ActiveState Platform
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What both publish
| Fact | ActiveState Platform | uv |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The maker lists JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus, Kubernetes, Cloudera, CI/CD pipelines, IDEs, Trivy, and Wiz as integrations. | The documentation lists integrations and guides for Docker, Jupyter, marimo, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Pre-commit, PyTorch, FastAPI, and several package registries. |
| Project management | Users can create projects through the web UI or CLI and deploy and activate projects locally. | uv manages project dependencies and environments and supports lockfiles and workspaces. |
| Purpose | The Platform hosts custom runtimes whose projects define runtime components, track project history, and provide deployment instructions. | uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust. |
| Security | The deployment documentation says packages are built and tested by ActiveState and downloads are cryptographically verified. | uv uses TLS with rustls and bundled Mozilla root certificates by default to verify HTTPS connections. |
| What it does | The Platform hosts custom runtimes whose projects define components, track project history, and provide deployment instructions. | uv is an extremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust. |
ActiveState Platform plans
- Free organizationFree
- Paid organizationPriced on request
uv plans
- uvFree
Pick ActiveState Platform if…
The platform suits organizations that need to build and manage custom runtimes across languages and operating systems. It also supports grouping projects by company, department, or team and managing member access by role.
Pick uv if…
uv suits Python developers looking to manage project environments and dependencies, install Python versions, or run scripts and command-line tools. Its pip-compatible interface may appeal to those consolidating several Python tool workflows.