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Portainer vs Arcane: catalog facts
Portainer	Arcane
Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser	Clean interface built specifically for Docker rather than adapted from Kubernetes tooling
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	Young project, so features and configuration keys still change between releases
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open 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 September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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