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What does your EKS deadline cost?
Extended support changes the control-plane rate from $0.10 to $0.60 per cluster-hour. Model your cluster mix and see which versions need attention before a deadline becomes a recurring charge.
Estimate monthly control-plane spend
As of 2026-10-08 UTC · build snapshot
Your cluster mix
Group clusters by Kubernetes version. No login or AWS account access needed. Counts must be whole numbers from 0 to 10,000.
All at standard rate
$73.00
per month · 1 cluster
Your mix estimate
$73.00
per month · $0.00 above standard
All at extended rate
$438.00
per month · $0.60 per cluster-hour
55 days until EKS 1.34 standard support ends. Deadline: December 2, 2026.
EKS version calendar
Known dates verified 2026-10-07. Status uses your current UTC date; where a deadline was not supplied, the baseline status is the October 8, 2026 snapshot. Check AWS before making an upgrade decision.
| Version | Status | Standard ends | Extended ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.30 | Extended support ended | See AWS calendar | 2026-07-23 |
| 1.31 | Extended support | See AWS calendar | See AWS calendar |
| 1.32 | Extended support | See AWS calendar | See AWS calendar |
| 1.33 | Extended support | 2026-07-29 | 2027-07-29 |
| 1.34 | Standard support | 2026-12-02 | 2027-12-02 |
| 1.35 | Standard support | See AWS calendar | See AWS calendar |
| 1.36 | Standard support | See AWS calendar | See AWS calendar |
Sources: AWS EKS pricing and AWS Kubernetes version calendar. Unknown dates are left unknown. This calculator does not infer new release dates.
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A support date tells you when to act. The review tells you what needs to change: APIs, add-ons, nodes, operational evidence and upgrade blockers.
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