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Highlights
  • 250+ OSS Projects & Add-ons
  • Providers: EKS, GKE, AKS, VMware Tanzu, OpenShift, Rancher, Nutanix, DIY, Self-Hosted
  • Deep Analyzers: Classifiers, Contextualizers and Deep Analyzers
  • Risk Ledger: All Operational Risks
  • Artifact Register: Enriched inventory of Project Versions, Packages, Package Components, Deployment Systems, and Images
  • Upgrade Copilot: Upgrade Assessments
  • Up to 50 Nodes included

Business

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Highlights
  • Clusters: Unlimited
  • Users: Unlimited
  • Upgrade Copilot: Upgrade Templates & Plans
  • PR Creator with Upgrade Context MCP Server
  • On-demand coverage of new OSS Projects
  • Integrations: Slack, Jira
  • Up to 3 Upgrade Cycles included
  • Up to 100 Nodes included (Additional nodes purchased separately)

Enterprise

Everything in Business, plus
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Highlights
  • API Access
  • SSO support
  • Custom Risk Signatures
  • Custom Deployment & Package Systems, Custom Built Images,  Additional Repositories
  • Custom Upgrade Blueprints
  • Risk Ledger: Risk API
  • Risk Feed MCP Server
  • Integrations: GitHub, Custom
  • Custom contracts, Multi year contracts
  • Premium support response SLA
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Contractual uptime guarantee
  • Fleetwide Upgrade Templates & Upgrade Plans
  • Fleetwide Nodes included
  • Volume discounts

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250+ Covered OSS Projects
Networking & Connectivity
Istio, Contour, and more
Databases & Datastores
Postgres, MySQL, Elasticsearch, and more
Data Jobs
Apache Spark, Apache Stream, and more
Data Streams
Kafka, RabbitMQ, and more
Observability & Monitoring
Kube Prometheus Stack, Grafana Loki, and more
Security & IAM
Keycloak, Hashicorp Consul, and more
Node Lifecycle & AutoScaling
Karpenter, KEDA, and more
Platform Ops & Developer Tooling
ArgoCD, Argo Rollouts, Flux CD, and more
48hr SLA to Cover New OSS Projects
Covered Kubernetes Providers
Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS
VMware Tanzu, RedHat OpenShift, Rancher RKE, Nutanix NKP
DIY, Self-Hosted
Deep Analyzers
Deployment System Classifier
Covers Terraform, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Helm, kubectl
Coverage for additional Deployment Systems can be requested
OSS Project Classifier
Detects Image, Project Release, Project Components
Coverage for Custom Built Projects is available
Package Classifier
Detects Package System (Helm, Kustomize, Kube, Terraform), Package Release, Package Components
Coverage for additional Package Systems can be requested
Image Classifier
Detects OCI Registry, OCI Repository, OCI Tag, OCI Artifact
Coverage for additional repositories can be requested
Contextualizers
Use classified artifacts to contextualize and generate environment-specific risks, breaking changes, upgrade guidance, and pre/postflight checks
Deep Analyzers
Run cross-layer, cross-component impact analysis
Upgrade Copilot
-> Upgrade Assessments

K8s API Validator
Detects resources using deprecated or removed K8s APIs
PDB Validator
Flags resources using Misconfigured PDBs
Rapid Upgrade Recommender
Upgrade guardrails for EOL policies, compatibility maps, and release staleness
Action: Export Markdown
Action: Export PDF
Actions: Leave Comments
Chat with Team Members
Leave Comment for Chkk
Actions: Customize Assessment
Add / Delete / Edit Steps
Action: Archive Assessment
Archive older Assessments that are not needed anymore
Activity Log
Upgrade Copilot

