Portainer
Operational control for Kubernetes and Docker; without the specialist overhead.
- Also known as
- portainer
What is Portainer?
Enterprise container management platform for Kubernetes and Docker environments. Enables multi-cluster governance, edge deployments, and simplified operations without requiring deep container expertise.
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 $105/mo. Business Edition free for up to 3 nodes. Subscription pricing with transparent monthly/yearly options.
Starter
For small teams getting started with container management. Simple, cost-effective, and easy to grow from.
- nodes
- 5-15
- vCPUs
- 16 per node
- Community support
- Max 16 vCPUs per node
- RBAC from day one
- GitOps
- Fleet governance
- Audit logs
- Industrial edge capability
Scale
For growing teams that demand higher performance, more nodes, and team support.
- nodes
- 5-30
- vCPUs
- 24 per node
- 9x5 next business day support
- Max 24 vCPUs per node
- Vendor onboarding
- Reseller purchases available
Enterprise
Contact salesFor business-critical deployments that need priority support, compliance coverage, and deep expertise.
- vCPUs
- 32 - Unlimited per node
- Prioritized 9x5 next business day support
- 32 to Unlimited vCPUs per node
- Production/Non-Production node options
- Customizable License Agreement
- Assigned Support Engineer
- Security Assessment Report
- TAA Compliance Certificate
- Managed Platform Services Option
- 24/7 Support 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
- Cloud + self-hosted
- 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
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (9)
Independently observed- Git/GitOps
- Helm
- LDAP
- OAuth
- Active Directory
- S3-compatible storage
- Talos Kubernetes
- Omni
- Docker Hub
Portainer alternatives
Other container orchestration tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale 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 | 12.00 | 1200.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 12.00 | 693.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 29 | 16.00 | 460.1 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 25 | 8.00 | 200.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 30.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 22.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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.