Docker

docker.com · Palo Alto, United States of America

Docker is a software company that provides a platform for building, sharing, and running containerized applications, enabling developers and DevOps teams to package software with all its dependencies for consistent deployment across environments. It offers Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and related tools under commercial subscriptions and usage-based plans for individuals, teams, and enterprises.

  • Cloud Infrastructure & Hosting
  • CI/CD & DevOps
  • Container & Kubernetes Platforms
Revenue
$120.0M
Employees
430
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Palo Alto, United States of America

What 150 Arbolus experts think of Docker

NPS responses are heavily positive, with the majority rating Docker between 8 and 10, noting its foundational role in deployment and development environments. Renewal intent is strong in mid-to-high spend cohorts, and stickiness is high as most users are deeply integrated, with less than 10% considering a switch. Key feedback themes include widespread satisfaction due to deployment consistency, mature ecosystem, and orchestration compatibility; main concerns center on licensing changes, resource use on non-Linux desktops, and security risks. Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive

Who reviewed Docker

Total customers 150 142 current · 8 former
Reviews growth +98 in six months
Seniority of respondents
  • C-Suite 62% (93)
  • Director 16% (24)
  • Manager 22% (33)
Engineering Engineer Director NPS 9 Will renew
Engineering Executive C-Suite NPS 9 Will renew
Engineering Engineer Not specified NPS 9

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Sentiment

73 Net Promoter Score, from 150 scored reviews
  • Promoters 113
  • Passives 34
  • Detractors 3

Cumulative NPS by month

+0 over 6 months
  • May 9
  • Jun 9
  • Jul 9
  • Aug 9
  • Sep 9
  • Oct 9

Net Promoter Score across 6 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 60 across 6 companies.

Praised

  • Onboarding and Developer Productivity
  • Multi-Environment Consistency
  • Industry Standardization and Maturity
  • Automated Security and Vulnerability Remediation

Criticised

  • Resource Overhead on Developer Machines
  • Licensing and Compliance Complexity
  • Security Model and Daemon Privileges
  • Commoditization and Ecosystem Portability

What customers say

Onboarding and Developer Productivity
“Onboarding new engineers became instant—one command launches the stack, eliminating days spent troubleshooting environment issues and getting team members to productivity right away.”
Multi-Environment Consistency
“Running the same image across laptops, CI, and production means we debug actual application bugs, not environment differences, which used to cause major headaches before Docker.”
Industry Standardization and Maturity
“I recommend Docker because it’s an industry standard with a massive ecosystem, letting us onboard new developers and manage complex microservices architectures with consistent, reproducible builds.”

Renewal intent

Plan to renew 77%
  • Will renew 58
  • Undecided 13
  • Not renewing 4

Plan to renew, by seniority

  • C-Suite 83% 48 answers
  • Director 62% 13 answers
  • Manager 60% 10 answers
  • Not specified 100% 4 answers
  • 8.9/10 Average score from customers who will renew
  • 8.8/10 Average score from undecided customers
  • 8.8/10 Average score from customers not renewing

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