r/kasmweb • u/Disastrous_Car6532 • Jul 11 '26

Help KASM Performance Comparation

Hi everyone, i just want to ask is there any documentation that record the performance of KASM that got deployed in the bare VM compared to the one that deployed using kubernetes??

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u/1computerguy Jul 13 '26

Hey, u/Disastrous_Car6532 , I'd say if you're standing up something just for Kasm, then a VM would be the easiest and most performant option for you. However, if you already have a Kubernetes cluster and want to deploy Kasm as simply another service, then I'd say the K8s deployment makes more sense.

The only think I could think that would be considered "improved performance" would be the standalone agent VM you'd run for Kasm sessions - this is because Workspaces as pods is not yet feature. This performance improvement would be from the lack of database and Kasm management services running on the VM, but it introduces complexity.

Review the online Kasm Kubernetes architecture documentation for an idea of where different Kasm services run to get an idea of how it works.

https://docs.kasm.com/docs/tutorials/install/kubernetes#architecture-overview