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Portainer vs Container Station: catalog facts
Portainer	Container Station
Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…	Free Offered as an app for QNAP NAS devices, so it requires QNAP hardware.
Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser	Supports Docker, LXD and Kata Containers in one app Built-in access to Docker Hub and the LXD image server
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	Only runs on QNAP NAS devices Proprietary, tied to the QNAP operating system
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed 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 October 2, 2026

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