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Clair vs Cloudflare Tunnel
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Clair and Cloudflare Tunnel — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Clair vs Cloudflare Tunnel: at a glance
What is Clair?
Clair 4.10 RC can read SBOMs to match Java vulnerabilities.
Clair cut its first 4.10.0 release candidate on November 13, eleven months after 4.9.0. Its Java indexers can now read CycloneDX SBOM files and treat them as the source of truth, and Red Hat's VEX data now covers Maven advisories, so Java packages in Red Hat images can be matched. It also reduces memory use when many packages share a source package.
What is Cloudflare Tunnel?
Cloudflare Tunnel opens November with 2026.11.0, published without notes.
cloudflared shipped eight releases in October and opened November with 2026.11.0 on November 12. As with every release since September, the public notes give nothing beyond checksums, and this one has no body at all.
Clair vs Cloudflare Tunnel: editorial side-by-side
Clair
2.5INFRA · APIS
Clair 4.10 RC can read SBOMs to match Java vulnerabilities.
◆ Current state
Clair cut its first 4.10.0 release candidate on November 13, eleven months after 4.9.0. Its Java indexers can now read CycloneDX SBOM files and treat them as the source of truth, and Red Hat's VEX data now covers Maven advisories, so Java packages in Red Hat images can be matched. It also reduces memory use when many packages share a source package.
◆ Where it's heading
Since 4.8 Clair has moved from Red Hat's older OVAL data to VEX, and each release follows Red Hat's security data more closely. 4.10 adds SBOMs as an input, so Clair can match what an image's own manifest declares, not only what it finds on disk.
◆ Prediction
More 4.10 release candidates and then a final are likely; the long gap between releases suggests that could take weeks.
Cloudflare Tunnel
5.0INFRA · APIS
Cloudflare Tunnel opens November with 2026.11.0, published without notes.
◆ Current state
cloudflared shipped eight releases in October and opened November with 2026.11.0 on November 12. As with every release since September, the public notes give nothing beyond checksums, and this one has no body at all.
◆ Where it's heading
The cadence has sped up from about two weeks to a few days, which suggests continuous patching rather than feature work. Without change notes, users can't tell from the feed which releases matter, so the release page tracks build activity, not product direction.
◆ Prediction
Expect more 2026.10.x or 2026.11.0 releases within days. The entries give no indication of what they will contain.
Alternatives to Clair and Cloudflare Tunnel
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Clair or Cloudflare Tunnel.
Payload CMS
Payload's v4 beta.9 keeps every past image crop and raises the Node floor again.
Nautobot
Nautobot 3.3 alpha 2 adds test helpers and a cable location filter after 3.2.9's token-leak fix.
Shuffle
Shuffle tags builds almost daily, but the notes are empty.
KrakenD
KrakenD's community edition is shipping only dependency bumps.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor's recent releases are mostly about patching CVEs.
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Recent activity from Clair and Cloudflare Tunnel
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 13h agoClairClair 4.10 RC reads CycloneDX SBOMs for Java matching
- 1d agoCloudflare TunnelCloudflared 2026.11.0 release
- 14d agoCloudflare TunnelCloudflared 2026.10.7 release
- 15d agoCloudflare TunnelCloudflared 2026.10.6 release
- 17d agoCloudflare TunnelCloudflared 2026.10.5 release
- 19d agoCloudflare TunnelCloudflared 2026.10.4 release
- 23d agoCloudflare TunnelCloudflared 2026.10.3 release
- 11mo agoClairClair 4.9 moves CVSS data to NVD's 2.0 feeds
- 2y agoClairClair 4.8 replaces Red Hat OVAL data with VEX
- 2y agoClairClair 4.7.4 changes the default layer download location
- 2y agoClairClair 4.7.3 requires TLS 1.2 or newer
- 3y agoClairClair 4.7.2 drops the retired CRDA source
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Clair and Cloudflare Tunnel?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Cloudflare Tunnel is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Clair better than Cloudflare Tunnel?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Cloudflare Tunnel is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Clair?
Top Clair alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Clair alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/clair for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Cloudflare Tunnel?
Top Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/cloudflared for the full list with editorial commentary on each.