Chainguard Pricing Overview
Chainguard at a glance
Developer Images (:latest) are free and open source. Recommended for staging, testing, and dev environments. They come in two variants: App images to deploy as is and Base Images to build on top of. Browse the Developer image category in the public directory at https://images.chainguard.dev/?category=application.
Production Images are enterprise-ready container images for securing your internal platforms and services. For use by the company who purchases them. They come in two variants: App images to deploy as is and Base Images to build on top of. Browse the Production image category in the public directory at https://images.chainguard.dev/?category=application.
Finally we have FIPS hardened images that come with a STIG. These are meant for those seeking the utmost security in the container deployments. These images are perfectly suited for compliance and regulated environments.
| Name | Price | Features |
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| Developer Images | Free |
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| Production Images | Contact Us |
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| FIPS Images | Contact Us |
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Chainguard Pricing Reviews
We've replaced our usage of alpine as a base image with the "wolfi-base" image, it's almost the same experience - using apk to install packages for example - but with an always up-to-date distribution and no CVEs.
The investment is minimal, but the value is huge for us, as we don't have to manage old alpine releases anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Not all the chainguard images are drop-in replacements for "official" images you might be using today. Some require a bit of work to integrate properly in your setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I was extremely happy with how trivial it was to swap in their FIPS images in place of the FOSS images we were using. They had a whole onboarding call, but we'd already deployed them to development as it was that fast and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Their pricing was a battle, they don't differentiate between very simple images and very complex ones, so making the case to use them fully is very difficult. I think a pricing model that more accurately reflects their value add would help, as some images are inherently more complex to replace than others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
