Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Nomad
Nomad clearly comes out ahead of Portainer on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Portainer's paid plans start at $99/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Portainer.io | HashiCorp |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | devops | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Nomad
open source
custom
| Feature | portainer | nomad |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Security | ||
| Application Scheduling As Code | ||
| Business Edition Features | ||
| Autoscaling | ||
| Business Support | ||
| Containerized Application Scheduling | ||
| Commercial Use | ||
| Everything In Community | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Governance, Risk & Compliance | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Multi-Cluster Deployment | ||
| Non-Commercial Use | ||
| Multi-Cluster Federation | ||
| Open Source Container Management | ||
| Namespaces | ||
| Sla | ||
| Non-Containerized Application Scheduling | ||
| Sso | ||
| Policy & Security | ||
| Starts At 5 Nodes | ||
| Preemption | ||
| Up To 15 Nodes | ||
| Service Discovery | ||
| Up To 3 Nodes | ||
| Templating (Nomad Pack) | ||
| Unified Workflow |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Nomad comes out ahead overall, though Portainer can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Portainer and Nomad offer a free tier.
Nomad scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Portainer is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
