# What is the difference between Portainer and Portainer CE?

What is the difference between Portainer and Portainer CE?

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- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question



## Comments
### Comment 1

Portainer CE is the "free" version of portainer you can just download and use. This is opposed to the enterprise edition, EE, which requires a license key. The big differences are the automatic container upgrades, as well as better and more diverse SSO options.

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- Posted at: about 3 years ago
- Author title: DevOps guy, automation fanatic, code monkey



### Comment 2

Portainer CE is the community edition.

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Writer



### Comment 3

Portainer Community Edition (CE) is open source software, designed for individuals (home labs). Portainer Business Edition is a commercially supported product that includes features for security, access management, and auditing, making it more suitable for enterprise use.

You can learn more about the additional features in Portainer Business here. https://www.portainer.io/portainerbusiness

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- Posted at: almost 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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