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Chainguard Images are a collection of minimal, hardened container images that are patched and rebuilt daily, and come with low-to-zero known CVEs, SLSA 2 compliance, signatures, and SBOMs.
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Chainguard Images are a collection of minimal, hardened container images. They only contain what is required to build or run your application, delivering on average a 97.6% reduction in CVEs. Each Chainguard Image is patched and rebuilt daily from source with the latest security fixes and CVE remediations, resulting in low-to-zero known CVEs, verifiable image signatures and attestations, high-quality SBOMs, and SLSA Level 2 - Build compliance.
The Chainguard Images inventory contains images for the most popular base images, including Go, Python, Ruby, PHP, Node, and more; and a selection of common developer tools, applications, data products, and servers.
Chainguard Production Images are available for FIPS compliance, major and minor versions, enterprise SLAs, and customer support. Chainguard offers custom pricing through AWS Marketplace Private Offers.
Chainguard provides custom pricing for customers via Private Offer. Please contact AWS-marketplace@chainguard.dev for more information on our pricing model. Pricing displayed is per Image.
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- Low-to-zero known CVEs with daily patches and rebuilds
- Full SLSA Build Level 2 provenance, signatures, and SBOMs
- Images with FIPS validation available upon request
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
Starter Images | :latest version of OSS packages | $0.00 |
Application Image | The listed pricing is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect actual pricing, which will be provided upon request, exclusively as part of a private offer from Chainguard | $0.01 |
Base Image | The listed pricing is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect actual pricing, which will be provided upon request, exclusively as part of a private offer from Chainguard | $0.01 |
FIPS Image | The listed pricing is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect actual pricing, which will be provided upon request, exclusively as part of a private offer from Chainguard | $0.01 |
AI Image | The listed pricing is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect actual pricing, which will be provided upon request, exclusively as part of a private offer from Chainguard | $0.01 |
Standard CSM | The listed pricing is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect actual pricing, which will be provided upon request, exclusively as part of a private offer from Chainguard | $0.01 |
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Daily Security Patching and Rebuilding
Container images are patched and rebuilt daily from source with the latest security fixes and CVE remediations.
Vulnerability Reduction
Minimal, hardened container images delivering on average a 97.6% reduction in CVEs with low-to-zero known vulnerabilities.
Supply Chain Security Compliance
Full SLSA Level 2 - Build compliance with verifiable image signatures, attestations, and high-quality SBOMs.
Multi-Language Runtime Support
Pre-built images available for popular programming languages and runtimes including Go, Python, Ruby, PHP, and Node.
FIPS Compliance Availability
Production images with FIPS validation available for regulatory compliance requirements.
Automated Vulnerability Remediation
Automatically removes up to 95% of CVEs without requiring code changes, reducing vulnerability and patch management backlogs.
Daily Security Patching and Hardening
Curated images are patched and hardened daily from source with latest security fixes and CVE remediations, resulting in Zero or Near-Zero CVEs.
Software Bill of Materials Generation
Generates high-quality SBOMs in multiple formats including raw JSON, SPDX, and Cyclone DX to address software supply chain and compliance requirements.
CI/CD Pipeline Integration
Integrates with CI/CD pipelines and container deployment platforms through simple API calls.
Build Compliance Certification
Achieves SLSA Level 2 Build compliance for container images and applications.
Security Hardening Standard
Hardened according to CIS Benchmark Level 2 profile developed through consensus-based process and accepted by government, business, industry, and academia.
Regulatory Compliance Support
Supports compliance with PCI DSS, FedRAMP, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, FISMA, and select NIST publications.
Container Orchestration Optimization
Optimized for use with Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) on Amazon Linux 2 base image.
Security Configuration Components
Includes hardened account and local policies, firewall configuration, and computer-based and user-based administrative templates.
Conformance Assessment and Documentation
Includes CIS Configuration Assessment Tool (CIS-CAT Pro) reports and detailed documentation of hardening changes, package modifications, and exceptions applied to the image.
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Customer reviews
Moshika S.
Great Product Innovation Backed by Outstanding Customer Service
Reviewed on Mar 17, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Great Customer service, our account manager is so on top of things! Great product and continued innovation
What do you dislike about the product?
.Net availability for Chainguard libraries isn’t available yet and not sure if it’s on the roadmap.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Low resource needs for CVE resolution
Financial Services
Seamless CI/CD Integration and Transparent SBOMs with Chainguard Libraries
Reviewed on Mar 17, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The seamless integration with our existing CI/CD pipeline, along with Chainguard’s transparency through SBOM and the overall Chainguard Libraries experience.
What do you dislike about the product?
I antipate Chainguard's capability to audit which JS Libraries appear from Chainguard vs NPM even after they're drawn through JFrog/Arctifactory.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Transparency and risk mitigation.
Accounting
Strong Security and a Great Experience So Far
Reviewed on Mar 17, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Chainguard is getting a lot of attention because it solves a very real (and growing) problem: software supply chain security—basically making sure the code and containers you run aren’t quietly compromised.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing yet it can be expensive. Learn g curve
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Chainguard is getting a lot of attention because it solves a very real (and growing) problem: software supply chain security—basically making sure the code and containers you run aren’t quietly compromised.
Security and Investigations
Great Catalog of FIPS-Compliant Images with Easy Base Image Customization
Reviewed on Jan 21, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
There is a good catalog of fips compliant images, and they support customization by adding packages directly to a base image.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some image were missing which complicated the process of migrating all our services.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping us achieve fedramp high which expands our client base.
Daniel R.
Secure, Low-Vulnerability Containers That Integrate Seamlessly into Our Pipelines
Reviewed on Jan 19, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Chainguard zero- and minimum-vulnerability containers help us deliver secure services and products to our customers with less effort and reduced cybersecurity risk. These containers are a 1-to-1 replacement for existing publicly available containers, and they integrate easily into our development pipelines with no additional effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
Chainguard containers are expensive. However, when I consider how many staff hours go into building and maintaining hardened, low-vulnerability containers for applications, the cost does pay off.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Chainguard helps reduce cybersecurity risks and the effort associated with our applications by providing secure open-source containers. This, in turn, lowers our need to build and maintain low-vulnerability forks of open-source packages.