Amazon EKS vs Portainer
No leader: the top candidate Portainer has only 0.32 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container orchestration tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Amazon EKS
A fully managed Kubernetes platform that automates cluster and infrastructure management, allowing teams to build and run production-grade containerized workloads with AWS's operational reliability and security. Supports unified workload management across cloud, on-premises, and edge locations.
Portainer
A container orchestration management platform that provides centralized governance, deployment automation, and operational control across multi-cluster Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and edge environments. It enables IT and operations teams to manage containerized applications at scale with simplified workflows, role-based access control, and GitOps integration.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Amazon EKS
From $0.10 per cluster per hour. No minimum fees or upfront commitments. Additional charges for compute resources (EC2, EBS, IP addresses, cross-AZ traffic).
- Standard Kubernetes version support$0.10 per cluster per hour (standard support for 14 months after release)
- Extended Kubernetes version support$0.60 per cluster per hour (extended support for 12 months after standard support ends)
Portainer
From $105/month. Business Edition free for 3 nodes. Annual commitment required.
- Starter$105/month or $1045/year, annual commitment. Limited to organizations ≤$50M revenue.
- Community support
- Max 16 vCPUs per node
- Online purchase only
- Scale$209/month or $2095/year, annual commitment. Limited to organizations ≤$100M revenue.
- 9x5 next business day support
- Vendor onboarding
- Reseller purchases
- Max 24 vCPUs per node
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Prioritized 9x5 support
- Production/Non-production node options
- Customizable license agreement
- Assigned support engineer
- Security assessment report
- +3 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Amazon EKS
- Cast AI
- Tailscale
- 1Password
- Okta
- Trend Micro
- Orca Security
- Vanta
- Arctic Wolf
- Asana
- LucidLink
- Brave Search API
Portainer
- Active Directory
- LDAP
- OAuth
- Helm
- Git repositories
- Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
- Docker
- Swarm
- Podman
- Talos
- Omni
- S3-compatible storage
- OPC connectivity
- MQTT
- Argo
- Flux
- Docker Hub
- Matomo Analytics
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.