Air-gap capable. Offline-first. No Kubernetes knowledge required. Portainer manages containerized applications across factory floors, energy grids, and remote edge sites: safely and reliably.
From manufacturing floors to retail locations, connected vehicles to oil fields, modern operations require specialized software: MES systems, SCADA platforms, historians, edge analytics, and vendor applications from HighByte, Fuuz, Ignition, Critical Manufacturing, and Litmus. Deploying and maintaining those systems across hundreds or thousands of distributed sites is operationally expensive and error-prone, and it requires expertise most operational teams do not have.
Manual updates mean downtime; inconsistent configurations mean operational risk; and sending specialists to every remote location is unsustainable.
Securely managing containerized apps across manufacturing operations worldwide.
Powering edge deployments across distributed automotive operations.
Automating edge deployments across smart city infrastructure, from lamp posts to wall boxes.
Factories, energy, logistics, aerospace, and wastewater. OT teams with no Kubernetes experience managing ISV-supplied containerized industrial software at scale.
Retail chains, telecom edge, smart cities, connected vehicles. Centralized fleet management at scale across thousands of geographically distributed nodes.
Ships, oil fields, mining sites, remote infrastructure. Async edge agents that operate safely offline and sync when connectivity is restored.
Portainer provides three agent types to support different network and operational constraints. Each connects to the same central control plane.
Bi-directional, in-band communication for secure internal data centers. Lowest latency. Direct runtime access.
Outbound-only communication. No inbound firewall rules required. Optional mTLS for device identity. Reduced attack surface.
Pull-based command execution. Offline-safe. Resilient under high latency. Queues updates until connectivity is restored.
Your IT team controls deployments, policies, and fleet governance through Portainer's operator control plane. But the people on the plant floor, at remote sites, and in the field don't need to see any of that. They need a purpose-built experience for their job.
The Industrial App Portal is a purpose-built interface for OT operators, technicians, and automation engineers who don't need to know Kubernetes exists. Infrastructure is abstracted entirely. They interact only with concepts that match their operational world.
All actions taken through the Industrial App Portal are governed by the policies and access controls set by your IT team in the Portainer operator control plane. OT operators can only do what they're permitted to do.
The App Portal is the operator-facing layer still in development. The edge governance underneath it is in Portainer Business Edition now.
These are the technology companies working with Portainer to deliver complete industrial edge solutions, from OPC connectivity and MQTT infrastructure to system integration and hardware.
Electrical interconnection and automation technology, connecting machines, devices and IT systems.
Visit site ISV · EuropeIndustrial software for digitalizing manufacturing, including OPC Router data integration.
Partner solution ISV · EuropeMQTT infrastructure for industrial messaging.
Visit site System integrator · EuropeMachine monitoring, predictive maintenance and production analytics.
Partner solution Reseller · EuropeMachine connectivity and industrial edge, including the SDEX Suite.
Partner solution ISV · North AmericaManufacturing data and analytics.
Visit site ISV · North AmericaIndustrial AI and process optimization.
Visit site Reseller · BrazilRegional distribution and delivery.
Visit site Full detailDeeper detail on each industrial partner and how the joint solution works.
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