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Overview

Product Information on Portainer

Updated 8th February 2024

What is Portainer?

Portainer is a container management platform to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and secure containerized applications across cloud, data center, edge, and Industrial IoT use cases. Portainer is trusted by customers across various industries, including financial services, information technology, manufacturing, energy, automotive, and healthcare, to simplify the adoption of containers. Portainer provides infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization.

Portainer Pricing

Portainer Business Edition comes in a few pricing models dependent upon the market segment and usage scenarios. Hybrid Cloud deployments are based upon node pricing, while Industrial IoT and Edge are based upon a server and node license model.

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Security and Compliance
Security and Compliance
Deploy Containers
Deploy Containers
Platform Management
Platform Management

Overall experience with Portainer

ENGINEER
30B + USD, Manufacturing
FAVORABLE

“Powerful But Simplified Container Management Features With Clunky In-Browser Terminal Usability”

5.0
Nov 10, 2025
Extremely easy to implement, easy to use UI and a must for both personal and professional use.
SDE 3
250M - 500M USD, Consumer Goods
CRITICAL

“Product tour missing. ”

3.0
Dec 6, 2023
I clearly dont understand the advantages with this product. Is it just the UI?

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th January 2024

Portainer is a container management platform to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and secure containerized applications across cloud, data center, edge, and Industrial IoT use cases. Portainer is trusted by customers across various industries, including financial services, information technology, manufacturing, energy, automotive, and healthcare, to simplify the adoption of containers. Portainer provides infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2017
Head office location
Auckland, New Zealand
Number of employees
51 - 200
Website
http://www.portainer.io

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Portainer Likes & Dislikes

Like

It makes container management extremely easy. Easy way to control and modify each container's settings. It is easy to set up and keep the product updated. The possibility of using OAuth.

Like

I liked the clean UI

Like

I like that it's really easy to spin up containers and monitor containers (start/stop, logs, updates). The interface is easy and simple to understand and you don't have to use the command line if you don't want to. It's a reliable tool and saves time in management.

Dislike

The container terminals are a bit clunky to use. The way stacks and app templates work can be a bit tricky at first. The community edition might have some limitations.

Dislike

They dont have a product tour to walk through the features.

Dislike

There is little to dislike, the only thing I would like to add would be a backup option on the interface.

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Portainer Reviews and Ratings

4.8

(41 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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80%
4 Star
17%
3 Star
2%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.7

Service & Support

4.6

Product Capabilities

4.7

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  • ENGINEER
    10B+ USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Powerful But Simplified Container Management Features With Clunky In-Browser Terminal Usability

    5.0
    Nov 10, 2025
    Extremely easy to implement, easy to use UI and a must for both personal and professional use.
  • IT MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Portainer Makes Docker Management Accessible With Intuitive Interface Design

    5.0
    Nov 3, 2025
    Portainer simplifies docker container management and turns docker into a really easy to manage tool.
  • IT SYS ADMIN
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Easy to Use. It just works out of the box.

    4.0
    Nov 17, 2025
    It's easy to setup, maintain, and use for those that are getting started with Docker.
  • IT ASSOCIATE
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
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    great free and open source solution to manage on-prem containers

    5.0
    Sep 16, 2025
    it is really easy to use, ease of mind because I know whats running in the background
  • SOC ANALYST
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Intuitive Open Source Container Tool Simplifies Management With Lightweight Installation

    5.0
    Nov 5, 2025
    Is an open source container, has a clean UI and is very intuitive. This saves time and reduce the need for CLI commands. Is lightweight and easy to install.
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