Cloud-native
kube-prometheus-stack
open source / community
The de-facto way to monitor Kubernetes — bundles Prometheus Operator + Prometheus + Alertmanager + Grafana + node-exporter + kube-state-metrics + curated dashboards in one Helm install.
- Category
- Cloud-native
- License
- Open source
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Cost
- Free
- Free tier
- Yes
- Self-host effort
- Heavy
- Maturity
- Incumbent
- Popularity
- The de-facto Kubernetes monitoring stack
The catch
"One Helm install" hides real operational weight — long-term storage, HA, retention, cardinality blow-ups and CRD/upgrade churn are all on you; a platform you operate, not a turnkey product.
Monitors
MetricsServersK8sNetworkCloud
Protocols
Prometheus
Capabilities
AlertingDashboardsAutodiscovery
Built for
SRE / DevOpsEnterprise