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Portainer vs Pods: catalog facts
Portainer	Pods
Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 license.
Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux
One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser	Native GNOME interface Works with both Podman and Docker, local or remote
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	Linux only, distributed mainly as a Flatpak No Compose or Kubernetes management mentioned
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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