Portainer
A unified platform for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters and container environments without integrating a dozen separate tools
- Vendor
- Portainer.io Limited
- Also known as
- portainer
Available worldwide
What is Portainer?
Portainer provides centralized governance of Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Podman across multiple clusters and environments. It includes role-based access control, GitOps deployment workflows, centralized authentication, and audit logging from a single management console.
Portainer pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $1,045/year. Free tier: 3 nodes.
Starter
For small teams getting started with container management
- vCPU
- 16 per node
- nodes
- 5, 10, or 15
- Community support
- Online purchase only
Scale
For growing teams that demand higher performance and team support
- vCPU
- 24 per node
- nodes
- 5 to 25
- 9x5 next business day support
- Vendor onboarding
- Available through resellers
Enterprise
Contact salesFor business-critical deployments requiring priority support and compliance coverage
- vCPU
- 32 to unlimited
- nodes
- 32 to unlimited
- 9x5 support with 24/7 option
- Assigned support engineer
- Security assessment report
- TAA compliance certificate
- Production and non-production nodes
- Customizable license agreement
- Managed platform services option
What Portainer does
The capabilities that matter for container orchestration tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Orchestration scope
- Kubernetes
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- OCI / CRI compliant
- -
- CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant
- -
- Rootless operation
- -
- Daemonless architecture
- -
- Windows containers
- ✓
- ARM architecture support
- ✓
- GPU scheduling
- -
- Stateful workloads
- ✓
- Built-in networking / CNI
- -
- Vendor-managed control plane
- ✓
- CNCF maturity
- -
- GUI dashboard
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (30)
Independently observed- Kubernetes•
- Docker Swarm•
- Git⇄
- OPA Gatekeeper
- Slack→
- Matomo
- OIDC←
- SSO←
- AWS EKS
- Azure AKS
- Google GKE
- Syslog→•
- 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
Security & compliance
Independently observed- TAA Complianceactive
Portainer FAQ
Common questions about Portainer, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Portainer?
A unified control plane enabling IT teams to consistently govern, deploy, and manage Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes environments at scale while reducing dependency on deep container orchestration expertise. It is indexed under Container Orchestration Tools.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
Is Portainer free?
Portainer offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Starter, Scale, Enterprise and Industrial & IoT. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
What platforms does Portainer support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Portainer. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
Can Portainer be self-hosted?
Yes. Portainer can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
What does Portainer integrate with?
We have confirmed 24 integrations for Portainer, including Active Directory, LDAP, OAuth, Helm, Git repositories, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Docker and Swarm, plus 16 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
What security certifications does Portainer have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Portainer. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Portainer not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
Where is Portainer available?
Portainer is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Source: https://www.portainer.io/business-enterprise-it-pricing
Portainer alternatives
Other container orchestration tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- DockerAn open-source containerization toolkit and framework for building custom container-based systems from modular componentsmedium · 61%
- Google Kubernetes EngineA managed Kubernetes service that automates infrastructure operationslow · 39%
- KubernetesAutomates the deployment and scaling of containerized applications in production environmentslow · 29%
- HelmA package manager for Kubernetes applicationslow · 41%
- BuildahA command-line tool for building OCI-format container imageslow · 41%
- containerdlow · 32%
Compare Portainer
Side by side against other container orchestration tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Portainer, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 59% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: self · Arm support: Yes · Gui dashboard: Yes · Orchestration: kubernetes · Stateful workloads: Yes · Windows containers: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: NZ · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
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