Item: Portainer
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Portainer made it a lot easier to manage, monitor and update the docker containers we use for software development, allowing us to save time and avoid errors during devops operations. In the past we needed a devops specialist for trivial tasks as start or stop a container, and now those operations can be done by the developers themselves.

Pros and Cons

Integration with git
Docker container update
Log viewing

Lack of a config backup option in the interface
Automated config backup tool
A way to upgrade Portainer itself easily

Return on Investment

Time spent by developers on devops tasks related to docker reduced by at least 50%
Drastic reduction of number of devops support requests

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

PhpStorm, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Traefik

Likelihood to Recommend

Portainer is an excellent tool for software developers, either a solo developer, small ou big teams. I believe its also suitable for single project deployment on production servers.
For data centers, managing hundreds or thousands of containers from a lot of different users, i believe the interface is not the ideal.

Usability

9

Almost all resources are easy to find and understand without looking on documentation.

Usability Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar	None

Easy Tasks

Docker container update and redeploy
Git integration

Difficult Tasks

Container log viewing

Portainer made docker management easy

Overall Satisfaction with Portainer