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Best Portainer Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from container monitoring ranked against Portainer on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Guance Container Monitoring Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free8.0
    Portainer vs Guance Container Monitoring
  2. 2
    Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $16.67/mo8.0
    Portainer vs Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
  3. 3
    Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $1.40/mo7.9
    Portainer vs Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring
  4. 4
    Middleware Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $0.30/mo7.9
    Portainer vs Middleware
  5. 5
    Netdata Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted $4.50/mo7.9
    Portainer vs Netdata
  6. 6
    Checkmk Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $275/mo7.8
    Portainer vs Checkmk
  7. 7
    Maintenant Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb €29/mo7.8
    Portainer vs Maintenant
  8. 8
    Uptrace Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $39/mo7.8
    Portainer vs Uptrace
  9. 9
    Coroot Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $1/mo7.7
    Portainer vs Coroot
  10. 10
    Sensu Go Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $3/mo7.7
    Portainer vs Sensu Go
  11. 11
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.7
    Portainer vs VictoriaMetrics
  12. 13
    SigNoz Free plan AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb $19/mo7.6
    Portainer vs SigNoz
  13. 14
    groundcover Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb $30/mo7.5
    Portainer vs groundcover
  14. 15
    Nagios XI Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.5
    Portainer vs Nagios XI
  15. 16
    Sumo Logic Free plan Web Free7.4
    Portainer vs Sumo Logic
  16. 17
    New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin $29.08/mo7.2
    Portainer vs New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring
  17. 18
    Elastic Observability Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.1
    Portainer vs Elastic Observability
  18. 19
    Zabbix Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.1
    Portainer vs Zabbix
  19. 20
    ctop Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Portainer vs ctop
  20. 21
    Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Portainer vs Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring

Portainer alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Guance Container Monitoring8.0Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Paessler PRTG Network Monitor8.0Free plan$16.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring7.9No$1.40/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Middleware7.9Free plan$0.30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
5Netdata7.9Free plan$4.50/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Checkmk7.8Free plan$275/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Maintenant7.8Free plan€29/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Uptrace7.8Free plan$39/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Coroot7.7Free plan$1/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10Sensu Go7.7Free plan$3/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11VictoriaMetrics7.7Free plan$200/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13SigNoz7.6Free plan$19/moAndroid, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web
14groundcover7.5Free plan$30/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
15Nagios XI7.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Sumo Logic7.4Free planFreeWeb
17New Relic Kubernetes Monitoring7.2Free plan$29.08/moLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Elastic Observability7.1No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Zabbix7.1No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20ctop7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
21Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about Portainer alternatives

What is the best alternative to Portainer?

Guance Container Monitoring, number 1 in container monitoring with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Dynatrace Kubernetes Monitoring, Middleware and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Portainer?

Guance Container Monitoring is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.