the capacity of the $20 tier at only 10x the price.
Key features:
- Unlimited cluster size and pods on all tiers
- Cluster-wide license — download a license key from the License Portal and all users in the cluster can access Kubeshark without individual authentication
- Use across any number of clusters
- No cloud login required — license key based
- Requires active internet connectivity (telemetry must succeed)
- Community support
On-demand capacity: Additional capacity can be purchased at $5 per 100K API calls when you exceed your daily limit.
API capacity is measured in dissected API calls that appear in the dashboard.
Subscribe to the Pro edition at the License Portal
Enterprise
The Enterprise edition includes the complete feature set:
- Unlimited cluster size and pods
- Unlimited consumption
- Unlimited users across organization
- Air-gapped cluster support (no internet required)
- AI-powered root cause analysis
- Dedicated support (Slack, Zoom, premium onboarding)
Contact us to request a suitable license.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Community | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time protocol visibility | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TLS decryption | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Traffic recording & offline analysis | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| License key download | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud login required | Yes | No | No |
| Internet required | Yes | Yes | No (air-gapped OK) |
| Multi-user access | No | Yes | Yes |
| Air-gapped support | No | No | Yes |
| AI root cause analysis | No | No | Yes |
| Dedicated support | No | No | Yes |