A Milestone for Chkk and GCP Users

Chkk, a Kubernetes operational safety platform, is now officially available on the Google Cloud Marketplace. This listing marks an important milestone, making it easier for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers to adopt Chkk’s solution through their existing cloud accounts. By being listed on Google Cloud Marketplace, Chkk can be discovered and deployed with just a few clicks, and customers can leverage streamlined procurement including consolidated billing through their GCP subscriptions. GCP users can now integrate Chkk into their workflows faster and without the usual procurement hurdles, accelerating time-to-value.

Avoid 6× GKE Extended Support Fees

The availability of Chkk on GCP comes at a critical time for Kubernetes users. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) recently introduced an Extended Support policy that imposes a 500% surcharge on clusters running beyond the standard support window. In practical terms, if you delay upgrading and keep an outdated GKE version, your cluster management fee jumps from $0.10 to $0.60 per cluster-hour – a sixfold increase. For an organization managing 100 GKE clusters, that could amount to roughly $450,000 in extra fees per year. Chkk helps customers avoid these hefty costs by ensuring clusters are upgraded on time, eliminating the need to ever incur GKE’s extended support fees.

Key Features for Safer, Faster Upgrades

Chkk’s platform is purpose-built to de-risk and accelerate Kubernetes upgrades, which directly helps GKE users stay current without disruption. Some of the key features and benefits include:

• Speedup and Derisk Upgrades: Upgrading Kubernetes can be complex and time-consuming, but Chkk makes it faster and safer. For each cluster, Chkk generates a detailed Upgrade Plan that covers all components—control plane, node versions, add-ons, and dependencies. It proactively highlights required changes, including recommended add-on versions, breaking changes, deprecated APIs that need updates, and misconfigured Pod Disruption Budgets. Instead of manually piecing together upgrade requirements from release notes, teams get a clear, actionable upgrade path with explanations. Chkk’s automation cuts upgrade preparation time by 3x-5x, turning weeks of planning into just days.
• Reclaim Redundant Effort: Many organizations waste 1000s hours on repetitive upgrade planning and research. Chkk eliminates this multiplicative effort by unifying tooling across teams, ensuring that insights and processes don’t have to be reinvented every upgrade cycle. By consolidating upgrade workflows, organizations can recover 1000s of hours that would otherwise be lost to duplicate work.
• Delegate, Parallelize, and Standardize Workflows: Chkk helps teams delegate and parallelize upgrade tasks while maintaining standardized workflows that reduce confusion and improve efficiency. Engineers spend less time switching between tasks, leading to increased focus and productivity. Chkk also preserves institutional knowledge, ensuring that best practices are shared and reused across the organization. This is especially critical during staff turnover or organizational changes, where maintaining historical upgrade records prevents unnecessary delays.
• Enhance Operational Safety: Kubernetes upgrades introduce risk, but Chkk ensures you can detect and fix potential issues before they cause breakages. With Chkk’s automated risk detection, teams can offset 500+ potential breakages annually for every 100 clusters, preventing disruptions before they happen. This proactive approach saves organizations 1000s of hours of break-fix effort, allowing teams to focus on innovation rather than firefighting issues post-upgrade.

Thanks to these capabilities, GKE users can maintain a modern, supported Kubernetes stack without the usual risk and effort. Chkk ensures you’re always a step ahead of GKE’s support deadlines, so you never have to pay punitive extended support surcharges in the first place.

Quick Deployment via Google Cloud Marketplace

Now that Chkk is available through Google Cloud Marketplace, GCP customers can deploy and subscribe to Chkk seamlessly. The marketplace listing allows users to utilize their existing GCP billing arrangements and committed spend to procure Chkk, simplifying vendor management. Deployment is straightforward – GCP users can find Chkk on the marketplace, select a plan, and integrate it with their GKE clusters in minutes. This one-stop deployment model means teams can start using Chkk’s upgrade safety features immediately, with no complex setup.

Ready to eliminate Kubernetes upgrade risks and avoid unnecessary GKE fees? With Chkk on Google Cloud Marketplace, Google Cloud customers have a powerful new tool to keep their clusters up-to-date and reliable. Be sure to visit Chkk’s page on the Google Cloud Marketplace to learn more and get started today.