18.2
Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for coverage across configuration, vulnerabilities, compliance, and runtime activity.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOS
Best Container Security Software in 2026
Container security software covers safeguards for container images, registries, Kubernetes environments, and runtime activity. Compare image scanning and registry scanning, then consider admission control and Kubernetes security for deployment-related checks. Runtime protection and SBOM generation offer further dimensions for assessing coverage. The listed deployment model, free-plan availability, and paid-from…
27.7
Kyverno is a free, open-source policy engine designed for Kubernetes.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
37.4
Grype is a free, Apache-2.0-licensed vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems, SBOMs, and individual packages.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
- 4
Open Policy Agent Gatekeeper
Open Policy Agent Gatekeeper is a free, open-source policy controller for Kubernetes.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.2Free plan - 5
Sysdig Secure
Sysdig Secure is a cloud-native application protection platform for cloud environments, containers, Kubernetes, hosts, and serverless workloads.
WebAPILinuxmacOS7.2From $20 a month - 6
Trivy
Trivy is a free, Apache-2.0-licensed scanner for code repositories, binary artifacts, container images, and Kubernetes clusters.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows7.0Free plan - 7
KubeArmor
KubeArmor is an open-source runtime security system for hardening cloud-native workloads and enforcing policies while they run.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.5Free plan - 8
RapidFort
RapidFort is a software supply chain security platform for containerized applications, combining vulnerability analysis, runtime visibility, hardened…
Free planWebLinuxSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 9
Tetragon
Tetragon is a security observability and runtime enforcement tool for Linux, containers, and Kubernetes workloads.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.4Free plan - 10
Deepfence ThreatMapper
Deepfence ThreatMapper is a self-hosted security tool that finds threats in production environments and ranks them by exploit risk.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 11
Prisma Cloud SCA
Prisma Cloud SCA scans open-source packages for vulnerabilities and license-compliance issues across code, builds, deployment and runtime.
WebAPI6.3 - 12
Anchore Enterprise
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.2 - 13
Google Artifact Analysis
Google Artifact Analysis provides software composition analysis and stores and retrieves metadata.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.2$0.26 one-time - 14
Dockle
Dockle is free, open-source software for linting container images on Linux, macOS and Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 15
Falco
Falco is an open source runtime security project for Linux and self-hosted environments.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 16
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines
Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines automates application delivery on Red Hat OpenShift using a cloud-native CI/CD approach built on Tekton.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0 - 17
Tracee
Tracee is a free runtime security and observability tool for Linux that uses eBPF to monitor system calls, network activity, and file operations in real time.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 18
Clair
Clair is a free, open-source service that scans container images for vulnerabilities in base operating systems, installed packages, and programming language components.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.9Free plan - 19
Wiz Container and Kubernetes Security
Wiz Container and Kubernetes Security is a web-based service for securing containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments from development through runtime.
Web5.7 - 20
Docker Scout
Docker Scout is a software-as-a-service tool for scanning Docker images and registries and generating software bills of materials (SBOMs).
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.5 - 21
Aqua Security
WebLinux5.3 - 225.1
- 23
SUSE NeuVector
SUSE NeuVector is a free, open-source Kubernetes security product designed for self-hosted deployment.
Web5.0 - 244.9
- 25
Qualys Container Security
WebLinux4.8