Comparison

Anchore Enterprise vs Clair

No leader: the top candidate Clair has only 0.32 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Anchore Enterprise12
Clair50
Score
Vioscale score
Anchore Enterprise12 / 100low · 15%
Clair50 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Model
Anchore Enterprisequote
Price level
Anchore Enterpriseunknown
Clairfree
Transparent
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Integrations
Count
Anchore Enterprise18
Clair3
Security
Fedramp
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Scorecard
Anchore Enterprise
Clair5.1
Adoption
Dependent repos
Anchore Enterprise
Clair14
Github stars
Anchore Enterprise
Clair11,052
Activity
Commits last 30d
Anchore Enterprise
Clair8
Release
Cadence days
Anchore Enterprise
Clair51
History
Anchore Enterprise
License
Spdx
Anchore Enterprise
Language
Primary
Anchore Enterprise
ClairGo
Market
Availability
Anchore Enterprise

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container security. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Image registry vulnerability scanning
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Ci cd pipeline build blocking
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Ebpf runtime syscall monitoring
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Container drift prevention blocking
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Kubernetes kspm security posture
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Infrastructure as code iac scanning
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Serverless lambda fargate support
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Network microsegmentation
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Compliance PCI SOC2 reporting
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
SOC2 type ii
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
ISO 27001
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-
Pricing model
Anchore Enterprise-
Clair-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Anchore Enterprise

Platform for scanning containers, filesystems, and source code to generate SBOMs, detect vulnerabilities, and enforce security policies. Helps organizations demonstrate compliance with regulatory standards and automate secure software development practices.

Independently observed

Clair

An open-source tool that analyzes container images to identify known security vulnerabilities, enabling organizations to understand and manage the security posture of their containerized infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Anchore Enterprise

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Clair

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Linux
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
CLI
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Self-hosted
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
On-premise
Anchore Enterprise
Clair
Hybrid
Anchore Enterprise
Clair

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Kubernetes

Anchore Enterprise

18 total - 17 not shared
  • AWS
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Amazon ECS
  • Amazon EKS
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Docker
  • npm
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • Rust
  • Cisco Umbrella
  • Infoblox
  • Nvidia
  • SPDX
  • CycloneDX
  • Syft
  • CI/CD pipelines
Independently observed

Clair

3 total - 2 not shared
  • Container registries
  • GitHub
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.