New Feature Announcement
Affordable Kubernetes with K3S: Enterprise-Grade Orchestration at Small Business Prices
We're excited to introduce K3S support to Wodby – bringing you the power of Kubernetes at a fraction of the cost. Now you can deploy and manage applications on your own servers while maintaining the same seamless Wodby experience.
Kubernetes for everyone, not just enterprises with deep pockets. That's our mission with today's announcement, bringing back one of Wodby 1's most requested features in a more powerful form.
Until now, connecting a Kubernetes cluster to Wodby 2 required using managed Kubernetes services from cloud providers. While these offer excellent reliability and scaling, the costs can be prohibitive for smaller projects, startups, and agencies managing multiple client sites.
K3S changes the game. This certified, lightweight Kubernetes distribution requires minimal resources while providing the core orchestration features you need. With our new integration, you can:
Reduce Infrastructure Costs by 40-70%
Eliminate control plane fees, expensive cloud load balancers, and premium block storage costs by running your applications on affordable dedicated hardware.
Simplified Environment Management
Manage production, staging, and development environments across different infrastructure - use managed Kubernetes for production reliability and K3S for cost-effective testing environments.
One-Command Deployment
Get up and running in minutes with our streamlined setup process - just run a single command on your server and Wodby handles all the Kubernetes configuration for you.
Unified Management Experience
Use the same familiar Wodby interface to deploy and manage applications regardless of whether they're running on premium managed Kubernetes or cost-effective K3S clusters.
Leverage Existing Hardware
Put your existing servers to work or choose affordable dedicated servers with fast local SSDs for better performance at lower costs.
Cost Comparison: K3S vs. Managed Kubernetes
Estimates based on typical configurations. Actual savings may vary based on specific requirements and providers.
Getting Started is Simple
Setting up K3S with Wodby takes just minutes:
- Create a K3S server from your Wodby dashboard
- Run our provided command on your server (SSH access required)
- Wodby automatically installs K3S and configures all necessary components
- Deploy your applications with the same familiar Wodby workflow
When to Choose K3S vs. Managed Kubernetes
K3S is ideal for: Development environments, staging servers, low-traffic websites, agencies managing multiple client sites, and projects with tight budgets.
Managed Kubernetes remains better for: Mission-critical production applications, services requiring automatic scaling, and workloads needing 99.9%+ uptime guarantees.
The best part? With Wodby, you can mix and match - using K3S for development and managed Kubernetes for production, all within the same workflow.
Recommended Hosting Providers
While we don't officially endorse specific providers, here are some popular options that work well with K3S and offer excellent price-to-performance ratios:
- Hetzner dedicated servers
- OVH dedicated servers
- Oracle Cloud bare metal
- Alibaba bare metal
- UpCloud
- Scaleway
- DigitalOcean Droplets
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Google Cloud Compute Engine
- AWS AWS EC2
- Custom provider (any other hosting provider)
Ready to Try K3S with Wodby?
Get started today and see how much you can save while keeping the Kubernetes features you love.
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