Portainer works great for container management.
April 17, 2023

Portainer works great for container management.

Remco Schrijver | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Portainer

Portainer is a great tool to manage docker installs via a web frontend, and has great tools for managing docker compose files with their stack feature. Another nice feature is connecting multiple docker installs to a single portainer instance using their portainer agents. In general it just makes live easier for day to day management of docker installs.

Pros

  • Easy to manage docker compose files via their stacks.
  • Easily access docker instances via your web browser.
  • Connecting to multiple docker instances of different machines with a single portainer instance.

Cons

  • Keeping feature parity with all features of docker and docker compose.
  • Making it easier to update your portainer install, without the need to use an (ssh) terminal.
  • Make it easier to integrate monitoring of containers into the frontend.
  • The remote management agent really needs an option for authentication for added safety.
  • Easy management of containers.
  • Easy deployment in new environments.
  • Very reliable and stable system.
  • It made it a lot easier to deploy containers.
  • Testing docker compose files became way easier.
  • Quick R&D with containers because the web UI is so easy to use and allows for monitoring logs in the UI.

Do you think Portainer delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Portainer's feature set?

Yes

Did Portainer live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Portainer go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Portainer again?

Yes

It works very well in scenarios where you want to easily manage one or multiple docker installs, however make sure that the multiple installs are connected in their own seperate (V)LAN. The agents you have to install don't come with authentication so that is not very safe to just plainly run even on your own LAN.

Portainer Feature Ratings

Security and Isolation
6
Cluster Management
10
Storage Management
9
Resource Allocation and Optimization
9
Discovery Tools
9
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging
8

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