We performed a comparison between Docker and Portainer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware and others in Container Management."The scalability of Docker is good."
"The lift and shift creates a lightweight image."
"The solution's most valuable feature is having containers independent of the operating system or environment."
"Docker allows you to run multiple virtual machines independently."
"The solution is stable."
"I am impressed with the product's independence. We can also deploy it anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of Docker is its integration with other solutions, such as KVM and AlmaLinux."
"Docker is perfect for what I do...The solution is scalable."
"Portainer comes with the ability to take the information of docker definition. Using it, I can visually observe how the container has been created. It allows me to create networks. I can also visually generate volumes and working stacks."
"They should provide proper documentation to understand the solution's cgroup process."
"One item that could be improved is the overall stability of Docker."
"We are facing multiple issues with the solution's stability."
"I have encountered network issues while connecting with microservices. I want to optimize the application layers over the bucket. It should also have better documentation."
"I think Docker can improve as it relates to overall stability."
"I would like to see a more UI-based tool so that students can easily understand it rather than memorizing all of the Docker commands."
"I want to see if new architectures have been incorporated in Docker or if we have to wait for another release."
"I advise new users to review their website, commands, and the steps for creating images."
"Portainer needs to be more intuitive."
Docker is ranked 7th in Container Management with 40 reviews while Portainer is ranked 13th in Container Management with 1 review. Docker is rated 8.6, while Portainer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Docker writes "Easy to deploy with an impressive networking feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Portainer writes "A GUI solution that helps to administer a docker using a browser". Docker is most compared with Mirantis Container Runtime, Rancher Labs, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), whereas Portainer is most compared with Rancher Labs, HashiCorp Nomad, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu Build Service and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
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