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kOps vs eksctl: catalog facts
kOps	eksctl
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license; cloud resources are billed by your…	Free The tool is free and open source; the AWS resources it creates are billed by AWS.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Provisions both the cluster and its cloud infrastructure Dry runs and idempotent state-sync model	Creates a working EKS cluster with a single command Declarative YAML cluster configuration
Only AWS and Google Cloud are officially supported Requires Kubernetes and cloud operations knowledge	Only works with Amazon EKS Requires an AWS account and the resources it creates cost money
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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