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Evaluation

Before beginning your evaluation, you must obtain temporary access from Clastix.

What You'll Receive:

  • Temporary Access Token: Time-limited token to access ghcr.io/clastix/oci.
  • Evaluation Support: Technical support during the evaluation period.

Request Access Token

Follow these steps:

  1. Contact Clastix: sales@clastix.io
  2. Provide your organization details and describe your Kubernetes requirements
  3. Specify your evaluation timeline (typically 2 weeks)
  4. Receive Credentials: GHCR_USERNAME and GHCR_TOKEN
  5. Verify Access:
helm registry login ghcr.io -u $GHCR_USERNAME -p $GHCR_TOKEN
helm pull oci://ghcr.io/clastix/oci/kmetal

Evaluation Objectives

Focus your evaluation on these key areas:

Technical Validation

  • Hosted Control Planes: Test multi-tenant control plane efficiency
  • GitOps Workflow: Experience declarative cluster management
  • Console Interface: Evaluate management interface usability
  • Monitoring: Assess observability and alerting capabilities

Operational Benefits

  • Resource Efficiency: Measure control plane resource savings
  • Deployment Speed: Time cluster creation and scaling
  • Management Overhead: Compare to current operations
  • Automation: Evaluate GitOps automation effectiveness

Business Assessment

  • Cost Savings: Calculate infrastructure and operational savings
  • Team Productivity: Measure impact on development teams
  • Scalability: Test platform limits and growth capacity
  • Compliance: Validate security and compliance requirements

Support

During evaluation period you will receive support through:

  • Technical Documentation: Complete platform documentation
  • Slack Support: Technical questions and troubleshooting
  • Architecture Sessions: Scheduled calls with Clastix engineers
  • Best Practices: Guidance on optimal configuration
  • Issue Resolution: Help with installation and configuration problems

Support is available during business hours only with best effort commitment.

Evaluation Extension

Standard evaluation period is 2 weeks, with one additional extension week.

Common Questions

Q: What happens after evaluation expires? A: Platform access is disabled. Contact Clastix to discuss commercial licensing.

Q: Can I extend evaluation multiple times? A: Extensions are evaluated case-by-case with maximum one additional week.

Q: What support is included? A: Technical support, documentation, and architecture guidance during evaluation.

Q: Can I use evaluation in production? A: Evaluation is for testing only. Production use requires commercial license.

Next Steps

After your evaluation: