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Portainer Overview

What is Portainer?

Portainer is a universal 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 container adoption securely and with exceptional speed. Portainer offers the perfect blend of infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization. Portainer provides extensive support for container orchestrators across every deployment scenario and helps bridge the knowledge gap within every organization.

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Portainer is a universal 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 container adoption securely and with exceptional speed. Portainer offers the perfect blend of infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization. Portainer provides extensive support for container orchestrators across every deployment scenario and helps bridge the knowledge gap within every organization.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Portainer is comparable to Rancher, Mirantis, and OpenShift. You can read a detailed comparison report on 3 of these products in this blog post.
https://www.portainer.io/blog/portainer-vs-rancher-vs-openshift


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Portainer
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Portainer is a powerful yet easy-to-use management tool for Docker and Kubernetes that simplifies container and microservices management for enterprises. By providing a centralized, intuitive interface, Portainer allows you to deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications with minimal complexity. It's designed to streamline operations for DevOps teams, enhance security, and accelerate software delivery, all while reducing the learning curve associated with container orchestration. Whether you're managing applications in the cloud, on-premises, or at the edge, Portainer ensures consistent, efficient, and scalable operations.


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4.0 out of 5
"A userfriendly tool"
Easy to setup, user friendly for those who have just started in this field , the best integration with docker and it's effective deployments.
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"Portainer is very user-friendly"
Portainer excels in Ease of Use with an intuitive, clean interface that makes managing containers, images, and networks effortless, even for those ...
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"A user friendly interface for docker"
I started as a non expert, knew nothing about docker but Portainer helped me a lot because of it's simplified way of docker management and integration
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What do you like best about Portainer?

- Ease of deployment

- Checks image updates

- Clear status messages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

- TFA/MFA is missing, would be great to have this as an extra security measure for login.

- Uninstall of container, leaves behind files/folders under /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/ which needs to be manually removed.

- Have an option to archive App Template URL. Currently only 1 URL can be specified, it would be nice to be able to save/archives multiple URLs and select which URL must be referred or used by Portainer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

To learn and understand the docker ecosystem, I installed the docker on my home server and used Portainer to manage about 13+ different apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

- Ease of use

- Built-in monitoring

- Active Directory integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

- Pesters constantly about updating with an annoying banner

- Stacks feature does not support bind mounts, forcing the use of named volumes

- Lackluster default App templates (although source can be changed) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Portainer gives a way to access and control Docker via a web browser, avoiding the use of SSH keys which can be complicated to manage and distribute. It's integration with Active Directory also simplifies the process by only needing one password. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

I can manage all my VM's running Docker in one place. It is also nice that the program is open source, and that I can self-host it. Managing Docker containers/images/volumes in a GUI allows you to be more efficient and avoid wasting storage on unused resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

The Portainer Business Edition has some limitations. This is a bit silly since you host the software on your own hardware. However, a 5-machine limit does exist for free, and is enough for smaller operations. For most people and organizations, this is probably more than enough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a way to manage our Docker systems (running Apache with PHP for a website and Nginx as a proxy manager) with a web GUI. We benefit from this as it is very easy for anyone to manage our complex container system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kush P.
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What do you like best about Portainer?

The web UI is very easy to navigate and get started without having much prior knowledge. Makes docker and kubernetes really easy to manage.

User management and authorization is also a really great for working with teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

It would be great if along with the notifications in the dashboard, there would be an option to enable push notifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Portainer helps us easily manage self-hosted business applications and services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marian-Daniel A.
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What do you like best about Portainer?

Very intuitive web interface

Useful in managing docker containers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

I don't have any dislikes, all it's good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Very easy to manage docker containers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

Portainer is the best docker management platform around! It makes managing docker containers, setting up & managing swarms a breeze. I love that they offer a free business license for users like me who want to learn but only use Portainer for small or non-revenue-generating use cases. While I am very comfortable with the command line, having a GUI to manage all my docker containers makes things so much easier. I highly recommend Portainer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

I wish it were easier to restart containers using webhooks instead of recreating them. I would love to have more straightforward health checks without setting up a mail server or other third-party notification services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can manage 100+ containers with ease using Portainer. Swarm management is a breeze. I can manage my containers from any device; there is no need to fuss around with SSH and command-line tools on my phone or tablet when I need to do on-the-go management. Love the business license for small users, really great company! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

I can manage my VM (that runs Docker Containers such as Apache and Nginx) with ease on a web GUI. It can manage every aspect of Docker, including containers, images, volumes, and even Docker compose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

The Portainer Business Plan is expensive if you have multiple Docker instances. As we only have one main machine, this has not yet been an issue, but it is something we need to keep in mind for future expansion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a way to manage Docker using a web ui. SSH'ing into our VM whenever we needed to make changes was not feasible, as we do not have full-time debugging staff. A web gui allows even less-technical staff to make basic changes to our containers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

Portainer makes managing Docker instance super simple as it provides a nice and simple-to-use web UI. It provides a simple way to create and monitor containers in detail. It is also nice that they provide a free license for the enterprise-grade edition for 3 nodes, which is great for testing the software and home users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

If there is an error in creating a new stack it creates a limited stack instead of just not creating one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides fast access to deploying and monitoring the containers from a single interface, the logs and everything is great and offers a quick glance at everything you need to know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Diane Hannay of Portainer

Thanks for your review! It's great to hear that you're finding Portainer simple to use, and helpful for deploying and monitoring containers.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

It allows me to manage my services on the go and not only on PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

The free premium licence only have 3 nodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me to manage container on my phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Portainer?

Portainers gives you a really nice graphical user interface to manage all your containers to run, stop, remove or delete. Meanwhile being able to add more than one node and monitor all your services without the hassle to login to your server everytime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Portainer?

Not having support for mobile makes it a little harder to manage on your phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Portainer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing everything in one place makes it very easier to any administrator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.