-> Upgrade Templates
-> Upgrade Plans
3 fleetwide Upgrade Cycles
Additional Upgrade Cycles can be purchased separately
Unlimited
Deep Upgrade Analyzer
Provides Verified Next Version Recommendations, Change Reasoning, Safety Checks, and Upgrade Instructions
Upgrade Blueprints
In-place, Blue-Green, Rolling
Custom Blueprints
Breaking Changes & Upgrade Considerations
For Control Planes, Worker Nodes, Images (AMIs, COS, Node Images), all Covered OSS Projects
Contextualized for your environment
Upgrade Advisories
Issues and considerations discovered during Preverification
Notable Features & Critical Bug Fixes
For the recommended upgrade path
K8s API Validator
Detects resources using deprecated or removed K8s APIs
PDB Validator
Flags resources using Misconfigured PDBs
Upgrade Readiness Insights
Pulls upgrade readiness insights from AWS Upgrade Insights, GKE Recommender, Azure Advisor / Diagnosis
Helm, Kustomize, Manifest Diffs
Provides ready-to-apply IaC diffs for Terraform, Helm and Kustomize
RBAC Diffs
Shows newly introduced privileges or deprecated fields across all environments
CRD Diffs
Surfaces changes in CRDs and their associated CRs to prevent breaking API contracts
Actions: Customize Template / Plan
Add / Delete / Edit Steps
Actions: Leave Comments
Chat with Team Members
Leave Comment for Chkk
Action: Mark Plan / Template
Mark a Template as Approved (for use in Plans), Cluster Completed, Environment Upgraded, Canceled
Activity Log
Guided Preflight, Inflight, Postflight Checks
Provides ready-to-execute safety, health and readiness checks for each Kubernetes and add-on version
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SHARC: Automated Safety, Health & Readiness Checks
Provides containerized, end-to-end safety checks, reports results in Upgrade Plans
-> Action: Can be triggered from Upgrade Plans or from CI/CD jobs
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Change Management Artifacts
Provides context on what, why and how of every single change. Ready for use in Change Management Tickets, PRs, Slack threads.
Live Workflow
Assigns owners, tracks lifecycle of the upgrade, preserves a full audit trail
Upgrade System of Record
Stores all actions, customizations, and learnings.
Artifact Register
Cluster Inventory
Version-first Inventory of Clusters & Nodes
Project Inventory
Version-first inventory of all OSS Projects running as add-ons, application services, or operators
Package Inventory
Shows inventory of Helm charts, Kustomize Overlay Directories, Kube Manifests, Terraform Packages
Cloud Account Register
Shows inventory of Cloud Accounts hosting clusters
EOL Watchdog
Notifies 90d before any OSS Project hits EOL. Overlays EOL information on each Project version.
Compatibility Watchdog
Notifies instantly if a Project or Node is incompatible with K8s.
Cost Spike Monitor
Notifies of upcoming 6x cost spike for clusters approaching EKS/GKE Extended Support or AKS Long Term Support (LTS)
Forced Upgrade Risk Notifier
Custom Package Labels
Attaches custom labels to map forked local packages to their associated upstream packages
Custom Image Labels
Attaches labels to custom-built images of open-source projects to map local images to their associated upstream binaries
Request Project Coverage
Request Cloud / K8s Distribution Coverage
Compliance Reports
Share inventory summaries with compliance teams
Proxy Filter
Redacts any configuration line from processing
Risk Ledger
Defects
Detects Operational Risks that have caused breakages or disruptions for other teams
EOL Versions
Shows EOL Watchdog's output in a component-first view
Incompatibilities
Shows Compatibility Watchdog's output in a component-first view
Misconfigurations
Shows misconfigurations that can cause breakages or block upgrades.
Deprecations
Shows output of K8s API Validator and deprecated CRDs and operator-specific APIs in OSS Projects.
Guardrails
Shows rules, policies and best practices from a cloud provider, add-on vendor, kubernetes distribution, or the open source community.
Action: Ignore Risk
Stops detection and notification of acceptable risks
Action: Mark Risk
Marks risks with additional context--comments for team, won't fix (by design, dev/test clusters, etc.)
Action: Create Ticket
Opens Jira tickets from an Operational Risk's KBA page
Risk API
Vends Operational Risks on an API    
AI Capabilities
Risk Feed MCP Server
Vends Operational Risks on an MCP Server
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PR Creator with Upgrade Context MCP Server
Vends Environment-aware Upgrade Context for 100s of Open Source Projects to your AI coding agent
-> Works with: Cursor, Claude Code, CodeX, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot
-> Creates PRs for: Helm, Terraform, Kustomize, Libsonnet and more
Integrations
Slack
Notifies of risks and upgrade lifecycle events on Slack channels
Jira
Opens tickets for Operational Risk resolution or upgrade tasks
GitHub
Reads IaC code and enables Chkk Coding Assistant to open PRs
Custom Integrations
SSO
Okta, PingIdentity
Contracts
Custom contracts, Multi year contracts
Contractual uptime guarantee
Support
Basic
Business Hours: 0500-1700 Mon-Fri (GMT-8), 24x7 for P0
Response Time: P0: 1 hour, P1: 4 business hours, P2: 1 business day, P3: 2 business days
Channels: Community Slack, Docs, Knowledge Base
Premium Support can be purchased with Business
Premium
24x7
Response Time: P0: 30 minutes, P1: 1 hour, P2: 4 hours, P3: 1 day
Channels: Private Slack Channel, Phone, Video, Email, Docs, Knowledge Base
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FAQs

What is the definition of a node?
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A node is a physical or virtual server/machine. We don’t charge you per-node. We only charge in slabs of 100 nodes (1-100, 101-200, …)
What is the difference between Business and Enterprise?
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Chkk Enterprise Plan is tailored for organizations that need additional support and customization. It includes all features of the Business Plan plus single sign-on (SSO), multi-organization support, custom integrations, premium support with response SLAs, and contractual uptime guarantees, making it ideal for enterprises with strict compliance requirements.
What comprises an upgrade cycle?
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A Kubernetes upgrade cycle upgrades all clusters across all environments from a current Kubernetes version to a target version. For example, in a fleet with three environments (dev, staging, prod), an upgrade cycle from k8s v1.30 to v1.31 typically begins with dev clusters upgraded to v1.31 for early validation, followed by staging for integration testing, and concludes with prod upgrades once confidence is established. Chkk deems an upgrade cycle complete only when every cluster in all three environments is running the target version.
Do you offer volume discounts?
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Yes, we offer volume discounts as the number of nodes and Upgrade Templates increases. Contact us to discuss your use case.
What happens if my nodes auto-scale?
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You are not charged for infrequent bursts of autoscaled nodes as Chkk uses the average number of nodes in every monthly measurement cycle. We compute this average node count based on a monthly measurement cycle that spans from the first day to the last day of every month. To compute average node count across the fleet, at the end of each measurement cycle, we take the sum of all node count measurements taken across all the clusters and divide it by the total number of measurements.
What if I exceed the nodes included in my subscription?
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Chkk has a true-up forward policy, meaning that we don’t carry out chargebacks for scenarios where the consumption in a monthly measurement cycle exceeds the licensed count. If the new, steady-state number of nodes is expected to be higher, our customer success team will discuss the situation with you, and take steps to adjust your subscription for the next measurement cycles.

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