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What is Portainer?

Portainer is a centralized container management platform for containerized apps and IoT device management. It helps accelerate container adoption and reduce time-to-value on Kubernetes, Docker, and Swarm with a management portal, allowing users to deliver and manage containerized applications from…

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Great product

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 5, 2025
Vetted ReviewVerified User
I am running several services that my company sorely needed for collaboration. Portaimer makes it super easy for me to keep them updated and to test other containers that othe...
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Kristofer Masker
Administrator - Information Technology
Systems Administrator
CemenTech
Portainer2 years of experience

If you're looking for Docker facilitation it's here!

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 17, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
If you work on a docker this is a 'must have' for You! Working on Portainer is a pleasure now. Very fast answers from technical support, I asked about business license and got...
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Bartosz Gajdemski
Administrator - Customer Service
IT Administrator
Bartosz Gajdemski - Usługi Informatyczne
Portainer1 year of experience

Simplify containers management

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 8, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Managing docker containers and deployments can't be any easier than this. Docker-compose and other cli tools can be ok but there are definitely many occasions where you would ...
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Traian Antonescu
Engineer - Engineering
Software Engineer
Meta
Portainer2 years of experience

Perfect tool

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 1, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Portainer as our mean Docker controll system. We have all our docker containers on Portainer managed. In the most cases we use stacks with docker compose and our yml fi...
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Daniel Leuenberger
Administrator - Other
Developer
EHV
Portainer5 years of experience
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Portainer for the Win in a Cloud Native World!

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 25, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I am a Platform Engineer that previously worked in the b2b integrated ecommerce space, and now I work in the industrial base, for a plastics manufacturer. I use Portainer for ...
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Benjamin Swindle
Engineer - Marketing
Platform Engineer
Clarity Ventures, Inc. and Boedeker Plastics, Inc.
Portainer25 years of experience
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Pricing

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Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free

$0

Cloud

Home & Student

$149

Cloud
per year

Starter

$995

Cloud
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.portainer.io/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Putting a UI around Docker with Portainer

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RBAC: Portainer vs Kubernetes

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Portainer 2.5.1 Top 5 Features

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SSO Support & Authentication with Portainer

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Portainer Deployment - PGBlitz.com

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How to automate software delivery with simple GitOps integration in Portainer

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Features

Container Management

Features commonly found in Container Management software.

8
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

What is Portainer?

Portainer is a centralized container management platform for containerized apps and IoT device management. It helps accelerate container adoption and reduce time-to-value on Kubernetes, Docker, and Swarm with a management portal, allowing users to deliver and manage containerized applications from the data center to the edge. Portainer helps -
  • Reduce the operational complexity associated with multi-cluster management
  • Bridge the skills gap and facilitate feature discovery and learning with its UI
  • Codify cloud-native best practices with design templates and default configurations
  • Consistently apply and centrally manage access, permissions and activity logging
Portainer can help with multiple use cases including -
Deploy containers
Troubleshoot apps
Platform management
Security & Compliance
Lifecycle Management
IoT Device Management

Portainer Business is built on Portainer's open-source foundation, which boasts more than 1M users. Portainer is presented as a solution to transition to Kubernetes or speed up the adoption of containers inside an organization.

Portainer Features

Container Management Features

  • Supported: Security and Isolation
  • Supported: Cluster Management
  • Supported: Storage Management
  • Supported: Resource Allocation and Optimization
  • Supported: Discovery Tools
  • Supported: Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging

Additional Features

  • Supported: Platform Access Control

Portainer Screenshots

Screenshot of Portainer is a universal container management platform to help adopt and manage Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad and Edge environments.

Portainer Videos

Portainer for Kubernetes - making multi-cluster container management easier
Introducing Portainer - Container Management

Portainer Competitors

Portainer Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesWorldwide

Portainer Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher, and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine are common alternatives for Portainer.

Reviewers rate Security and Isolation and Cluster Management highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of Portainer are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Port(ainer)ing you containers

