Kepware Server vs. Portainer
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Kepware Server | Portainer |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Review count | 22 | 299 |
| Ease of use | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| Ease of setup | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| Quality of support | 7.5 | 9.2 |
| Meets requirements | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| NPS | 68.421053 | 88.215488 |
| Small Business | 45.5% | 81.6% |
| Mid-Market | 36.4% | 11.2% |
| Enterprise | 18.2% | 7.1% |
| Total page views | 204 | 653 |
| Total LLM citations | 19 | 6,073 |
Kepware Server
Kepware Server is an industrial connectivity platform providing a single source of industrial automation data between devices and applications. Users can connect, manage, monitor, and control diverse automation devices and applications through a single user interface. Kepware Server leverages OPC and IT-centric communication protocols (e.g., MQTT, REST, web services, etc.) to provide users with a single source for industrial data. KEPServerEX is Windows OS compatible.
Portainer
Portainer is an operator control plane for Kubernetes and Docker, giving enterprise IT and Industrial IoT teams centralized governance over container infrastructure without specialist overhead. Through a single platform, Portainer delivers RBAC, GitOps-driven deployments, fleet management, and security enforcement across multi-cluster enterprise environments and air-gapped edge deployments. No bespoke platform builds. No dependency on hard-to-hire specialists.
- Ease of Use
- Docker Management
- User Interface
- Features
- Efficiency Improvement
- Container Management