Container and Kubernetes security · RankedChainguard
Chainguard provides secure-by-default container base images designed to minimize vulnerabilities, with a focus on software supply chain security · chainguard.dev ↗
Why models recommend it
“Alternatives being recommended by vendors are Chainguard, Docker Hardened Images, RapidFort Curated Images, Echo, etc.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · alternative
“Choose Snyk Container / Chainguard if developer workflow and shift-left image scanning integrated in CI are primary.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Consider alternatives if you need seamless migration capabilities”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Chainguard: Complex setup process”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Chainguard, over the 27 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 7 | View → | |
| 22 | 4 | View → | |
| 22 | 1 | View → | |
| 19 | 3 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 4 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Chainguard's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- engineering teams
- Free plan or trial
- Get started free
- Certifications
- SLSA Level 3, FedRAMP, PCI DSS, CMMC, SOC 2, Essential Eight, NIS2
- Customers named
- Anduril, Snowflake, Appian, Canva, Snap, GitGuardian, Shift5, Domino
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 26 of the 27 answers that named Chainguard and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-three of the 104 domain citations in answers naming Chainguard came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 31 | undated | Patching | ||
| Conference or event | 24 | 0 | 2023-05-05 | ||
| Comparison | 16 | 4 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 10 | 1 | 2026-08-25 | SCA | |
| Blog | 9 | 1 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Template or tool | 3 | 0 | 2025-11-06 | ||
| News or press | 2 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | 0 | 2023-10-30 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Supply Chain Security 101 blog
- 2026-09-25Docker alternatives comparison
- 2026-09-25Github actions alternatives comparison
- 2026-09-10Minimus acquired alternatives comparison
- 2026-08-25What is chainguard glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-16Chainguard alternatives comparison
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page chainguard.dev exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.