Anchore Enterprise vs SBOM Observer
Anchore Enterprise
anchore.com
SBOM Observer
sbom.observerSide by side
| Figure | Anchore Enterprise | SBOM Observer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €69/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Software Composition Analysis Software | 8.3 (#9) | 7.6 (#43) |
| Deployment | Anchore Enterprise is offered as an AWS machine image or as container images installable with Helm on Kubernetes-compatible platforms. | Business is managed SaaS hosted in the EU; Enterprise supports SaaS or on-premises deployment, including air-gapped environments. |
| Headquarters | Santa Barbara, California, United States | Sweden |
| Integrations | The maker lists integrations including Atlassian Bitbucket Pipes and Bamboo, Amazon ECR and EKS, Azure DevOps and ACR, CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker Hub, and Harbor. | The Observer CLI is described as usable in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CircleCI or any CI that runs a shell step. |
| Purpose | Anchore Enterprise is an SBOM-powered platform for continuous software supply chain security and compliance. | SBOM Observer analyzes SBOMs from builds and suppliers, monitors vulnerabilities and license issues, and enforces policies in CI/CD. |
Plans
Anchore Enterprise
- Commercial Cloud ImagePriced on request
- Commercial Container ImagePriced on request
- Government Cloud ImagePriced on request
- Government Container ImagePriced on request
In their own words
Anchore Enterprise
Anchore Enterprise is an SBOM-powered platform for continuous software supply-chain security and compliance. It generates software bills of materials for containers, source code, and filesystems in Syft, CycloneDX, and SPDX formats, then continuously scans those SBOMs for vulnerabilities, secrets, and malware. Policy packs cover NIST, FedRAMP, and DISA, while policy-as-code rules use JSON instructions that can be version controlled in Git. Runtime inventory can cover images running across EKS, ECS, AKE, GKE, and OpenShift clusters. Deployment options include an AWS machine image or container images installed with Helm on Kubernetes-compatible platforms, including air-gapped environments. Every feature and operation can be instrumented through an API. Integrations include major CI, registry, and cloud services such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Amazon ECR, Azure DevOps, Docker Hub, and Harbor. It supports API, Linux, self-hosted, and web environments. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan, but a free trial is available.
SBOM Observer
SBOM Observer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.