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Portainer CE

Container management UI

provisional — pending verificationzlib (CE)self-hostable

Value Index

4.0 / 5

Transparency3

Value density4

Privacy5

Efficiency4

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Why it's listed

Portainer CE is listed in self-hosting platforms & paas because it competes on utility: container management ui. It's VC-backed — we note this openly and watch the monetization path; the license and self-host route are the safeguards. Licensed zlib (CE); pricing: free (ce) / business. Technically it's lean — it runs comfortably on modest hardware, which is exactly the proof-of-work efficiency we rank for. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: zlib (CE)
Pricing: Free (CE) / business
Funding model: VC-backed OSS
Self-hostable: Yes — deploy difficulty: easy
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

Evidence notes

CE/BE gating to verify

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