Portainer

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On the record

Access control

Business Edition features include role-based access control, LDAP and OAuth authentication, Active Directory user sync, and SSO provider templates.portainer.io · read 30 Sep 2026

API

Portainer exposes an HTTP REST API that automates UI operations and can proxy requests to underlying Docker and Kubernetes APIs.docs.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

API authentication

API access uses per-user access tokens sent in the X-API-Key header, with permissions matching the user account.docs.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

API documentation depth

Separate versioned API references exist for Business Edition and Community Edition, with additional command examples.docs.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Audit and logging

The feature list includes authentication and activity logs and Syslog export for centralized logging.portainer.io · read 30 Sep 2026

Business licence

Business Edition is distributed under a proprietary commercial agreement rather than the Community Edition zlib licence.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Community licence

The Portainer Community Edition repository is released under the permissive zlib license.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company facts

LinkedIn lists Portainer.io as privately held, founded in 2017, headquartered in Auckland and employing 51-200 people.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company legal name

The Business Edition agreement identifies the maker as Portainer.io Limited, an Auckland, New Zealand company.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Company location

The Portainer website says it is proudly made in New Zealand.portainer.io · read 30 Sep 2026

Container management

The platform manages container workloads, images, networks, volumes and application stacks from one console.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Deployment controls

Business Edition lists fleet governance policies, automatic policy drift remediation, resource quotas, pod security constraints, and ITSM-aligned change windows.portainer.io · read 30 Sep 2026

Documentation and support

Documentation covers installation, configuration, APIs and troubleshooting; community users use forums, Slack, GitHub and an AI bot, while paid customers receive ticket support governed by SLA.docs.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Fleet governance

Business Edition provides fleet governance policies, automatic drift remediation, policy deployment and centralized multi-environment management.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

GitOps

Deployments can use Git repositories, automatic GitOps updates, webhooks, stored shared credentials, deployment gates and code-only deployment enforcement.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Identity and access

Business Edition includes RBAC, LDAP and OAuth authentication, Active Directory synchronization, SSO templates, authentication logs and activity logs.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Integrations

The product pages identify Talos Omni integration for provisioning Kubernetes clusters and support deployment from Helm charts.portainer.io · read 30 Sep 2026

Kubernetes features

Kubernetes tooling includes workload, volume and network management, kubeconfig imports, resource quotas, pod-security constraints, rolling restarts and Talos provisioning through Omni.portainer.io · read 15 Oct 2026

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