Cybersecurity · head to head
Hanwha Vision vs Sigstore
Hanwha Vision
Cybersecurity
Korean camera maker whose Wisenet WAVE VMS licences are perpetual per channel with no annual renewal
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Sigstore
Cybersecurity
Free public signing and transparency infrastructure for open source artifacts
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Sigstore has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Hanwha Vision nDAA compliance is confirmed per model and per bill of materials rather than across the brand, and TAA status depends on whether a specific unit was made in Korea or Vietnam, so a buyer with procurement obligations must get both stated on the quote rather than relying on a brand-level claim.; Sigstore the security model depends on somebody watching the log. The documentation states that compromise of an identity provider or of Fulcio itself is detectable only if third parties monitor the transparency log, the monitoring tool is a community-tier rather than core project, and almost no consumer runs one.
- They diverge on capability: Hanwha Vision covers Wisenet WAVE VMS, Sigstore covers Fulcio.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Hanwha Vision and Sigstore actually diverge.
| Attribute | Hanwha Vision | Sigstore |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | Free |
| Pricing model | One-time purchase | Open source, public instance free to use |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android | Web, Linux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cybersecurity).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Hanwha Vision
- Wisenet WAVE VMS
- On-camera AI
- NDAA and TAA positioning
- Multi-site management
- Open platform
- Wisenet cameras and recorders
- Cybersecurity hardening
- Integration licences
Only in Sigstore
- Fulcio
- Rekor
- Keyless signing
- Multi-language clients
- Timestamp authority
- Neutral governance
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Hanwha Vision
- A federal agency or federal contractor whose procurement rules exclude Section 889 covered manufacturersnot Sigstore
- A school district that wants a fixed one-time software cost rather than a per-camera monthly subscriptionnot Sigstore
- A site running 200 cameras for a decade where a cloud subscription would cost several times a perpetual licencenot Sigstore
- An integrator standardising on one manufacturer for cameras, recorders and VMS to simplify supportnot Sigstore
Sigstore
- Open source projects signing releases without running a certificate authoritynot Hanwha Vision
- Organisations meeting a signed-artifact requirement without buying a signing productnot Hanwha Vision
- Publishing provenance that a consumer can verify independently of younot Hanwha Vision
- Self-hosting the same components where a public log is unacceptablenot Hanwha Vision
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Hanwha Vision
- NDAA compliance is confirmed per model and per bill of materials rather than across the brand, and TAA status depends on whether a specific unit was made in Korea or Vietnam, so a buyer with procurement obligations must get both stated on the quote rather than relying on a brand-level claim.
- Perpetual licences mean you own the servers, storage and patching, so the cost avoided on subscription reappears as IT labour and a hardware refresh every five to seven years.
- Hanwha publishes no list pricing and sells through distributors, so the perpetual-versus-subscription comparison it wins on paper still requires a distributor quote to verify.
- Wisenet WAVE is a solid mid-market VMS but does not match Genetec or Milestone on enterprise features such as federation across independently owned systems, scripted operator procedures or deep access control unification.
- Hanwha Vision is part of Hanwha Group, a large Korean conglomerate spanning defence, chemicals and finance, so the video business is one line among many and roadmap priority is set at a corporate level well above the security division.
Sigstore
- The security model depends on somebody watching the log. The documentation states that compromise of an identity provider or of Fulcio itself is detectable only if third parties monitor the transparency log, the monitoring tool is a community-tier rather than core project, and almost no consumer runs one.
- It is a 99.5 percent objective with no service level agreement, which permits several hours of downtime a month and offers no remedy. A pipeline that signs on every build has taken a hard dependency on a free service with no contract behind it.
- Log scale is a live engineering problem rather than a theoretical one. The active shard holds billions of entries, the log has already been sharded twice, and sharding version 1 requires stopping traffic, which is why a replacement was built.
- Ten-minute certificates make trust depend on log availability. Verifying an older signature relies on the log entry proving it was made inside that window, so a lost or unreachable entry can render a valid artifact unverifiable.
