Portainer is a rare, shining beacon of value and features that has no comparison.
January 23, 2024
Portainer is a rare, shining beacon of value and features that has no comparison.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Portainer
Portainer provides a convenient and easy-to-access dashboard for container management that is intuitive and approachable by users of varying skill levels. Advanced operators can use it to create a wide array of container configurations while novice or unskilled users can easily view basic operating status and start/stop services with the click of a button (permissions allowing).
I used Portainer to easily spin up several services to be demo'd and considered for deployment for business use. Decision makers didn't need to know how the technology worked in order to understand the utility of the Portainer dashboard in running these services, and many of the configurable settings were plainly visible (stop/start, port assignment, logs, etc.).
I used Portainer to easily spin up several services to be demo'd and considered for deployment for business use. Decision makers didn't need to know how the technology worked in order to understand the utility of the Portainer dashboard in running these services, and many of the configurable settings were plainly visible (stop/start, port assignment, logs, etc.).
- Integration with relevant technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, compose, multiple nodes, authentication, GitHub, and more.
- Intuitive UI, user-friendly layout with understandable descriptions and menus.
- Home lab, prosumer, and/or small business appeal by offering free (node limited) business license. Enables the paid features without needing to spend money unless deploying to an obvious professional environment (more than 3 nodes or so).
- Portainer extension in Docker Desktop for Windows is a neat addition, but it doesn't appear to be able to use a license. I believe as a result of this, I am also not able to store/save the GitHub credentials I use in order to create stacks.
- Expediated time to action for business decisions over tools and services to deploy.
- Allowed speedy and easy deployment of services for company use, many of which were free or cost much less than comparable paid services that have more complex installation and configuration routines.
Portainer is, in my opinion, the most accessible and straight-forward means of entering the world of deploying and managing containers while also maintaining the ability to progress into advanced professional deployments and use.
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