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Sandstorm vs Portainer: catalog facts
Sandstorm	Portainer
Free Free and open source, self-hosted.	Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…
Self-hosted	Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Per-app sandboxing limits the damage a compromised app can do Lets you self-host multiple web apps from one platform	One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser
Smaller and less actively developed than mainstream container platforms App ecosystem is more limited than general-purpose container registries	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
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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