#1 most frequent
United States of America
32.4%81 installations of 250
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Portainer is a universal container management platform to help adopt and manage Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad and Edge environments.
Top Performing Features
Discovery Tools
Product provides methods (such as URIs or sortable lists) to easily find and access jobs, nodes, containers, or clusters.
Category average: 8.1
Security and Isolation
Product provides effective tools to isolate containers, nodes, and clusters and protect them from threats.
Category average: 8.5
Cluster Management
Product’s ability to centralize the management of multiple container or node clusters.
Category average: 8.1
Areas for Improvement
Storage Management
Product’s ability to allocate storage resources and manage both temporary and persistent data.
Category average: 8.2
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging
Product provides tools to manage performance, health, and other data related to containers or clusters. This could include analytics tools, logging tools, live dashboards, etc.
Category average: 7.9
Resource Allocation and Optimization
Product’s ability to balance resource requirements, availability needs, and workload intensity to optimize resource usage.
Category average: 7.8
Who Buys & Uses Portainer
#2 most frequent
France
11.2%28 installations of 250
#3 most frequent
Brazil
9.2%23 installations of 250
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We had the problem that we had to orchestrate multiple docker containers manually. Now that we use Portainer, everything became a breeze. With the business edition, we don't have to manually check for updates. Furthermore, not having to manually create docker compose files is awesome. Including env files is also as easy as it gets. 2 thumbs up from me. Go and get Portainer! NOW!
Pros
- Managing docker containers and stacks
- Creating containers based on other containers
- Including multiple sources for containers
Cons
- label the "unused" images not as unused if a stack that is stopped uses them
Return on Investment
- It makes onboarding of new colleagues a breeze
Usability
Great product
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I am running several services that my company sorely needed for collaboration. Portaimer makes it super easy for me to keep them updated and to test other containers that other departments want to try out with minimal cost and setup time. Our IT department, while small, is now able to expand with no extra costs to our small budget.
Pros
- Management
- Easy of use
- Easy to administer
Cons
- Updating Portaimer itself
- Migrating containers to different servers
- A little cleaner interface
Return on Investment
- Allowed for more services
- Can utilize more free software
- Little resource cost
Usability
Other Software Used
Watchtower, Bitwarden, Cloudflare
Using Portainer Overall
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are just starting to touch ground with it, but am sure it will make our lives much easier. Being a 2nd liner it is a lot easier to use it rather then going to the backend for troubleshooting, our use case for Portainer is docker only for the time being.
At home am planning to use it more and more by and learn about the more advanced features provided.
At home am planning to use it more and more by and learn about the more advanced features provided.
Pros
- Stacks
- Monitoring
- UI
- Easy to navigate
Cons
- Setting up Active Directory
- Kubernetes support
- Continue improving what is already in place
Return on Investment
- Faster deployment cycles
- Intuitive GUI
- Negative, not being used enough across docker hosts
Usability
Other Software Used
Kubernetes, Docker, Linux/Windows Cloud Server
Awesome product!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Home lab. GUI visualization of containers and volume management.
Pros
- easily displays containers that are running and ones that are not
- configuration of variables within a container
Cons
- This is just such a great product. It is so much better than working from the command line.
Return on Investment
- the tool is so easy to understand it has saved me countless hours in managing my containers volumes and images
Usability
Portainer FTW
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Portainer daily to build new containers, and update images. I create new containers for development purposes and create stacks to set up development environments. I regularly create "golden" images to test situations, and doing so in Portainer is a breeze. I can create a base image, attach to it, then install tools, configure applications, detach and save the state of the image... This is a great feature.
Pros
- Image creation from running containers
- Fast container deployment from app templates
- Network isolation
Cons
- Custom stack templates are missing. While app templates are easy, custom stack templates would be awesome... 1-click LAMP system in multiple containers
- Better image management is needed
- Better volume management is also needed
Return on Investment
- Portainer allows me to accept new clients quicker, due to the speed I can replicate their servers
- Being able to confidently tell a client I can analyze their site adds a huge boost of confidence to our relationship
Usability
Other Software Used
Jetbrains Space, PhpStorm, WebStorm
