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The Top 18 Easiest To Use Container Management Software

See the top Container Management Software products based on usability ratings. A product’s usability score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in real user satisfaction ratings of how easy the product is to administer, as well as how well the product meets business requirements, among other ratings. Compare products according to their usability scores to streamline the buying process and quickly identify the best products based on real user experiences.

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Portainer

9.2

Overall Usability Score

9.2

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.7

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.3

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

81%

Mid Market

12%

Enterprise

Google Cloud Run

9.0

Overall Usability Score

9.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.3

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.3

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

35%

Mid Market

40%

Enterprise

24%

DigitalOcean

8.5

Overall Usability Score

8.5

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.5

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.5

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

86%

Mid Market

11%

Enterprise

Cycle

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.9

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

100%

Red Hat OpenShift

8.4

Overall Usability Score

8.4

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.0

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.3

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

27%

Mid Market

28%

Enterprise

45%

Rancher

8.3

Overall Usability Score

8.3

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.8

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.0

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.6

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

29%

Mid Market

32%

Enterprise

39%

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

8.2

Overall Usability Score

8.2

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.6

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

23%

Mid Market

26%

Enterprise

51%

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

8.1

Overall Usability Score

8.1

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.1

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.7

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.3

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

28%

Mid Market

47%

Enterprise

25%

AWS Fargate

8.0

Overall Usability Score

8.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.6

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.9

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

37%

Mid Market

34%

Enterprise

29%

#10

Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)

8.0

Overall Usability Score

8.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.0

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

33%

Mid Market

32%

Enterprise

34%

#11

Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)

8.0

Overall Usability Score

8.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.3

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.9

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

72%

Mid Market

16%

Enterprise

12%

#12

Canonical LXC

8.0

Overall Usability Score

8.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

9.3

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.8

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

71%

Mid Market

21%

Enterprise

#13

Tanzu

7.9

Overall Usability Score

7.9

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.6

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.6

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

18%

Mid Market

43%

Enterprise

39%

#14

Kubernetes

7.9

Overall Usability Score

7.9

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.9

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

7.5

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.6

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

27%

Mid Market

32%

Enterprise

41%

#15

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

7.7

Overall Usability Score

7.7

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.8

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.6

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.1

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

15%

Mid Market

36%

Enterprise

49%

#16

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

7.6

Overall Usability Score

7.6

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.0

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.4

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

8.6

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

31%

Mid Market

29%

Enterprise

40%

#17

Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK)

7.5

Overall Usability Score

7.5

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

8.8

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

9.2

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.0

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

29%

Mid Market

43%

Enterprise

29%

#18

Canonical Kubernetes

7.0

Overall Usability Score

7.0

Usability Score Breakdown

Ease of Admin

Average: 9.0

7.6

Ease of Use

Average: 8.7

8.0

Meets Requirements

Average: 9.1

9.0

Customer Segment Breakdown

Small Business

39%

Mid Market

29%

Enterprise

32%