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Forrester: The Total Economic Impact™ of Chainguard Containers

Container security is becoming a critical challenge as enterprises using open-source software face surging vulnerabilities, compliance demands, and security-focused developer toil that drains productivity.

To quantify the real-world impact, Chainguard commissioned Forrester consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ study. The research, based a composite organization representative of interviewed 
customers with experience using Chainguard Containers, revealed compelling ROI, including significant developer toil savings, eliminated security risks, and improved engineering-security collaboration.

  • 233% 3-year ROI with Chainguard Containers
  • 90% reduction in vulnerabilities across containerized environments
  • 90% reduction in engineering and security effort for vulnerability tracking and remediation
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