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Alternatives to Sigstore
22 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Sigstore in this directory. Below is what separates each from Sigstore on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Sigstore starts at
- Free
Why people look past Sigstore
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Sigstore has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Signs and verifies container images and artifacts, with or without managing keys
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Open source, public instance free to use.
- 1 tier to Sigstore's 2.
Generates a software bill of materials from images, filesystems and archives
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Open source, public instance free to use.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Sold on a Free, no in-app purchases model rather than Open source, public instance free to use.
- 1 tier to Sigstore's 2.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- No free tier, where Sigstore has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Open source, public instance free to use.
- 1 tier to Sigstore's 2.
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- No free tier, where Sigstore has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $2/month, where Sigstore does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Open source, public instance free to use.
Adaptive behavioural analytics for payment fraud and financial crime
- No free tier, where Sigstore has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than Open source, public instance free to use.
- 1 tier to Sigstore's 2.
Every Sigstore alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigstore (this page) | Free | Open source, public instance free to use | 2 | |
| CosignThe client, if what you need is the signing command rather than the infrastructure | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| SyftA different question entirely: what is inside the artifact rather than who signed it | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Sigstore |
| Google Authenticator | Free | Free, no in-app purchases | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Feedzai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Entrust Identity as a Service | $2/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Sigstore |
| Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Dahua Technology | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Genetec Security Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Envysion | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| IDnow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Delinea | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Sigstore |
| DTiQ | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| BeyondTrust | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| HID Global | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Fenergo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| March Networks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Jumio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | 1 | vs Sigstore |
| Camio | $4.99/month | Per camera per month | 2 | vs Sigstore |
| Beyond Identity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sigstore |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Sigstore badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Cosign , Free
- Syft , Free
- Google Authenticator , Free
What you would be giving up
Sigstore is most often brought in for open source projects signing releases without running a certificate authority, organisations meeting a signed-artifact requirement without buying a signing product, publishing provenance that a consumer can verify independently of you, self-hosting the same components where a public log is unacceptable. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Sigstore is broadly right and the question is cost, the Sigstore pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Sigstore runs on web, linux, macos, windows, self-hosted. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Sigstore alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Sigstore?
- 22 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by Cosign, Syft, Google Authenticator, Feedzai. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Sigstore?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Cosign, Syft, Google Authenticator.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Sigstore?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Sigstore has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Sigstore?
- Sigstore is most often brought in for open source projects signing releases without running a certificate authority, organisations meeting a signed-artifact requirement without buying a signing product, publishing provenance that a consumer can verify independently of you, self-hosting the same components where a public log is unacceptable. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Sigstore?
- None of the cybersecurity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Sigstore alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Sigstore against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Sigstore covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 22 tools beside Sigstore. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.