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Aptakube vs AKS desktop: catalog facts
Aptakube	AKS desktop
Paid Commercial desktop app; check the website for current license prices.	Free The app is free and open source; the AKS clusters it manages are billed by Azure.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Views multiple clusters simultaneously Aggregated log viewer across pods and containers	Guided deployment flows built on supported AKS features Based on the open-source Headlamp dashboard
Not open source Commercial license rather than free	Only useful with Azure Kubernetes Service Requires an Azure account and AKS cluster
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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