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
September 28, 2023
HE
Hans Erasmus
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
HBPS Consulting (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Portainer
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Portainer is currently used to manage our Docker Swarm environment where we are running multiple in-house and customer services. Portainer has taken the headache out of managing Docker updates by immediately showing you which containers are out of date and giving you a seamless updating capability. Scaling and HA with Docker Swarm is made so much simpler with Portainer, and showing us the environment status through a single pane of glass is cutting down on time spent to know what is going on in the environment.
Pros
  • Docker Swarm Management
  • Image updates
  • Integration with GitLab container registry
  • LDAP integration
  • Service deployments and service webhooks
  • Full scale Kubernetes cluster deployment and management
Cons
  • The API is hard to understand and you need to often "chain" API calls
Likelihood to Recommend
Portainer is well suited for teams that want to move a micro-service architecture, quickly. Especially when coming from monolithic systems where deployments were handled by different teams. Portainer makes it easier for Developers to be in full control of deployment cycles, especially when integrated with systems like GitLab. Updating web services by using the webhook functionality in Portainer will make life so much easier for devs. It will help them focus on the thing they are paid to do: develop.
Portainer Feature Ratings
Container Management (5)
86%
8.6
Security and Isolation
80%
8.0
Cluster Management
90%
9.0
Resource Allocation and Optimization
80%
8.0
Discovery Tools
100%
10.0
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Saved time
  • Lowered the entry barrier into container and container-management
Alternatives Considered
None, really. All searches pointed to Portainer every time.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
3
Development and customer service deployment and support.
Support Headcount Required
2
Business Processes Supported
  • Deploying customer services in HA/clustered modes.
  • Quick time to repair
  • Building a development environment that devs can do rapid deployments and testing on
Innovative Uses
  • None as of yet
Future Planned Uses
  • Deploy it for larger customers on site to manage Kubernetes clusters with.
Likelihood to Renew
10
Products Replaced
No
Key Differentiators
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Evaluation Lessons Learned
I would not really changed it. A lot of reading on real-world users (sysadmins and devs alike) pointed to Portainer being the best fit.
Implementation Rating
10
It is really easy. Just follow the documentation.
Implementation Details / Implementation Partner
  • Implemented in-house
Implementation Phases
No
Change Management Lessons
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation
When documented properly, users will find it very easy to use, even with integrated pipelines.
Implementation Issues
  • None
Support Rating
10
They were quick to respond. They are always friendly and willing to help whenever they are able to.
Premium Support
Yes. Because I wanted to have peace of mind in case I ran into weird issues.
Exceptional Examples of Portainer Support
Yes. We had an issue with how locally hosted GitLab shows images from the registry. We had one call to explain the issue, the engineers asked for a bit of time to investigate fully, came back 2 days later with a work-around and a week later gave us feedback on the internal discussions they had regarding our problem.
Usability
10
It is a clear UI, and it does what it sets out to do, very well.
Easy Tasks
  • Updating Containers to latest images
  • Deploying Stacks using stack templates
  • LDAP integration
  • Creating Services with Webhooks
Difficult Tasks
  • Creating groups (especially when using LDAP)
Mobile Interface Availability and Impressions
Yes, but I don't use it

Portainer made docker management easy

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 29, 2023
Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Portainer
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Portainer made it a lot easier to manage, monitor and update the docker containers we use for software development, allowing us to save time and avoid errors during devops operations. In the past we needed a devops specialist for trivial tasks as start or stop a container, and now those operations can be done by the developers themselves.
Pros
  • Integration with git
  • Docker container update
  • Log viewing
Cons
  • Lack of a config backup option in the interface
  • Automated config backup tool
  • A way to upgrade Portainer itself easily
Likelihood to Recommend
Portainer is an excellent tool for software developers, either a solo developer, small ou big teams. I believe its also suitable for single project deployment on production servers.
For data centers, managing hundreds or thousands of containers from a lot of different users, i believe the interface is not the ideal.
Portainer Feature Ratings
Container Management (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Security and Isolation
100%
10.0
Cluster Management
70%
7.0
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging
80%
8.0
Return on Investment
  • Time spent by developers on devops tasks related to docker reduced by at least 50%
  • Drastic reduction of number of devops support requests
Other Software Used
Usability
9
Almost all resources are easy to find and understand without looking on documentation.
Easy Tasks
  • Docker container update and redeploy
  • Git integration
Difficult Tasks
  • Container log viewing

Best of the best for containers and docker management..

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 14, 2023
SS
Sameer Soni
Managing Director
Kumon of Strawberry Hill (Education Management, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Portainer
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We needed lots of containers and database management, with Portainer running on Ubuntu Server, life got very easy, we were able to organize, manage our database, website and storage along with CRM. The interface is smooth, all the details on stacks and containers easy to find.

Managing internal and external ports along with volume management makes it very convenient to organize data. Managing resources for our internal Intranet site and sharing secured documents via secured access all made very easy with containers installed on Portainer.

Separate network for containers made port-opening secured on our interfaces.
Pros
  • Volume Management
  • New container install
  • OS management
  • Adguard
Cons
  • More cloud friendly features and integration with google, Microsoft.
  • Enabling advanced docker volume management
  • More pre configured templates
Likelihood to Recommend
Its well suited for small business and IT individuals. Information well layed out with interface to manage containers. Further integration with AWS and Azure will make it even better.

Secured access to applications within the platform via separte network bridges, live data/resource monitoring makes it even more user friendly.


Internal and External database, querries and automation of containers makes it the best choice of docker/container managemen platform. Defintely giving users peace of mind with their day to day buisness management.
Most Important Features
  • Database Mgnt
  • Ease to use
  • Secured
  • Scalable
  • Portable
Portainer Feature Ratings
Container Management (6)
100%
10.0
Security and Isolation
100%
10.0
Cluster Management
100%
10.0
Storage Management
100%
10.0
Resource Allocation and Optimization
100%
10.0
Discovery Tools
100%
10.0
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • Saved us time
  • Made database management easy
  • Website and secured remote access of data
Other Software Used
Azure Bot Service (Microsoft Bot Framework), AWS Auto Scaling
Products Replaced
No
Key Differentiators
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Scalabilty and ease of use defintely tops the list. Secured access and easy navigation among menu items makes it super user friendly interface.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
I would not hesistate to install and configure and refer to other business this management interface. Absuoltely awesome in every way.
Support Rating
10
So far, I haven't needed any support, the online documentation and wiki pages makes it super easy to configure and launch applications on any platform.
Premium Support
So far I have not needed support, all issues are easy to fix with the online documenation.
Bug Resolution
No
Exceptional Examples of Portainer Support
Initial email support when I installed it for the first time. Prompt replies and license key details.
Usability
10
Usability, stability and portability is best in its class, making docker application management super easy for even non-IT proffesionals.
Easy Tasks
  • Volume Management
  • Networking
  • Access control
Difficult Tasks
  • none
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