JFrog Runtime vs Kyverno
JFrog Runtime
jfrog.comKyverno
kyverno.ioSide by side
| Figure | JFrog Runtime | Kyverno |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 2 |
| Spec score · Kubernetes Security Software | 7.3 (#20) | 8.6 (#4) |
| Founded | 2008 | 2019 |
| Intended users | JFrog identifies Security and DevOps teams as users and describes coordination among R&D, DevOps, and Security teams. | The project describes Kyverno as designed for platform engineering teams and enabling security, compliance, automation, and governance through policy as code. |
| Purpose | JFrog Runtime enables Security and DevOps teams to monitor Kubernetes clusters in real time, identify, prioritize, and remediate security incidents based on actual risk, verify image integrity, and meet compliance requirements. | Kyverno is a Kubernetes-native policy engine for defining and enforcing policy as code. |
| Support | JFrog’s pricing page lists 24/7 SLA support with Enterprise X and 24/7 high-touch support with Enterprise+. | The project directs users to its Kubernetes Slack channels, GitHub, and mailing list for questions and discussion. |
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In their own words
JFrog Runtime
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Kyverno
Kyverno is a free, open-source policy engine for defining and enforcing policy as code in Kubernetes. Its stable policy types can validate, mutate, generate or delete resources, and verify container image signatures and attestations. The Kyverno CLI can test policies against Kubernetes resource manifests in CI before they are applied to a live cluster. Documentation describes use with Helm, YAML manifests, GitHub Actions and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD. Kyverno is installed in a Kubernetes cluster; Helm is recommended for production, and YAML manifests are also available. A standard installation requires an admission controller, while background, reports and cleanup controllers are optional. Production installations should use high availability mode. The project supports CEL-based policy types and describes applying Kubernetes-style policies outside Kubernetes as part of its mission. Its webhooks default to fail-closed, so matching requests can fail if the API server cannot reach Kyverno. The project documents Cosign signatures for images and manifests, and lists CLI binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows.