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Chainguard

Minimal container images with zero known vulnerabilities

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★4.6ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Chainguard does

Chainguard provides open source artifacts, including container images, Python, JavaScript, and Java libraries, VM images, OS packages, CI/CD actions, and agent skills. Its containers are rebuilt from source daily and include SBOMs and provenance information. Named offerings include FIPS images, a Chainguard Repository that can block artifact consumption from outside an organization, integrations with registries, cloud platforms, and CI/CD tools, and the Guardener agent, which helps teams adopt its artifacts. The page targets developers, security teams, and organizations with compliance requirements such as FedRAMP, PCI DSS, CMMC 2.0, and SOC 2. Pricing is not described beyond a pricing page link and a Start for free option.

How Chainguard compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Chainguard does. All 5 offer an API, as Chainguard does. Chainguard offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 3 offer a web app. Chainguard was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2015 and 2022, 3 of them earlier. Chainguard is based in Seattle, United States; none of the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States. They are in Israel and Belgium.

Market position · Security

How Chainguard compares in Security

Chainguard has high opportunity and sits in the middle third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Chainguard's own market position as open. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Chainguard compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
ChainguardFounded 2021 · Seattle, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWebHot
SigstoreFounded 2021 · Remote-firstHighOpenFree—YesYesDesktopHot
Aqua SecurityFounded 2015 · Tel Aviv, IsraelModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopRising
GrypeFounded 2020 · Remote-firstLowOpenFree—YesYesDesktopRising
Aikido SecurityFounded 2022 · Ghent, BelgiumModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebHot
ArgoCDFounded 2018HighOpenFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Chainguard exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Vulnerability DetectionPolicy Enforcement
Industry Verticals
Technology
Tagged

Chainguard shows up when builders search for these

container-imageszero-cvesupply-chainhardened
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Sigstore

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★ 4.5Opportunity High
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Aqua Security

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★ 4.5Opportunity Moderate
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Grype

Fast open-source vulnerability scanner for container images

★ 4.5Opportunity Low
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Aikido Security

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★ 4.7Opportunity Moderate
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ArgoCD

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★ 4.7Opportunity High
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Trivy

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Questions

Chainguard: common questions

Is Chainguard free?

Chainguard has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Chainguard?

The closest alternatives to Chainguard that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Sigstore, Aqua Security, Grype, Aikido Security, and ArgoCD.

Is Chainguard still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Chainguard as operating at chainguard.dev.

Where is Chainguard based?

Chainguard is headquartered in Seattle, United States.

Does Chainguard have an API?

Yes. Chainguard offers an API.

Who is Chainguard for?

Chainguard is built for devops and security teams.

How do I sign in to Chainguard?

Sign in on Chainguard's own website, chainguard.dev. FalcoScan reviews Chainguard but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Chainguard directly.

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