The product
by Chainguard
Minimal, zero-CVE virtual machine images for container hosts and applications
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Chainguard VMs alternatives and competitors
Chainguard VMs is a commercial Container Security solution made by Chainguard. The closest matches by shared tags and NIST CSF 2.0 coverage are Plexicus Container Security, CloudMatos Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) Solution, Aqua Security Holistic Kubernetes Security, Sysdig Container and Kubernetes Security, and Devtron Enterprise-Grade Security. All 32 alternatives on this page are ranked the same way.
The closest Chainguard VMs alternatives
These 8 solutions overlap most with Chainguard VMs. Each row says what the product does and, when the overlap is big enough, which capabilities it shares.
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Container security platform scanning images, enforcing K8s policies & runtime threats
Container SecurityCommercialKey features: 10 listed. See them on the Plexicus Container Security page.
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All 32 products like Chainguard VMs
Container security platform scanning images, enforcing K8s policies & runtime threats
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K8s security platform with scanning, policy enforcement, and RBAC controls
Kubernetes policy mgmt platform for securing & enforcing compliance across clusters
Open source Zero Trust container security platform for Kubernetes environments
Container security platform with image scanning, admission control, and runtime
Container and Linux workload security for hybrid and multi-cloud environments
Container security scanning from development to deployment environments
Istio-based service mesh for 5G microservices & cloud-native deployments
Secures AI software supply chain by reducing CVEs & attack surface in containers
AI-powered Kubernetes & container security with eBPF runtime monitoring.
AI-powered Kubernetes policy governance platform built on Kyverno.
Enterprise Kubernetes ingress controller with routing, security, and observability.
Hardened, minimal container images with reduced CVE exposure and SBOM support.
Kubernetes security posture management with compliance monitoring and risk assessment
Policy enforcement & compliance mgmt for container security across SDLC
Runtime container security platform providing workload isolation via microVMs
Agentless Kubernetes & container security with KSPM across multi-cloud.
Container image scanning & runtime security for containerized applications
Container image scanning tool for Kubernetes & Docker with CVE detection
Container & Kubernetes vulnerability scanning with automated remediation
Container security scanner for Docker images with vulnerability detection
Container security platform for vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement
Agentless AI platform for real-time container attack detection and containment.
Container security platform for CVE triage, image patching & vulnerability scanning.
Runtime container security via behavioral analytics & continuous attack graphs.
Container vulnerability & license scanner with deep dependency tree analysis.
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The closest matches to Chainguard VMs by shared tags and NIST CSF 2.0 coverage are Plexicus Container Security, CloudMatos Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) Solution, Aqua Security Holistic Kubernetes Security, Sysdig Container and Kubernetes Security, and Devtron Enterprise-Grade Security. All of them are Container Security products.
This page shows 32 alternatives to Chainguard VMs, all in the Container Security category. Each one is matched on shared tags and NIST CSF 2.0 areas, and the closest matches rank first.
Chainguard VMs is a commercial Container Security product. It needs a paid license or subscription. Only commercial alternatives are listed here. Free and open source products are under /free.
Chainguard VMs is a Container Security product in the Cloud Security category. You can compare it with the 32 other Container Security products on this page.