- Migration debt is substantial and ongoing. Version 2 of the log is generally available but not the public default, the signing client has an announced breaking release ahead, some official clients lag the new log format, and a post-quantum migration is named as the next break after that.
Pricing, plan by plan
Hanwha Vision
On request- Wisenet WAVE channel licence$undefined/year
- Perpetual per-channel licence that does not expire once activated
- No annual renewal fee to keep the system running
- Sold singly and in 4, 8, 16, 24 and 48 channel bundles
Sigstore
Free- Public good instanceFree
- Free to everyone with no contract
- 99.5 percent availability objective, not an agreement
- 100KB cap per attestation upload
- Self-hostedFree
- Apache-2.0
- Run your own Fulcio and Rekor
- Rekor v2 available for self-hosters
Which should you pick?
Choose Hanwha Vision if
- You need wisenet wave vms.
- You work on Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want on-camera ai.
Choose Sigstore if
- You need fulcio.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted.
- You also want rekor.
Questions people ask
- Is Hanwha Vision or Sigstore better?
- Neither clearly leads. Hanwha Vision starts at On request and Sigstore at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Hanwha Vision or Sigstore?
- Sigstore has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Hanwha Vision and Free for Sigstore.
- Does Hanwha Vision or Sigstore run on more platforms?
- Hanwha Vision runs on Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android. Sigstore runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted.
- Can I use Sigstore for free?
- Yes. Sigstore has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Hanwha Vision starts at On request.
- What is Hanwha Vision best used for?
- Hanwha Vision is most often used for a federal agency or federal contractor whose procurement rules exclude section 889 covered manufacturers, a school district that wants a fixed one-time software cost rather than a per-camera monthly subscription, a site running 200 cameras for a decade where a cloud subscription would cost several times a perpetual licence, an integrator standardising on one manufacturer for cameras, recorders and vms to simplify support. Of those, a federal agency or federal contractor whose procurement rules exclude section 889 covered manufacturers and a school district that wants a fixed one-time software cost rather than a per-camera monthly subscription are not what Sigstore is typically brought in for.
- What can Hanwha Vision do that Sigstore cannot?
- Hanwha Vision covers Wisenet WAVE VMS, On-camera AI, NDAA and TAA positioning, Multi-site management. Sigstore covers Fulcio, Rekor, Keyless signing, Multi-language clients.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Hanwha Vision: Is Hanwha Vision NDAA compliant?
Hanwha is a South Korean manufacturer and is not among the Section 889 covered entities, which are Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei, ZTE and Hytera, and its cameras do not use banned Chinese system-on-chip processors. Confirm compliance per model on the quote.
Sigstore: Is the public instance really free?
Yes, with no contract and no paid tier. That is also the weakness: a 99.5 percent objective with no agreement, no remedy and support through Slack.
Hanwha Vision: Are Wisenet WAVE licences subscriptions?
No. Channel licences are perpetual and do not expire once activated, with no annual renewal fee.
Sigstore: Has the public log moved to Rekor v2?
No. Version 2 reached general availability in October 2025 and self-hosters can use it, but the public instance still defaults to version 1 and the project has said it will for the foreseeable future.
Hanwha Vision: Is Wisenet WAVE the same as Nx Witness?
It is built on the Network Optix platform, so the two share a common core, with Hanwha adding its own camera integration and support.
Sigstore: Does Sigstore make my dependencies safe?
No, and this is a category error worth avoiding. It tells you who published something. It has no knowledge of what the artifact contains or whether it is vulnerable.
Hanwha Vision: Is Hanwha TAA compliant?
Many models are, manufactured in South Korea and Vietnam, but TAA is a per-unit question tied to manufacturing origin, so it must be verified model by model.
Sigstore: What are the rate limits?
Not published. Only the 100KB cap per attestation upload is documented, so do not design a high-volume pipeline around assumed throughput.
Sigstore: Should we self-host it?
If a public record of every signature is unacceptable, or if a free service with no agreement cannot sit in your build path, then yes. Otherwise the public instance is what most projects use.
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