Glance vs Portainer CE
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted dashboards & startpages options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Glance with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Prometheus CasaOS What's Up Status Glances Homepage InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Dashy Apache SkyWalking Beszel Dockge Jaeger Vector Cube Sampler Dashboard Homer Benphelps Homepage Heimdall Glances Web Dashboard Flame Cosmos Server Organizr Your Spotify Dashboard Homarr Personal Management System Walkxcode Startpage dashdot Speedtest Tracker Dashboard Smashing Lobe Startpage Dockpeek Apprise Dashboard Chronograf DashMachine Lissy93 Dashy Themes Statusnook Dash. by phntxx Flemmarr Fenrus Mafl Starbase 80 Grafonnet Dashboards Grafana Image Renderer Grafana Scenes Kiosk LXD Dashboard Homepage by tomershvueli Web-Portal Dashbrr Hiccup DMARCguard Webtop Dashboard portkey Hubleys Yacht gobookmarks Startpunkt
Compare Portainer CE with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Prometheus dive lazydocker CasaOS What's Up Status Glances Homepage InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Dashy Apache SkyWalking Beszel Dockge Jaeger Vector Cube ctop Sampler Dashboard Homer Benphelps Homepage Heimdall Glances Web Dashboard Flame Cosmos Server Organizr Your Spotify Dashboard Homarr Personal Management System Walkxcode Startpage dashdot Speedtest Tracker Dashboard Smashing Lobe Startpage Dockpeek Apprise Dashboard Chronograf DashMachine Lissy93 Dashy Themes Statusnook Dash. by phntxx Flemmarr Fenrus Mafl Starbase 80 Grafonnet Dashboards Grafana Image Renderer Grafana Scenes Kiosk LXD Dashboard Homepage by tomershvueli Web-Portal Dashbrr Hiccup DMARCguard Webtop Dashboard portkey Hubleys Yacht gobookmarks Startpunkt
Feature Glance Portainer CE Category Dashboards & Startpages Dashboards & Startpages License AGPL-3.0 Zlib Language Go TypeScript Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 128 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary docker, kubernetes, helm GitHub stars ★ 36,179 ★ 38,184 First released 2024 2016 Replaces Heimdall Rancher, Docker Desktop
Why pick each one
Choose Glance if… Information-dense layout Very lightweight Easy config Glance details
Frequently asked questions Is Glance or Portainer CE better? Neither is universally better. Portainer CE has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Glance and Portainer CE free and open-source? Yes. Glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Portainer CE under Zlib. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Glance and Portainer CE with Docker? Glance: yes. Portainer CE: yes.