Comparison

CRI-O 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.

CRI-O full profile →Portainer full profile →

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CRI-O56

Portainer56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CRI-O	Portainer
Vioscale score	56 / 100low · 48%	56 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	18
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.4	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 13 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcri-o%2Fcri-o&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	61	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,654	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	43	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ NZ

Score

Vioscale score

CRI-O56 / 100low · 48%

Portainer56 / 100low · 32%

Pricing

Free tier

CRI-O–

Portainer✓

Model

CRI-Ocommercial

Portainerfreemium

Price level

CRI-Ofree

Portainerhigh

Transparent

CRI-O–

Portainer✓

Integrations

Count

CRI-O–

Portainer18

Security

Gdpr

CRI-O–

Portainer✓

Scorecard

CRI-O8.4

Portainer–

Vulnerabilities

CRI-OCount: 13 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcri-o%2Fcri-o&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Portainer–

Reliability

Status page

CRI-O✓

Portainer–

Adoption

Dependent repos

CRI-O61

Portainer–

Github stars

CRI-O5,654

Portainer–

Activity

Commits last 30d

CRI-O43

Portainer–

Release

History

CRI-O20 items

Portainer–

License

Spdx

CRI-OApache-2.0

Portainer–

Language

Primary

CRI-OGo

Portainer–

Market

Availability

CRI-O–

PortainerAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ NZ

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container orchestration tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Container Orchestration Tools
Capability	CRI-O	Portainer
Core
Orchestration scope	Kubernetes	Kubernetes
Deployment
Hosting	Self-hosted only	Self-hosted only
Standards
OCI / CRI compliant	✓	-
CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant	✓	-
Security
Rootless operation	-	-
Architecture
Daemonless architecture	-	-
Platform
Windows containers	-	✓
ARM architecture support	-	-
Workloads
GPU scheduling	-	-
Stateful workloads	-	-
Networking
Built-in networking / CNI	✗	-
Ops
Vendor-managed control plane	-	-
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-
UX
GUI dashboard	-	✓

Core

Orchestration scope

CRI-OKubernetes

PortainerKubernetes

Deployment

Hosting

CRI-OSelf-hosted only

PortainerSelf-hosted only

Standards

OCI / CRI compliant

CRI-O✓

Portainer-

CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant

CRI-O✓

Portainer-

Security

Rootless operation

CRI-O-

Portainer-

Architecture

Daemonless architecture

CRI-O-

Portainer-

Platform

Windows containers

CRI-O-

Portainer✓

ARM architecture support

CRI-O-

Portainer-

Workloads

GPU scheduling

CRI-O-

Portainer-

Stateful workloads

CRI-O-

Portainer-

Networking

Built-in networking / CNI

CRI-O✗

Portainer-

Ops

Vendor-managed control plane

CRI-O-

Portainer-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

CRI-O-

Portainer-

GUI dashboard

CRI-O-

Portainer✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CRI-O

A runtime implementation that enables Kubernetes to execute and manage containers, supporting OCI-compliant container images from any registry.

Independently observed

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CRI-O

Open source

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Portainer

from $105/moSubscriptionFree tier

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

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	CRI-O	Portainer
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

CRI-O✗

Portainer✓

Linux

CRI-O✓

Portainer✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CRI-O✗

Portainer✓

Self-hosted

CRI-O✓

Portainer✓

On-premise

CRI-O✗

Portainer✓

Hybrid

CRI-O✗

Portainer✓

Air-gapped

CRI-O✗

Portainer✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

CRI-O

Not documented yet.

Portainer

18 total

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

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.