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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Notion

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANotion aims to present users with an all-in-one workspace — for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases, from Notion Labs in San Francisco.

    $5

    per month per user

    Portainer

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/APortainer is a centralized container management platform for containerized apps and IoT device management. It helps accelerate container adoption and reduce time-to-value on Kubernetes, Docker, and Swarm with a management portal, allowing users to deliver and manage containerized applications from the data center to the edge. Portainer helps - Reduce the operational complexity associated with multi-cluster management Bridge the skills gap and facilitate feature…

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    Pricing
    NotionPortainer
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free
    $0
    Home & Student
    $149
    per year
    Starter
    $995
    per year
    Professional
    $2995
    per year
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales for Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NotionPortainer
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    NotionPortainer
    Considered Both Products
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Portainer
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    94 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    87 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    94 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    92 Answers
    Features
    NotionPortainer
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Notion and Portainer
    Feature
    Notion
    7.3
    79 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Portainer
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.846 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling6.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.355 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.272 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.868 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Notion and Portainer
    Feature
    Notion
    7.7
    76 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Portainer
    -
    Ratings
    Chat6.129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.568 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.769 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Notion and Portainer
    Feature
    Notion
    8.1
    76 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Portainer
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    Ratings
    Versioning7.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files7.649 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files7.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features7.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.253 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Notion and Portainer
    Feature
    Notion
    -
    Ratings
    Portainer
    8.6
    94 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.790 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings8.575 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings8.680 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings8.183 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings8.970 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.690 Ratings
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    NotionPortainer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (85 ratings)
    8.6
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (55 ratings)
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    NotionPortainer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Notion Labs, Inc
    If you want a customizable solution that can be adapted for just about any scenario, I recommend using Notion. If you need a solution that's easy to share with people outside your organization, Notion is great and allows individual or team permission-setting. If you want a turnkey solution, Notion might not be the best since it requires a fair bit of set-up. There are templates that can be purchased to handle this, but I haven't found them very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    Many developers, especially lesser experienced developers, don't have a really good background in setting up containers from the command line. Portainer is invaluable to them. Giving a UI to them gives them much more confidence and allows them to learn properties and capabilities of containers under far less stress. On the flip side of this, giving then a UI on a production system can lead to chaos...never give junior developers access to production servers.
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    Pros
    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I love that you can create nested pages, allowing for separate sections to organize information as needed.
    • I appreciate the convenience of effortlessly uploading images to any section.
    • I appreciate that when adding links, you can embed them so the website displays directly on the page.
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    Portainer
    • Separating server maintenance with application development, providing a clear user interface for developers who don't want to worry about the underlying server.
    • RBAC for container deployment linked to a SAML IDP, not something particularly easy in a native Docker instance but point and shoot in Portainer, allowing the use of Azure / Okta etc to provide user access.
    • Image management with multiple repositories is super clear and reduces incidents
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    Cons
    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I use Notion on my personal tablet, and unlike on the computer, I have a lot of difficulty editing backgrounds, GIFs, and page dividers. It's not as user-friendly, and often the elements end up cut off or misaligned, which is frustrating.
    • While the current calendar feature is helpful, I'd love to see more customization options. The Google Calendar style isn't always ideal, especially for tasks without specific times or for ongoing projects that require daily maintenance.
    • It would be fantastic to have more flexibility in customizing Notion pages. For example, I'd love to create planners with the freedom to add illustration boxes, stickers, or GIFs without being restricted to a fixed layout.
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    Portainer
    • When setting up static IPs for a new container, having the used ones for a specific network at hand would be cool or something like a mini IPAM of some sort...
    • Using the developertools to see "oh, it's a 40x or 500" when something doesn't seem to load because the ui just states "Didn't work" is kinda annoying. expandable toasts or something would be nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Notion Labs, Inc
    We're too settled in the ecosystem and we have no major complaints with it. No reason to move unless you have a burning pain point
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    Portainer
    It is an excellent tool.
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    Usability
    Notion Labs, Inc
    Very easy to use (I learned how to use everything on my own) and I was able to set up an entire ecosystem without any courses or other tools. I often say that Notion is like Lego for adults, because there we can use all the available tools to create a multitude of things, from funnels to projects with calculated deadlines and tags.
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    Accessibility for Non-Experts: even with some people having a bit longer on-boarding it is still very simple Quick setup is insanely useful, we can get it running in 10 seconds after installing docker Portainer has once again super clean UI and is very user friendly. Deployment/monitoring and management are super easy. I can tell just from a glance if something is out of date (watching at you Watchtower not doing your job for some reason)
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    Support Rating
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Portainer
    One of their staff members jumped on a video call immediately with me and led me through the problem and solution during a quick session of screen sharing. In this day and age that is above and beyond, especially when it comes to software. It took approximately 5-10 minutes to diagnose and fix, including pleasantries!
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    Implementation Rating
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Portainer
    It is really easy. Just follow the documentation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Notion Labs, Inc
    The company uses both Notion and Trello within the company. Notion is more for North America employees while Trello is used between Operation team overseas and in North America. Sometimes it's a preference of how the tools look like for project management. I would say both Notion and Trello are nice tools and serves our needs.
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    Portainer takes the cup in terms of usability and features. It is also more useful for smaller deployments, whereas Kubernetes in our opinion and experience, could probably be more suited to certain other use cases. Portainer is also a fresh feel among all the preexisting container management solutions and brings positivity and a new breeze in the industry.
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    Return on Investment
    Notion Labs, Inc
    • It has streamlined our processes across various teams to all work from a signle source of truth
    • Maintaining this source of truth is a full time job
    • It has reduced our overall tool set by completely eliminating two other softwares we were paying for
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    • Increased productivity: Portainer's user-friendly interface and streamlined container management can help increase the productivity of IT teams.
    • Cost savings: By simplifying container management, Portainer can help reduce the time and resources required to manage container environments, potentially leading to cost savings.
    Incentivized
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