Pricing
Chainguard pricing context
Human-reviewed pricing summary paired with DevTune’s public AI search visibility benchmark.
Chainguard uses subscription licensing across three product lines. Containers: a Free tier provides up to 5 images (latest tag only, no CVE SLA); Per-Image licensing is priced by image count and type (base, app, AI/ML, FIPS); Catalog licensing providing access to 2,000+ images starts at $19K for a team of 10, scaled non-linearly by engineering org size. Libraries: licensed per language ecosystem (Python, Java, JavaScript) based on developer headcount; quote-based only. VMs: Per-Image or Catalog licensing, both quote-based. Volume, multi-product bundle, startup/SMB, and government/public-sector pricing discounts are available. Once artifacts are mirrored to a customer's own registry they are retained perpetually.