// Competitive Comparison
OSSeva vs. DepKeep
DepKeep sells support subscriptions, LTS backports and hourly consulting across a catalogue of 500+ open source packages. OSSeva publishes version-by-version patch coverage for messaging, data and coordination infrastructure, and runs those clusters 24/7 on its Operate tier.
Where OSSeva is stronger
- ✓A published version list, such as RabbitMQ 3.8 to 3.13 and Kafka 2.8 to 3.9, that you can check before a sales call
- ✓A 15-minute P1 response and 24/7 managed operations on the Operate tier; DepKeep publishes next and same business day targets
- ✓Patched Erlang/OTP and ZooKeeper shipped with the products that depend on them
- ✓Signed builds with VEX statements and an attestation pack for auditors on the Assure tier
Where DepKeep is stronger
- →Breadth: a catalogue of 500+ packages, including Kubernetes, CNCF projects and AI/ML frameworks
- →Month-to-month plans counted per package rather than per seat, with plan prices published on its site
- →Upstream feature development with project maintainers, and listings on several projects' support pages
- →A free open source CLI, ossrisk, that scans package manifests for CVEs and end-of-life versions
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Capability comparison
Comparison based on publicly available product information as of Q3 2026. Verify current coverage with each vendor.
| Capability | OSSeva | DepKeep |
|---|---|---|
| Published list of supported versions | Project health pages | |
| Catalogue | Messaging, data, coordination, Spring | 500+ packages |
| Backported fixes for end-of-life versions | ||
| Patched Erlang/OTP and ZooKeeper with the product | Not stated | |
| Initial response target | 15 min P1 (Operate) | Next or same business day; Enterprise custom |
| 24/7 managed operations | Reactive ticket support | |
| Named engineer | Professional and Enterprise | |
| Architecture review | Assure and Operate | Hourly consulting |
| Version migration | Hourly consulting | |
| Upstream feature development | ||
| Kubernetes, Prometheus, AI/ML frameworks | ||
| Free scanning tool | EOL Tracker | ossrisk CLI |
Why teams choose OSSeva
You can see the coverage before the call
OSSeva lists the versions it patches for each technology, for example RabbitMQ 3.8 to 3.13 with Erlang/OTP, Kafka 2.8 to 3.9 in ZooKeeper mode, ActiveMQ Classic 5.15 to 5.18, ZooKeeper 3.4 to 3.7 and MongoDB 4.2 to 6.0. DepKeep's catalogue names 500+ packages it can cover, and its per-technology pages show project health data such as the latest release and open CVEs rather than a list of supported versions. Coverage there is confirmed in a scoped proposal.
Operations with a clock on them
On the Operate tier our engineers monitor your clusters 24/7 on your own infrastructure, respond to P1 incidents within 15 minutes, and keep the runbooks. DepKeep's published plans describe reactive, ticket-based support with initial response targets of the next business day on Starter, which runs 9 AM to 6 PM, and the same business day on Professional. Enterprise targets are agreed per customer.
The dependency under the product
RabbitMQ runs on Erlang/OTP, and Kafka, HBase and Solr run on ZooKeeper. A patched product on an unpatched runtime still fails the audit. OSSeva patches both layers and ships them as tested pairs.
Why teams choose DepKeep
Breadth across the stack
DepKeep's catalogue covers databases, runtimes, messaging, infrastructure tooling such as Kubernetes, Terraform and Prometheus, and AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow and Ray. Plans count packages rather than developers, and several versions of one package count once. For an estate spread across many packages, that is a wider net than OSSeva's catalogue.
Upstream-first work
DepKeep says its engineers work with upstream maintainers to design and land features, and that it is listed as a support provider on the Thanos, Envoy Gateway, Open Policy Agent and Apache Guacamole support pages. Feature development, architecture reviews and major version migrations are sold as hourly consulting.
Low-commitment plans
Plans are month-to-month with 30 days' notice, plan prices are published on its site, and DepKeep says most teams are onboarded in three to five business days. Its free ossrisk CLI and GitHub Action scan package.json and requirements.txt files for CVEs and end-of-life versions.
Which is right for your situation?
Choose OSSeva when…
Your end-of-life exposure is in RabbitMQ, Kafka, ActiveMQ, ZooKeeper, MongoDB, PostgreSQL or Spring, you want version coverage confirmed in writing before you buy, or you need engineers on call 24/7 with a 15-minute P1 response.
Talk to an engineerConsider DepKeep when…
You want ticket-based support across many packages outside OSSeva's catalogue, such as Kubernetes tooling, CNCF projects or AI/ML frameworks, on a month-to-month plan, or you want upstream feature work done with project maintainers.
DepKeep covers a 500+ package catalogue with ticket-based support and LTS. OSSeva covers messaging, data, coordination and Spring with published version coverage and 24/7 operations.
Frequently asked questions
What does DepKeep offer?
Long-term support with backported security fixes, technical support subscriptions, security vulnerability management, version migration and feature development. Subscriptions cover ongoing reactive support; migrations, architecture reviews and feature work are billed as hourly consulting. DepKeep says it was founded in 2025.
Does DepKeep support RabbitMQ and Kafka?
Both are in its catalogue, and its technology pages link to commercial support. Those pages show project health data such as GitHub activity, the latest release and OSV.dev results rather than a list of supported versions, so ask which versions, and which runtime underneath, a quote includes. OSSeva publishes its list: RabbitMQ 3.8 to 3.13 and 4.x with Erlang/OTP, and Kafka 2.8 to 3.9 with ZooKeeper.
How do the response targets compare?
DepKeep publishes an initial response target within one business day on Starter, with business hours of 9 AM to 6 PM, and the same business day on Professional. Enterprise targets are custom. OSSeva Operate responds to P1 incidents within 15 minutes, 24/7.
How long does DepKeep's long-term support last?
Its LTS page says contracts span one to five years, with a named engineer on the LTS track and a security advisory, CVSS score and fix description shipped with each patch.
Does this page compare prices?
No. DepKeep publishes its plan prices on its own site; we do not reproduce or estimate other vendors' prices. OSSeva quotes per cluster.
Can we use DepKeep and OSSeva together?
Yes. A team could keep DepKeep for a wide spread of application packages and use OSSeva for the brokers and coordination services where it needs version-level patch coverage and 24/7 operations.
Ready to see if OSSeva covers your stack?
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll confirm version coverage and scope a proposal within 5 business days.