Portainer - European Alternative

What is Portainer?

Portainer is your enterprise container management platform to deploy, troubleshoot, and secure Kubernetes, Docker, and Podman environments across Enterprise IT and Industrial/IoT use cases. Accelerate operations and strengthen control. Unify your environments: manage K8s, Docker, Podman across cloud, edge, and IoT from one platform with real-time visibility. Optimize operations with automation giving operators full control. Govern at scale by applying policies, detecting drift, and remediating configuration issues. Secure everywhere with agent-based connections without SSH keys, open ports, or complex identity systems.

Key Features

✓Kubernetes management
✓Docker management
✓Podman management
✓Unified multi-environment
✓Real-time visibility
✓Policy governance
✓Drift detection
✓Secure agent connections
✓GitOps support
✓RBAC controls
✓Edge computing
✓Community and Business editions

🔒 Privacy & Data Protection

Portainer is self-hosted on your infrastructure giving complete control over container environments. No data leaves your servers. For DevOps teams wanting Docker Desktop alternatives with enterprise features, Portainer delivers unified container management.

Best For

DevOps managing containersEnterprises with KubernetesEdge computing deploymentsIndustrial IoT systemsTeams seeking Docker Desktop alternativeOrganizations with multi-environment

💰 Pricing

Portainer Community Edition is free and open-source. Business Edition available for enterprises. Visit portainer.io for pricing.

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