Chainguard Pricing Overview

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Free Trial

Starter Images

Select set of unguarded containers with no SLA and only :latest versions of software. Free to test and deploy.

Production Images

1,400+ Guarded Container Images with all versions of software and protection under our CVE Remediation SLA.

CVE Remediation SLA (7 Days for a Critical CVE, 14 Days for High / Medium / Low)

All major and minor versions of software (i.e., Python 3.9-3.13)

Available through Chainguard’s registry or your preferred registry of choice

Automated tooling to quickly and easily customize Chainguard images via Custom Assembly

Direct access to the APKs underlying Chainguard images via Private APK Repositories

Updated EOL Images for up to 6 months post under EOL Grace Period

Chainguard Console to manage Images, entitlements, pull tokens, and more

Dedicated customer support and implementation services

FIPS Images

Starter Images: Select set of unguarded containers with no SLA and only :latest versions of software. Free to test and deploy.

Production Images: 1,400+ Guarded Container Images with all versions of software and protection under our CVE Remediation SLA. Production Images include Application Images, Base Images, FIPS Images, and AI Images.

Chainguard has 3 pricing editions. A free trial of Chainguard is also available. Look at different pricing editions below and see what edition and features meet your budget and needs.

Pricing information for Chainguard is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase Chainguard must be conducted with the seller.

Pricing information was last updated on July 25, 2025

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

6 months

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Chainguard Pricing Reviews

(2)

Mathieu L.

Head Of Cloud Infrastructure

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/20/2025

"Essential for CVE-Free Container Management"

5/5

What do you like best about Chainguard?

I appreciate Chainguard's extensive range of catalog with more than 500 public images to choose from, which significantly enhances my experience by ensuring that an image such as Linkerd is available and likely vulnerability-free compared to other sources like DockerHub. The availability of such a vast selection of images provides us with assurance and flexibility, making it easier to maintain security standards. I value the proactive approach of Chainguard in addressing CVEs by ensuring the images are rebuilt daily, which gives me confidence in their security posture. Additionally, I find the initial setup process to be very easy, and I enjoy the self-management feature allowing me to choose the right images from the catalog effortlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Chainguard?

It would be great if Chainguard's container registry could sync with AWS ECR so I could use my own private registry instead. I believe it's being worked on though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.