Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Traefik Proxy
Traefik Proxy 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 | hybrid |
| Company | Portainer.io | Traefik Labs |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsCybersecurity & InfoSec |
| Categories | devops | api-management |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Traefik Proxy
open source
custom
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| Feature | portainer | traefik-proxy |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Security | ||
| Advanced Security & Access Control (Ldap, Jwt, Api Key, Hmac, Oauth, Oidc, Open Policy Agent) | ||
| Business Edition Features | ||
| Air-Gapped/Offline Mode | ||
| Business Support | ||
| Api Bundles | ||
| Commercial Use | ||
| Api Ci Linters & Reports | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Api Developer Portal | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Api Discovery | ||
| Non-Commercial Use | ||
| Api Granular Access Control | ||
| Open Source Container Management | ||
| Api Mocking | ||
| Sla | ||
| Api Monitoring & Observability | ||
| Sso | ||
| Api Subscriptions & Plans | ||
| Starts At 5 Nodes | ||
| Api Versioning | ||
| Up To 15 Nodes | ||
| Api-Specific Crds | ||
| Up To 3 Nodes | ||
| Apis From Urls | ||
| Canary Deployments | ||
| Centralized Control Plane With Distributed Data Plane | ||
| Cluster-View Dashboard | ||
| Distributed Let'S Encrypt |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Traefik Proxy 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 Traefik Proxy offer a free tier.
Traefik Proxy scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
