Openshift Plans Pricing
Red Hat OpenShift is sold in two product families. Self-managed editions (Kubernetes Engine, Container Platform, Platform Plus, Virtualization Engine) are subscription-priced per core / per node via Red Hat sales — public list prices are not published. Cloud-services editions (ROSA, ARO, Dedicated, IBM Cloud) are billed by the cloud provider with public per-vCPU hourly rates and 1- or 3-year reserved-instance options. The Developer Sandbox provides free time-boxed evaluation access. The OpenShift Kubernetes REST API is included with any cluster license; the API surface itself is not metered.
Plans
No-cost preconfigured OpenShift environment for individual developers; time-boxed evaluation.
- Preconfigured shared cluster
- 30-day evaluation window
- OpenShift web console + API
Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS — pay-as-you-go hourly per worker-node vCPU plus optional hosted-control-plane fee.
- Jointly managed by Red Hat and AWS
- 99.95% uptime SLA
- Pay through AWS billing
1-year committed-use contract for ROSA — ~33% discount versus on-demand.
- 1-year commitment
- ~33% discount
3-year committed-use contract for ROSA — ~55% discount, available via Red Hat / AWS partner team. Reserved instances available from $0.076/hour at 3-year minimum config.
- 3-year commitment
- ~55% discount
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Jointly managed by Red Hat and Microsoft on Azure; billed via Azure invoice. Pricing varies by region and node SKU.
- Jointly managed by Red Hat and Microsoft
- 99.95% uptime SLA
Red Hat-managed OpenShift on AWS or Google Cloud; annual subscription with cluster fee plus underlying cloud spend.
- Red Hat-managed
- AWS or GCP host
Managed by IBM, supported by Red Hat. 99.99% uptime SLA.
- Managed by IBM
- 99.99% uptime SLA
Self-managed editions sold per-core or per-node via Red Hat sales. Public list prices are not published; pricing varies by sizing, edition, and contract term.
- Run on your own infrastructure
- Four edition tiers (Kubernetes Engine, Container Platform, Platform Plus, Virtualization Engine)
- Production support included
- 75% discount on ROSA migration (1-year rate) for existing OpenShift customers