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Container management GUI for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes
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Portainer is a container management platform for DevOps and platform teams that gives them a graphical interface to deploy, manage and secure Docker, Docker Swarm and Kubernetes environments. One license covers all three orchestrators with no extra fees. It also supports industrial and IoT edge deployments, priced separately by core.
You install Portainer Server, connect the nodes you want to manage and administer containers, stacks and clusters from the web interface. Licenses are sold by node count for a fixed term and can be adjusted at renewal, while Enterprise allows mid-term additions.
Portainer is used by teams that run containers and want a GUI instead of command-line-only workflows. The Home and Student option serves non-commercial use such as homelabs and learning.
Starter is $1,045 per year for 5, 10 or 15 nodes with up to 16 vCPUs per node and community support. Scale is $2,095 per year for 5 to 25 nodes with up to 24 vCPUs and 9x5 support, and Enterprise is custom. Free options include Home and Student for non-commercial use and a 45-day Enterprise trial with 15 nodes. Edge pricing is core-based.
The vendor's pricing page lists Docker, Docker Swarm and Kubernetes as the orchestrators supported under one license, and names no other third-party integrations.
Docker offers its own desktop and management tooling for single-host workflows. Red Hat OpenShift is a full Kubernetes distribution with its own console and a much larger scope. Rancher manages multiple Kubernetes clusters, while Portainer also covers Docker and Swarm.
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