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Anchore Enterprise alternatives for Kubernetes vulnerability scanning

Teams evaluating Anchore alternatives usually want the SBOM-first approach and the CVSS/EPSS/KEV scoring, but on a live cluster inventory and without a quote-only enterprise sale.

Facts last checked . Prices and features change — verify with the vendor before deciding.

What Anchore Enterprise does well

Before the list: Anchore Enterprise is a good tool for the right team. Anchore Enterprise is an SBOM-centric SCA platform from the maintainers of Syft and Grype, focused on compliance-driven scanning of images in registries and CI, with an Anchore Score built from CVSS, EPSS and CISA KEV.

  • Maintains Syft and Grype — the SBOM generator StackRadar itself uses.
  • SBOM management and compliance reporting for regulated buyers (federal, defence, medical devices).
  • Its Anchore Score combines CVSS, EPSS and KEV — the same three signals as StackRadar’s Radar Score.
  • Strong policy engine for gating images against compliance standards.

Anchore Enterprise pricing

Anchore Enterprise is quote-only and typically sold as an annual contract to compliance-driven organisations. Syft and Grype, its open-source tools, are free. StackRadar publishes per-cluster pricing from $0.

Anchore Enterprise alternatives

1. StackRadar (that's us)

StackRadar keeps a CycloneDX SBOM for every image running in your Kubernetes clusters and re-checks it against OSV.dev advisories as they land — no rescan. Findings are ranked by the Radar Score, which combines CVSS, EPSS and the CISA KEV catalogue in a published formula, and every finding carries its workload, Helm release and ArgoCD application. One dashboard covers every cluster, with 30 days to two years of history by plan. The scanner installs as one Helm chart, its source is published, releases are signed, and data stays in the EU. Free for one cluster; Pro $59 per month; Business $199 per month.

Where Anchore Enterprise is stronger: you need SBOM management for a compliance programme (FedRAMP, DoD, medical devices) more than cluster visibility. See StackRadar vs Anchore Enterprise for the full comparison.

2. OWASP Dependency-Track

Dependency-Track is the OWASP open-source SBOM analysis platform: you send it CycloneDX SBOMs and it continuously re-evaluates them against vulnerability feeds, with EPSS support and KEV-aware policies.

Best for: You already produce CycloneDX SBOMs in CI and want a self-hosted place to track them. Pricing: Free (Apache-2.0); self-hosted operations cost. Compare with StackRadar · OWASP Dependency-Track website

3. Snyk Container

Snyk Container is the container-scanning product in Snyk’s developer security platform, scanning images from the CLI, CI and registries and opening automated base-image upgrade pull requests.

Best for: Your priority is shifting left: fixing images in the pipeline before they ship. Pricing: Free (100 container tests/mo); Team from $25/dev/mo; K8s needs Enterprise. Compare with StackRadar · Snyk Container website

4. Trivy Operator

Trivy Operator is the free, Apache-2.0 Kubernetes operator from Aqua Security that scans running workloads with Trivy and writes the results into the cluster as custom resources.

Best for: You run one or two clusters and mainly want to know what is vulnerable right now. Pricing: Free (Apache-2.0); you run and operate it. Compare with StackRadar · Trivy Operator website

Should you switch?

Choose Anchore Enterprise if

  • You need SBOM management for a compliance programme (FedRAMP, DoD, medical devices) more than cluster visibility.
  • You want a policy engine to gate images in CI against standards.
  • You are self-hosting by policy and have the operations team for it.

Choose StackRadar if

  • You need the same CVSS/EPSS/KEV ranking applied to what is running in Kubernetes.
  • You want a hosted product with a published price instead of an enterprise contract.
  • You want Helm and ArgoCD context on every finding.

Frequently asked questions

Is Anchore free?

Syft and Grype, Anchore’s open-source tools, are free. Anchore Enterprise is a quote-only commercial product.

Does Anchore see what is running in Kubernetes?

Anchore Enterprise scans images in registries and CI pipelines. It does not run an agent in the cluster, so it does not know which images are deployed where.

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