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Comparison

HashiCorp Nomad 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.

HashiCorp Nomad full profile →Portainer full profile →
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HashiCorp Nomad55
Portainer56
Score
Vioscale score
HashiCorp Nomad55 / 100medium · 59%
Portainer56 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✓
Model
HashiCorp Nomadcommercial
Portainerfreemium
Price level
HashiCorp Nomadfree
Portainerhigh
Transparent
HashiCorp Nomad–
Portainer✓
Integrations
Count
HashiCorp Nomad6
Portainer18
Security
Disclosure policy
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer–
Gdpr
HashiCorp Nomad–
Portainer✓
Iso27001
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer–
Scorecard
HashiCorp Nomad7.5
Portainer–
Soc2
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer–
Adoption
Dependent repos
HashiCorp Nomad1,972
Portainer–
Github stars
HashiCorp Nomad16,835
Portainer–
Activity
Commits last 30d
HashiCorp Nomad66
Portainer–
Release
History
HashiCorp Nomad20 items
Portainer–
Language
Primary
HashiCorp NomadGo
Portainer–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Orchestration scope
HashiCorp NomadCustom scheduler
PortainerKubernetes
Deployment
Hosting
HashiCorp NomadCloud + self-hosted
PortainerSelf-hosted only
Standards
OCI / CRI compliant
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Security
Rootless operation
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Architecture
Daemonless architecture
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Platform
Windows containers
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer✓
ARM architecture support
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Workloads
GPU scheduling
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Stateful workloads
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Networking
Built-in networking / CNI
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
Ops
Vendor-managed control plane
HashiCorp Nomad✗
Portainer-
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer-
UX
GUI dashboard
HashiCorp Nomad-
Portainer✓

What each one is

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

HashiCorp Nomad

A simple and flexible scheduler and orchestrator to deploy and manage containers and non-containerized applications across on-prem and clouds at scale

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.

HashiCorp Nomad

Open source
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
HashiCorp Nomad✗
Portainer✓
macOS
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✗
Windows
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✗
Linux
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✗
CLI
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✓
Self-hosted
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✓
On-premise
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✓
Hybrid
HashiCorp Nomad✓
Portainer✓
Air-gapped
HashiCorp Nomad✗
Portainer✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Docker
  • Podman

HashiCorp Nomad

6 total - 4 not shared
  • Consul
  • Vault
  • QEMU
  • Java
Independently observed

Portainer

18 total - 16 not shared
  • Active Directory
  • LDAP
  • OAuth
  • Helm
  • Git repositories
  • Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
  • Swarm
  • 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.