--- description: Review of Radar Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Radar | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Observability Software](/directory/4534/observability/software) > [Radar](/software/554750/Radar) # Radar Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/554750/Radar > Radar is an open-source Kubernetes interface built for the people who actually operate clusters — DevOps engineers, platform teams, and SREs who are tired of piecing together cluster state from kubectl commands and stale dashboards. If you've ever thought "Kubernetes is easy to query, but hard to understand," Radar is built for exactly that gap. Who it's for Radar fits three kinds of teams especially well: • Individual engineers and small teams who want a fast, modern replacement for kubectl and the legacy Kubernetes Dashboard — no setup, no account, just visibility. • Platform and DevOps teams standardizing how their whole organization sees and debugs clusters. • Teams adopting AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, Copilot) who want those tools to safely understand their live clusters. If you run one cluster or fifty, on GKE, EKS, AKS, or something self-managed, Radar meets you where you are. Why teams choose Radar • Understand, don't just query — a live topology graph, resource explorer, unified event timeline, log streaming, and container image filesystem browsing turn raw cluster state into something you can actually reason about. Jump from a problem to its YAML, logs, events, and related resources in a click. • Start in about 30 seconds — run a single binary locally with zero cluster-side install, or deploy in-cluster via Helm for the whole team. No CRDs to apply, and no account needed to try it locally. • Catch problems before they page you — a 31-check cluster audit across security, reliability, and efficiency (aligned to NSA/CISA and CIS) plus TLS certificate expiry monitoring, each with clear remediation guidance. • Built for AI, safely — a native MCP server lets your AI assistant query the cluster through Radar with token-efficient, read-only-by-default data instead of raw YAML. • Manage what you deploy — full Helm release management (upgrade, diff, rollback) and first-class FluxCD and ArgoCD GitOps monitoring. Honest, open-source pricing The full engine is Apache 2.0 and free forever, with no node or cluster limits — no feature gates, no license keys, no "call us for pricing" surprises. When your team is ready for more, Radar Cloud adds the things a single binary can't do well on its own: all clusters behind one URL, fleet-wide views, single sign-on, scoped roles, longer audit retention, and routed alerts. Cloud is priced per cluster, never per seat, so inviting more teammates to look never costs you more. There's a free hosted tier for up to 3 clusters, a Team plan at $99 per cluster/month, and Enterprise options with SCIM, SIEM export, on-prem/BYOC, and a 99.9% SLA. SOC 2 Type 2 applies to every plan. Support you can count on Open-source users get an active community (Slack/Discord) and thorough documentation. Radar Cloud customers get email support on the Team plan and a dedicated customer success manager plus a security and compliance review at the Enterprise level. Radar is built by Skyhook (Y Combinator-backed) and is open source at github.com/skyhook-io/radar. The easiest way to see if it's right for your team is to run it — a live view of your cluster is about 30 seconds away. > > Verdict: Rated \*\*\*\* by 0 users. Top-rated for **Overall Quality**. ----- ## About the vendor - **Company**: Radar ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Radar Open Source is free forever under Apache 2.0 - no feature gates, no node or cluster limits. Radar Cloud (hosted) is priced per cluster, not per user, so adding team members never increases cost. The Free tier includes up to 3 clusters. The Team plan is $99 per cluster/month with unlimited clusters, SAML/OIDC SSO, scoped RBAC, 30-day audit log retention, and per-cluster alert routing. Enterprise (custom pricing) adds SCIM provisioning, 1-year audit retention with SIEM export, BYOC/on-prem deployment, and a 99.9% uptime SLA. All paid plans include a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia and 68 more ## Features - AI Copilot - AI/Machine Learning - Activity Dashboard - Activity Monitoring - Alerts/Notifications - Asset Discovery - Compliance Management - Configuration Management - Container Monitoring - Data Visualisation - Generative AI - Incident Management - Incident Reporting - Issue Tracking - Key Performance Indicators - Log Management - Network Monitoring - Performance Metrics - Prioritisation - Real-Time Analytics ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Observability Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4534/observability/software) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/554750/Radar) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data