Polyaxon
Polyaxon: A broad Kubernetes MLOps platform with strong governance, but a high paid entry point. Ranked #31 of 38 in ML Experiment Tracking Software by our editors (5.8/10); pricing: Free plan; best for enterprise Kubernetes MLOps teams.
At a glance
- Editor score5.8 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forEnterprise Kubernetes MLOps teams
- Free planYes
- Paid from$125/mo
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Tracks, compares, versions, and links experiments, artifacts, and datasets
- Combines pipelines, registries, serving, scheduling, and observability
- Supports Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Ray, Spark, Airflow, Argo, and more
Where it doesn't
- The Platform plan starts at $555 per month
- Teams costs $1,500 per month before enterprise pricing
- Its feature breadth is centered on Kubernetes-based operations
Our verdict on Polyaxon
Polyaxon is an AI engineering control plane for teams that build, train, serve, and operate machine-learning workloads on Kubernetes. It brings experiment tracking, workflow orchestration, model and artifact registries, scheduling, observability, governance, and deployment workflows into one platform. Data science, machine-learning engineering, and platform teams can use it through the web, API, or self-hosted deployment. A free Community Edition is available on an open-source core, while academic access is provided through a free Platform plan for eligible users.
Pricing separates the free options from capacity and team-management features. The Platform plan costs $555 per month and includes core features, 3 developer seats with expansion up to 6, 1 compute cluster with expansion up to 2, 10 queues with expansion up to 50, 50 concurrent runs with expansion up to 1000, and 5 active schedules with expansion up to 50. Teams costs $1,500 per month and adds advanced restrictions, teams management, a 3-month audit trail, and priority support. Enterprise adds custom deployment and scale, custom policies, RBAC and ACL, custom audit retention, custom support and uptime SLAs, SSO/SAML, and enterprise integrations. Additional capacity is available through a $125-per-month Usage plan and a $600-per-month additional compute cluster.
The platform’s main strength is breadth across the machine-learning lifecycle. It supports metric, parameter, artifact, visualization, and lineage tracking; side-by-side comparisons; query-based run filtering; DAG pipelines; hyperparameter sweeps; model versioning; lifecycle stages; access controls; model, API, and batch serving; and Kubernetes scheduling for distributed workloads, notebooks, services, and batch jobs. Integrations include PyTorch, TensorFlow, JupyterLab, TensorBoard, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Slack, and major data and workflow systems. Choose Polyaxon when Kubernetes control, governance, reproducibility, and multi-stage operations matter together. Teams seeking a narrower experiment tracker or a lower paid starting cost should consider alternatives.
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Polyaxon fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $125/mo |
| Run comparison | Not verified |
| Artifact tracking | Not verified |
| Dataset versioning | Not verified |
| Model registry | Yes |
| Deployment options | Not verified |
| API and SDK access | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | SSO/SAML |
| Support | Live chat, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 20 integrations: Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Ray, Dask, Spark, PyTorch … See all → |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | polyaxon.com |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
Polyaxon integrations
Polyaxon lists 20 integrations on its own site.
- Kubernetes
- Kubeflow
- Ray
- Dask
- Spark
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- JupyterLab
- TensorBoard
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Airflow
- Argo
- Jenkins
- Slack
- PagerDuty
- S3
- GCS
- Azure Blob
- Datadog
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Alternatives to Polyaxon
- Weights & BiasesA broad ML platform that extends experiment tracking into production workflows.8.9
- ClearMLA broad MLOps platform with experiment tracking, data versioning, orchestration, and serving.8.8
- CometA polished experiment tracking platform with strong comparison, lineage, and registry tools.8.7
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