Premium Features#

Lens Desktop premium features cover cloud cluster discovery, GitOps visibility, AI-assisted troubleshooting, security scanning, and quick-access tooling.

30-day free trial

New Personal subscription users get a free 30-day trial with full access to all premium features. See Trial for details.

Automate repetitive tasks:

Auto-discover clusters from AWS EKS and Azure AKS accounts, eliminating manual kubeconfig management.
Track GitOps state with the Flux CD dashboard, seeing reconciliation status, drift, and failures across clusters without the flux CLI.
Scan for vulnerabilities across images and workloads directly in Lens Desktop with Security Center, replacing manual audit workflows.

Tackle complex tasks:

Troubleshoot with AI using Ask AI, which connects your chosen AI tool to your cluster with live context.
Connect external AI assistants to your clusters via the Lens MCP Server and the Model Context Protocol.

Premium features are included with Plus, Pro, and Enterprise subscription plans. For details, see Lens Pricing.

Premium capabilities#

Category	Feature	Description
Kubernetes Cloud Environments	AWS EKS	Discover and connect to EKS clusters across your AWS accounts
	Azure AKS	Discover and connect to AKS clusters across your Azure subscriptions
AI & Intelligence Integrations	Ask AI	Summarize and analyze logs, metrics, events, and related resources for any Kubernetes object with the AI CLI of your choice
	Lens MCP Server	Use Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP-compatible client to inspect and manage your clusters
Security & Accessibility	Security Center	Centralized vulnerability scanning and security posture management for your clusters
	Hotbar	Quick-access bar for your most-used clusters
GitOps	Flux CD	See reconciliation health, drift, failures, and recent activity across every Flux resource, without leaving Lens

Requirements#

Lens Desktop installed and signed in with a Lens ID
A Plus, Pro, or Enterprise subscription plan, or a Personal subscription with an active trial. For details, see Lens Pricing
Internet connection for cloud environment connectors and subscription validation

Trial#

New users on a Personal subscription receive a 30-day trial with full access to all premium features. During the trial:

All premium features work without restrictions.
A countdown appears on the Premium Features button at the bottom of the navigation panel, showing your remaining trial days.
The Premium Features dashboard shows contextual messages as the trial progresses.

When the trial expires, premium features return to their locked state. Locked features remain visible in the UI but their functionality is disabled. Your configurations and settings are preserved. Upgrade to restore access.