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Kuboard vs Portainer: catalog facts
Kuboard	Portainer
Free Described by the developer as free to use.	Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Installs with one docker compose command Manages multiple Kubernetes clusters in one interface	One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser
Documentation is mainly in Chinese License and source availability not clearly stated	Role-based access control and several fleet features are Business Edition only The agent needs access to the Docker socket, which is effectively root on the host
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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