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    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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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft SQL Server is a relational database.

    $1,418

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    PortainerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Editions & Modules
    Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free
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    Home & Student
    $149
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    Starter
    $995
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    Professional
    $2995
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    $1,418.00
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    $13,748.00
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    PortainerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PortainerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Considered Both Products
    Portainer
    Chose Portainer
    Azure and AWS have their own issues, especially around complexity just to setup one thing that Portainer can do in 10 seconds. Octopus Deploy has excellent logs, analytics and dashboard views - but the configuration is more of a hassle than Portainer. Overall for the projects …
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    PortainerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Portainer and Microsoft SQL Server
    Feature
    Portainer
    8.6
    94 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft SQL Server
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    Ratings
    Security and Isolation8.790 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.575 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management8.680 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization8.183 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools8.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.690 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PortainerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (94 ratings)
    7.9
    (107 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
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    10.0
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    Performance
    -
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.9
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    9.0
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
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    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
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    10.0
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    Data Sharing and Collaboration
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    9.0
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    Data Sources
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    10.0
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    Ease of integration
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    PortainerMicrosoft SQL Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft SQL is ubiquitous, while MySQL runs under the hood all over the place. Microsoft SQL is the platform taught in colleges and certification courses and is the one most likely to be used by businesses because it is backed by Microsoft. Its interface is friendly (well, as pleasant as SQL can be) and has been used by so many for so long that resources are freely available if you encounter any issues.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition has a high cost but is the only edition which supports SQL Always On Availability Groups. It would be nice to include this feature in the Standard version.
    • Licensing of Microsoft SQL Server is a quite complex matter, it would be good to simplify licensing in the future. For example, per core vs per user CAL licensing, as well as complex licensing scenarios in the Cloud and on Edge locations.
    • It would be good to include native tools for converting Oracle, DB2, Postgresql and MySQL/MariaDB databases (schema and data) for import into Microsoft SQL Server.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Portainer
    It is an excellent tool.
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    Microsoft
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.
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    Usability
    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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    Microsoft
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Portainer
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    Microsoft
    Its does not have outages.
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    Performance
    Portainer
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    Microsoft
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.
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    In-Person Training
    Portainer
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It was good
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    Online Training
    Portainer
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    Microsoft
    very hands on and detailed training
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    Implementation Rating
    Portainer
    It is really easy. Just follow the documentation.
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    Microsoft
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.
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    Scalability
    Portainer
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Microsoft
    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.
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