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Compare Portainer and Red Hat OpenShift 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (49.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 3 Nodes Per Month
No pricing available
Portainer
Star Rating
(286)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 3 Nodes Per Month
Learn more about PortainerRed Hat OpenShift
Star Rating
(303)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Red Hat OpenShiftPortainer vs Red Hat OpenShift
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Portainer easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Portainer overall.
- Reviewers felt that Portainer meets the needs of their business better than Red Hat OpenShift.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Portainer is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Portainer over Red Hat OpenShift.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Portainer
Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free
$0.00
3 Nodes Per Month
Portainer Business is our fully featured, fully supported business product. It is used by some of the largest organizations in the world to deliver a powerful Kubernetes and Docker container management experience for DevOps and IT teams. With more than 650,000 active users, Portainer is proven to be the simplest and most effective way of adopting and managing Kubernetes, and Docker/Swarm environments.
- https://www.portainer.io/take-3
Red Hat OpenShift
No pricing availableFree Trial
Portainer
Free Trial is available
Red Hat OpenShift
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.3
241
8.7
83
Ease of Use
9.5
244
8.2
226
Ease of Setup
9.5
195
7.8
193
Ease of Admin
9.6
178
8.6
57
Quality of Support
9.0
153
8.4
73
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
136
8.6
53
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
234
9.0
80
Features by Category
Systems Management
9.2
6
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
IoT Capabilities
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Industrial IoT
Not enough data
Not enough data
Edge
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Operations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Alerts management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Automation
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Analysis
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Simplification - Internal Developer Platform
8.6
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
Automation - Internal Developer Platform
8.5
20
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
Development
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.2
16
Database
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.6
22
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
9.2
24
Management
9.3
186
8.5
32
9.2
175
8.4
31
Feature Not Available
8.2
30
Organization
9.0
173
8.5
32
9.2
195
8.9
33
9.1
177
9.1
31
Development
8.7
143
8.5
27
9.1
169
8.8
30
8.8
140
8.6
25
Feature Not Available
9.2
26
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Portainer and Red Hat OpenShift are categorized as Container Management
Unique Categories
Red Hat OpenShift is categorized as Container Monitoring, Container Orchestration, Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Server Virtualization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Portainer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Red Hat OpenShift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
21.0%
Computer Software
19.6%
Computer & Network Security
7.1%
Program Development
3.2%
Computer Networking
3.2%
Other
45.9%
Information Technology and Services
15.5%
Financial Services
13.8%
Banking
9.2%
Computer Software
8.5%
Telecommunications
7.1%
Other
45.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Portainer used for?
3 Comments
AH
Managing and deploying docker containers.Read more
What is the difference between Portainer and Portainer CE?
3 Comments
AH
Portainer CE is the community edition.Read more
Can Portainer manage Swarm?
3 Comments
MP
Yes, Portainer has built-in management capabilities for both Swarm and Kubernetes.Read more
What is included in Red Hat OpenShift container platform?
1 Comment
NG
you can deploy your applications and have UI which is more superior to Kubernetes. operator development, etc.. all features of k8s are present in OCP.Read more
Red Hat OpenShift has no more discussions with answers
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