Portainer Reviews & Product Details

It’s simple to use. We can centralise and manage all our stacks in one place, and we can define who on the team has access to what. Users don’t need to know how to use command lines to be able to deploy. It’s also easy to integrate with our CI from GitHub. The price is fair, and performance has been good for us. We see updates being made often, and they’re also communicated by email. We haven’t needed to use the support or AI features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We can't invite users to the platform via email, we need to create them and set the password and share with them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Portainer has been fantastic to use, especially since they literally give you three free Business Edition license keys, which is already incredibly generous. I genuinely enjoy logging in just to check what's running, what's down, and manage my containers because the UI is so clean and intuitive. You really can't go wrong navigating it. It saves me time compared to using the command line for everything, performs great, integrates flawlessly with the Docker socket, and offers a ton of value for the price, making it an easy recommendation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Occasionally I've run into small bugs. One example was Portainer incorrectly showing an image as unused even though it was actively being used by a running container. I trusted the warning and deleted it, which caused the container to go down and led to about 30 minutes of troubleshooting before I realized the issue was Portainer's incorrect status. It wasn't a major problem, but it did remind me to double-check before removing images or other resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Portainer gives us a centralized view to manage host resources and spin up containerized workloads. The effortless installation and native module integration stand out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My biggest complaint is during major version upgrades in the test environment: my configuration settings and user preferences disappear. As a workaround, I frequently have to step in and rerun Portainer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was integrated as a module in Plesk, which makes its installation very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When there are version updates, the Plesk module creates a new volume, causing some configuration settings to be lost. As a result, it is sometimes necessary to manually switch back to the previous volume. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Portainer cuts the operational overhead and time drain of using raw terminal commands for everyday container administration. I especially appreciate the three Business Edition node licenses included out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve occasionally run into minor status reporting bugs in the user interface, including one involving a specific container. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Portainer to manage all my Docker containers and deploy code, which solves the problem of not having to ssh into a remote server and use commands to deploy everything, which was very finicky. I like that everything you can do in Docker, you can do in Portainer. I also appreciate the GitHub Actions integration. Portainer has a webhooks feature that automatically redeploys code when the webhook is called, so I build my Docker images in GitHub Actions, push to a registry, and then call the Portainer webhook, which then deploys my latest code. The initial setup was very easy, and overall, everything is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I like being able to set parameters, deploy stacks, and trigger updates through the web interface. It saves us an immense amount of deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find that Portainer lacks native backup for the underlying Docker storage, including persistent volume data. I use off-site backup utility scripts with the REST API to cover the volume backup gap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the visual stack deployment engine and the centralized views for managing storage volumes and networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only minor UI behavior I’d like to see improved is how Portainer handles notifications when a stack deployment fails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Portainer has a lot of features, is easy to get started with, and has reliable features for big systems. I especially value GitHub auth, stacks, and networks. It’s fast enough for small to big instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’d like responses to be better on small instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Portainer has been incredibly helpful for keeping my containers, stacks, and networks organized. It saves me time by bringing all the important details together in one place, so it’s easier to manage everything at a glance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike most about Portainer is that some of the more advanced Kubernetes features feel a bit limited compared to what you can do directly with kubectl or other dashboards. It handles the basics well, but once you’re dealing with more complex manifests or CRDs, you start to run into cases where the UI can’t quite keep up. At that point, I end up having to fall back to the CLI anyway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.