Docker 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Docker

4.6

(535)

Pricing

Starting at $7.00 per month

About Docker

Docker is an on-premise and cloud-based application development platform that helps businesses build, test and share containerized applications and microservices. Using the Docker Engine, professionals can run and distribute developed applications across various infrastructures and operating systems such as CentOS, Fedora, Oracle Linux, RHEL, Ubuntu, Windows Server and more.

Administrators can integrate the platform with multiple development environments and utilize Docker APIs to facilitate collaboration among operational teams. It allows organizations to design applications using customizable templates, create and share container images in a private registry and streamline the installation and management of application configurations. Additionally, it provides developers with tools to build Kubernetes-ready applications on a centralized platform.

Docker enables businesses to develop applications in compliance with open container initiative (OCI) specifications. Pricing is available on monthly subscriptions and support is extended via documentation and an inquiry form.

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Docker Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $7.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Personal

$0.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

200 Image Pulls Per 6 Hours
Docker Desktop
Docker Engine + Kubernetes
Unlimited Public Repositories

Pro

$7.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

300 Hub Vulnerability Scans
5000 Image Pulls Per Day
5 Concurrent Builds
5 Scoped Access Tokens
Docker Desktop
Docker Engine + Kubernetes
Unlimited Private Repositories
Unlimited Public Repositories

Team

$11.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

15 Concurrent Builds
300 Hub Vulnerability Scans
5000 Image Pulls Per Day
5 Scoped Access Tokens
Audit Logs
Docker Desktop
Docker Engine + Kubernetes
Role-Based Access Control
Unlimited Image Scans
Unlimited Private Repositories

Business

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

15 Concurrent Builds
300 Hub Vulnerability Scans
5000 Image Pulls Per Day
5 Scoped Access Tokens
Audit Logs
Centralized Management
Docker Desktop
Docker Engine + Kubernetes
Image Access Management
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Docker Features

Popular features found in Application Lifecycle Management
Bug Tracking
Change Management
Collaboration Tools
Issue Management
Project Management
Requirements Review
Task Management
Test Case Tracking
Version Control
Workflow Management
More features of Docker
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
API
Application Management
Configurable Workflow
Debugging
For Developers
Graphical User Interface
Integrated Development Environment
Lifecycle Management
Monitoring
Real-Time Monitoring
Release Management
Software Development

Docker User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

67%

30%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.6

Monica G.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Decent container registry services, slow in Singapore, decent price, awesome 3rd party support

Overall, Docker is well supported, and for the most part reliable. The price is good. However, docker pulls in Singapore are slow.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the support. Just about every 3rd party vendor supports Docker. The container registry services are good for the most part. Price is good - no issue on price.

Cons:

Our docker pulls from Asia Pacific, especially Singapore is really really really slow. I ended up using AWS ECR for that region.

Reasons for choosing Docker

The price is better with Docker. Also, I ended up using Amazon ECR for our Singapore/Asia Pacific images. The docker image pulls were too slow with Docker in that region.

Verified

Reviewer

Program Development

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Docker the best

Docker has been a life-changing in the tech world since it is easier to deploy application and also as a dev I can have den env easily

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy way to create images that will work in any platform

Cons:

docker desktop since you have to pay for use it

Verified

Reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Solid position, rocky start

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 3

Functionality

Pros:

The basic usage is pretty simple, and it makes local development of server applications much easier.

Cons:

It's a unix tool, but when it first came out it had a very non-unix feel to it, breaking certain conventions. Sometimes it feels like certain parts were written by an inexperienced intern. It's not well thought out, and you'll often end up scratching your head trying to remember the difference between "create', "exec", "run" and "start" (among others).

Eric C.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

De-facto standard for containerization

Positive experience. Integrates well with our CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

De-facto standard for containerization. Works well in dev and (when required) simple test environments.

Cons:

Only stable enough for production in Linux. We use Windows for our dev machines and while it works, it is slightly flaky!

Verified

Reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Docker for junior wordpress developers

Overall it has been a very smooth experience to work with docker in developing a wordpress website and then integrating my local work to the production site alongside other collaborators.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Amazing way to work on projects independently on your local computer before hosting the project to production. Mailhog is the best feature to test the email sending and receiving features.

Cons:

It does not allow me to check the database tables on a google tab. I can't open mariadb for wordpress projects.

Verified

Reviewer

Telecommunications

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

A Powerful Tool for Streamlined Development and Deployment

Overall experience has been positive in terms of creating and tearing down the environments for testing, development and production environments.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Docker helps to run the application across the environments and machines. It also supports to scale up the applications and move them across different cloud providers.

Cons:

Learning curve of Docker could be deep for beginners with the integration of tools like Kubertness making it a bit challenge.

Stuart P.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Newbie to containers

Brand new to it and trying to move from a classic heroku dyno built on a slug to a container approach to overcome memory issues.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The desktop client was reasonably straightforward for a begi8nner when it comes to containerisation.

Cons:

It's still quite a new concept for me so maybe in built conceptual guidance would be good. It assumes a base level of knowledge.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Using Docker to run containers instead of virtual machines

I've been using Docker to run applications that are not compatible with my OS (Ubuntu) and it's been really helpful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Running containers is way faster than running complete virtual machines, which makes Docker faster and smoother.

Cons:

When first using Docker, it might be confusing with the terms of container, image and volume. After a while you actually understand them.

Nayan S.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2024

Streamlining development and deployment

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It encapsulates applications and their dependencies onto light weight containers. Keep consistency in all environments, from the local environment to the development environment.

Cons:

Configuring and optimizing containers is not easy. It requires expertise. And if not done properly, security concerns can arise.

Guntas G.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

Good tool for clean setups

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Good program to develop more faster and keep envs separated. The image system help to share better the base and avoid some possible mistakes.

Cons:

Containers get slow suddenly sometimes, and handling flows is really hard to manage on standard plan. The folder structure was not much familiar for me and bit complicated to use.

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