Generate SBOMs. Enforce Compliance. Move Fast.
Stop managing third-party code. Start running secure containers.
Open source in containers doesn’t have to mean open risk. ActiveState eliminates CVEs across your entire container stack so your teams spend less time patching and more time building.
- Start with a secure base image: Use a free, zero-CVE container image, pre-verified with an SBOM and attestation.
- Customize it with exactly what you need: Choose from over 40 million secure components across every major language ecosystem.
- Get a fully rebuilt, production-ready container: Receive a tamper-proof image, rebuilt from source, with no surprises and no patch backlog.
“I don’t have to think too much about security and the complications anymore because ActiveState does it for me.”
– Stacy Leon, Sr. Technical Specialist
Build once. Trust forever.
Secure base images, rebuilt daily
Start with free, minimal container images that are zero-CVE by default. Each image includes a signed SBOM and attestation and is rebuilt daily to keep your production workloads and CI/CD pipelines secure from the start.
Deep customization without compromise
Leverage ActiveState’s leading catalog of over 40 million secure components to customize your container images without sacrificing security. In just hours, you’ll get your container back with zero-CVEs, rebuilt from the base OS through every app dependency.
Fast, SLA-backed CVE remediation
Never chase patch cycles again. ActiveState containers come with an industry-leading remediation SLA of seven days for critical CVEs and 14 days for all others.
Experience the ActiveState platform in action
See how zero-CVE containers, full rebuilds, and custom open source stacks come together in one secure CI/CD pipeline.
In your demo, we’ll walk you through how to:
- Start with a secure, signed base image
- Customize containers with 40M+ verified components
- Rebuild containers end-to-end with no patching or surprises
- Start with a secure, signed base image
FAQs
Which ActiveState pricing plan is right for my use case?
If maintenance, security, support, and/or compliance are essential to your business, our Enterprise offer is likely most appropriate. Please contact our experts to discuss your needs or let us give you a live demonstration.
If you have a team of developers working in a commercial setting, Business tier is your best option.
If you are part of an open source project that wants to use the platform, please see our Open Source Project Application.
ActiveState provides alternative pricing models to fit your business. Contact us for details on alternative pricing models.
What does “private projects” mean in ActiveState’s pricing?
As a Platform user, you can create your own custom projects that contain just the specific programming language, packages and dependencies you need. All projects at the Free tier are public projects, which means other Platform users can view the configuration. Private projects are available at Team tier and above. Access to private projects is controlled by the project owner.
Learn more in our Platform documentation.
What is a software attestation?
Software attestations enable you as a software producer to provide transparency and verification capabilities to your customers. ActiveState platform will generate signed attestations — such as provenance and SBOMs — for your application’s open source components.
Using its secure build service, the ActiveState platform will generate signed attestations for your application’s open source components, and verify their security and integrity upon installation using the attestation’s metadata. Visit our Regulatory Compliance page for a more detailed explanation on software attestations.
Which older versions of Perl and Python does ActiveState’s pricing include?
ActiveState provides a wide range of support, maintenance and licensing options for both recent and older versions of Python and Perl, including EOL versions such as Python 2. This list is constantly changing as newer versions are released.
In general, access to older versions is only provided with a Team or Enterprise Tier subscription, while access to EOL versions is only provided on the Enterprise Tier.
Can I still get ActivePerl, ActivePython, or ActiveTcl?
If you still need access to our legacy releases, please get in touch with us via our Contact us page.
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