# What is Portainer used for?

What is Portainer used for?

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Managing and deploying docker containers.

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
- Author title: Writer



### Comment 2

Portainer is a lightweight management UI that allows you to easily manage your different Docker environments.

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Développeur Python / Odoo , Devops



### Comment 3

It provides a web-based GUI for managing Docker installations. (It also work for Kubernetes, but I only use it with Docker)

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Network Engineer


#### Reply 1

Thanks for your answer Sean. Portainer also provides a set of sane defaults that get you up and running fast, dramatically reducing the need for teams to learn Docker and Kubernetes, which leads to faster adoption.

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Senior Manager, Product Marketing 



## Related Product
[Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews)

## Related Category
[Container Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management)

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