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| Fact | ActiveState Platform | vfox |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The maker lists JFrog Artifactory, Sonatype Nexus, Kubernetes, Cloudera, CI/CD pipelines, IDEs, Trivy, and Wiz as integrations. | The documentation lists community plugins for tools including Bun, Clang, CMake, Crystal, Dart, Deno, and .NET. |
| Notable limit | Docker deployment with the State Tool is currently available only for Linux containers. | The configuration guide says vfox currently supports only HTTP(S) proxy protocols. |
| Purpose | The Platform hosts custom runtimes whose projects define runtime components, track project history, and provide deployment instructions. | vfox is a cross-platform version manager for installing and switching between development runtimes and SDKs. |
| Security | The deployment documentation says packages are built and tested by ActiveState and downloads are cryptographically verified. | The multi-user guide recommends group permissions for a shared SDK directory and warns that broad 777 permissions expose it to unauthorized users. |
| What it does | The Platform hosts custom runtimes whose projects define components, track project history, and provide deployment instructions. | vfox is a cross-platform version manager for installing and switching development environments and runtime versions. |
ActiveState Platform plans
- Free organizationFree
- Paid organizationPriced on request
vfox plans
- vfoxFree
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 vfox if…
vfox suits developers who switch between projects that require different runtime environments or versions. Its shared `.vfox.toml` configuration can help teams keep project versions consistent.