Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
Add tool
Codefresh vs Portainer: What are the differences?
Developers describe Codefresh as "CI/CD Tailor-Made For Docker". Automate and parallelize testing. Codefresh allows teams to spin up on-demand compositions to run unit and integration tests as part of the continuous integration process. Jenkins integration allows more complex pipelines. On the other hand, Portainer is detailed as "Simple management UI for Docker". Portainer is an open-source lightweight management UI which allows you to easily manage your Docker environments Portainer is available on Windows, Linux and Mac. It has never been so easy to manage Docker !.
Codefresh and Portainer can be categorized as "Container" tools.
Some of the features offered by Codefresh are:
- Instant Dev, test and feature preview environments: Enables all team members to run any image as a standalone or composition for feature preview, manual testing, bug reproduction and more. Collaborate on features before pushing them into staging and production.
- Testing with every step: Configure your pipeline to run integration and unit tests with every step
- Instantly test all code changes in the Codefresh build system before pushing to staging & production. Run integration, unit tests in parallel.
On the other hand, Portainer provides the following key features:
- Docker management
- Docker UI
- Docker cluster management
"Fastest and easiest way to work with Docker" is the primary reason why developers consider Codefresh over the competitors, whereas "Simple" was stated as the key factor in picking Portainer.
Get Advice from developers at your company using StackShare Enterprise. Sign up for StackShare Enterprise.
Learn MorePros of Codefresh
Pros of Portainer
Pros of Codefresh
- Fastest and easiest way to work with Docker11
- Great support/fast builds/awesome ui7
- Great onboarding6
- Freestyle build steps to support custom CI/CD scripting5
- Robust feature-preview/qa environments on-demand4
- Easy setup4
- Kubernetes Integration2
- Codefresh Runner for supporting hybrid infra2
- GitOps friendly2
- Firendly API2
- Slack Integration2
Pros of Portainer
- Simple35
- Great UI26
- Friendly19
- Easy to setup, gives a practical interface for Docker12
- Because it just works, super simple yet powerful11
- Fully featured11
- A must for Docker DevOps9
- Free and opensource7
- API5
- It's simple, fast and the support is great5
- Template Support4
Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions
Cons of Codefresh
Cons of Portainer
Cons of Codefresh
- Questionable product quality and stability1
- Expensive compared to alternatives1
Cons of Portainer
Be the first to leave a con
Sign up to add or upvote consMake informed product decisions
What is Codefresh?
Automate and parallelize testing. Codefresh allows teams to spin up on-demand compositions to run unit and integration tests as part of the continuous integration process. Jenkins integration allows more complex pipelines.
What is Portainer?
It is a universal container management tool. It works with Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm and Azure ACI. It allows you to manage containers without needing to know platform-specific code.
Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
Jobs that mention Codefresh and Portainer as a desired skillset
What companies use Codefresh?
What companies use Portainer?
What companies use Codefresh?
What companies use Portainer?
See which teams inside your own company are using Codefresh or Portainer.
Sign up for StackShare EnterpriseLearn MoreSign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions
What tools integrate with Codefresh?
What tools integrate with Portainer?
What tools integrate with Codefresh?
What tools integrate with Portainer?
Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions
What are some alternatives to Codefresh and Portainer?
Jenkins
In a nutshell Jenkins CI is the leading open-source continuous integration server. Built with Java, it provides over 300 plugins to support building and testing virtually any project.
Codeship
Codeship runs your automated tests and configured deployment when you push to your repository. It takes care of managing and scaling the infrastructure so that you are able to test and release more frequently and get faster feedback for building the product your users need.
CircleCI
Continuous integration and delivery platform helps software teams rapidly release code with confidence by automating the build, test, and deploy process. Offers a modern software development platform that lets teams ramp.
Spinnaker
Created at Netflix, it has been battle-tested in production by hundreds of teams over millions of deployments. It combines a powerful and flexible pipeline management system with integrations to the major cloud providers.
ContainerShip
ContainerShip is an open source hosting platform that makes it simple to build, scale and manage containerized web infrastructure. It supports applications with persistent data needs, has built in disaster recovery, and lets you move between clouds with a click.