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Comparison

Chainguard Registry vs Pulp

On the evidence we track, Chainguard Registry leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Chainguard Registry full profile →Pulp full profile →
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★Chainguard Registry59
Pulp49
Score
vioscaleAI score
Chainguard Registry59 / 100medium · 71%
Pulp49 / 100low · 45%
Pricing
Free tier
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Model
Chainguard Registryfreemium
Pulpopen_source
Price level
Chainguard Registryhigh
Pulpfree
Starting price
Chainguard Registry$19,000
Pulp–
Transparent
Chainguard Registry✗
Pulp✓
Integrations
Count
Chainguard Registry19
Pulp2
Security
Certifications
Chainguard RegistryFIPS-validated
Pulp–
Fedramp
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp–
Gdpr
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Hipaa
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp–
Pci
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp–
Soc2
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp–
Trust center
Chainguard Registryhttps://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/
Pulp–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Chainguard Registry–
Pulp65
Github stars
Chainguard Registry–
Pulp609
Activity
Commits last 30d
Chainguard Registry–
Pulp61
Release
History
Chainguard Registry–
Pulp20 items
License
Spdx
Chainguard Registry–
PulpGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Chainguard Registry–
PulpPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Chainguard Registry7 items
Pulp7 items

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Hosting
Chainguard RegistryCloud only
PulpCloud + self-hosted
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Scope
Artifact types
Chainguard RegistryUniversal (images + language packages)
PulpUniversal (images + language packages)
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✗
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✗
SBOM generation / storage
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✗
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts
Chainguard Registry-
Pulp✓
Private repositories
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Pull-through cache / proxy
Chainguard Registry-
Pulp✗
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration
Chainguard Registry-
Pulp✗
Pricing
Pull-rate limits
Chainguard RegistryNone
PulpNone
UX
Web UI / console
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Ops
High-availability deployment
Chainguard Registry-
Pulp✗

What each one is

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

Chainguard Registry

Leader

A registry service providing pre-hardened container images, language libraries, and VM images built with security-first design and continuously patched against vulnerabilities. Designed to reduce engineering overhead and ensure compliance without manual security management.

Independently observed

Pulp

Pulp is an open-source platform that enables you to mirror, host, and manage repositories of software packages and content. It allows you to organize content promotion across multiple repositories and enforce access controls through flexible content guards.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Chainguard Registry

Leader
from $19000/yrSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier with 5 images. Paid plans from $19K/year for catalog access.

  • FreeFree
    • 5 images per organization
    • Base, Application, and AI/ML images
    • No CVE remediation SLA
  • Catalog$19K/year for team of 10 (full container catalog access)
    • Full access to 3,000+ images
    • Unlimited pulls with no metering
    • CVE remediation SLA (7 days critical, 14 days high/medium/low)
    • SLSA L3 hardened infrastructure
    • Sigstore signed artifacts with build-time SBOMs and attestations
    • +3 more
  • Per-ImageContact sales
    • Flexible licensing by image count and type (base, app, AI/ML, FIPS)
    • CVE remediation SLA
  • Libraries-
    • Python, Java, JavaScript libraries
    • Unlimited applications per language with no metering
    • Cross-compatibility across Linux distributions
  • Virtual MachinesContact sales
    • Minimal hardened OS images for general use or language runtimes
    • CVE remediation SLA
    • Multi-cloud and on-premises support
as of verify ↗

Pulp

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
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
CLI
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✗
Self-hosted
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✓
On-premise
Chainguard Registry✓
Pulp✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Chainguard Registry

Leader
25 total - 24 not shared
  • Cursor
  • AWS Security Hub
  • Wiz
  • GitHub Actions
  • npm
  • SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
  • Kubernetes
  • Kiro
  • Grype
  • Trivy
  • AWS Inspector
  • Anchore Enterprise
  • Snyk
  • GitLab
  • CrowdStrike
  • Qualys
  • JFrog Artifactory
  • Cloudsmith
  • Harbor
  • Nexus
  • Google Artifact Registry
  • Docker Hub
  • Amazon ECR
  • Microsoft ACR
Independently observed

Pulp

2 total - 1 not shared
  • OpenAI API
Independently observed
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