Software Supply Chain Excellence Awards

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The awards

The Finalists

Each award recognizes a distinct area of excellence.

FrogStars have been nominated for the categories that best reflect their team’s journey.

Unified Platform

The Convergence Award

The Convergence Award goes to the team that unified fragmented tooling into a single platform, brought their developers
and security engineers into the same workflow, and proved that speed and trust don’t have to be a tradeoff.

Trusted AI Adoption

The Trusted Intelligence Award

The Trusted Intelligence Award goes to the teams that took the Red Pill. They chose to explore the world of AI and all of its hidden
nuances: how to secure it, govern it, control it, and empower it.

Software Supply Chain Security

The Guardian Award

The Guardian Award is for the team that built a software supply chain smart enough and tough enough to intelligently
manage the threats and risks associated with modern software development, whether the threat is human or AI.

✦ OUR FROGSTARS
Celebrating the people behind the software pipelines

The Software Supply Chain Excellence Awards recognize the teams who have turned their software supply chain into a competitive advantage – unifying development, security, and operations around a governed, automated pipeline that delivers trusted software at scale.

Three award categories, one goal: Giving these teams the stage they've earned.

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Your FrogStar Journey:
From Build to Recognition

The road to the Golden Frog is a curated experience designed to spotlight your team’s technical success and strategic impact. 

Here’s how the program works:
  1. The Nomination

    If you're a JFrog customer use the form below to submit your story by July 31, 2026
  2. The Shortlist

    Our panel of experts will select the finalists by beginning of August
  3. The Showcase

    We’ll be spotlighting our FrogStar finalists’ journeys in August 2026!
  4. The Recognition

    Award winners are recognized and celebrated at the swampUP Galas in NYC & Barcelona –
    September 2 & October 21, 2026!
JUDGING CRITERIA

How Your Entry is Evaluated

A cross-functional panel of industry voices will assess all submissions on two primary dimensions:

Breadth of Story

Breadth of Story

How clearly and compellingly you articulate the challenge, solution, and business impact in your narrative. We want to understand the full journey – not just the outcome, but what it took to get there.

Quality & Strength of Metrics

Quality & Strength of Metrics

The tangibility, specificity, and significance of the success metrics you provide to validate your achievement. Quantifiable results are required and carry significant weight in the final assessment.

WHAT YOU WIN

FrogStar Winner Benefits

The Golden Frog

The Golden Frog

A custom, engraved Golden Frog award – a symbol of your team’s excellence

PR & Media Spotlight

PR & Media Spotlight

Joint press announcements and editorial stories amplifying your organization’s success in the industry

Featured Blog Posts

Featured Blog Posts

Dedicated blog post showcasing your achievements to a broad audience

Podcast Spotlights

Podcast Spotlights

Tell your story with the DevSecOps community through podcast opportunities

swampUP Gala Recognition

swampUP Gala Recognition

Grand award winner announcements at the swampUP Gala in New York City and Barcelona

Community & Network Access

Community & Network Access

First-in-line access to executive roundtables, early betas, and senior leadership connections

✦ KEY DATES
Congratulations to our finalists!

Stay tuned! Winners announced at swampUP 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Software Supply Chain Excellence Awards recognize JFrog customers who have turned their software supply chain into a competitive advantage. The awards stand as JFrog’s inaugural customer recognition program, created to celebrate the teams behind exceptional software supply chain work.

    Six award categories recognize organizations that have turned their software supply chain into a competitive advantage – unifying development, security, and operations around a governed, automated pipeline that delivers trusted software at scale.

  • Any current JFrog customer using the JFrog Platform can submit a nomination (subject to exclusions below). Submissions should represent a team or individual at your organization that has driven meaningful outcomes using the JFrog Platform.

    Nominations are open across three global regions, AMER, EMEA, and APAC, and you should submit for the region in which you would plan to receive the award, if selected.

    Because contest and prize-promotion laws vary by country, the Contest is not open to entrants who are residents of Quebec (Canada), Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Poland, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Brazil, Mexico, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, or any country subject to U.S. embargo. Entrants must also be 18 or older and the age of majority where they reside. See the Official Rules for full eligibility details.

  • There is no cost tied to completing an award submission.

  • All submissions must be completed by July 31, 2026.

  • Winners receive a custom engraved Golden Frog trophy and are inducted as JFrog Ambassadors. Benefits include joint press announcements, a dedicated blog feature, podcast opportunities, and recognition at the SwampUp Gala in New York City and Barcelona.

    Winners also gain first-in-line access to executive roundtables, early beta programs, and senior leadership connections.

  • A cross-functional panel of JFrog leaders and industry voices will evaluate all submissions across two dimensions:

    • Breadth of story: What’s the full picture? What problem were you solving, what did you do about it, and what changed as a result? The strongest entries will share the outcomes and also take us through the journey.
    • Quality and strength of metrics: Back your story with numbers. The more specific and measurable your results, the stronger your submission. Think percentages, time saved, reduction in risk exposure, or scale of adoption – concrete data that shows the real-world impact of your work.
  • There are three award categories:

    • The Convergence Award: One Team, One Platform
    • The Trusted Intelligence Award: Trusted AI Adoption
    • The Guardian Award: Software Supply Chain Security
  • Complete the submission form at https://jfrog.com/software-supply-chain-awards-form/ before July 31, 2026.

    You’ll need to select an award category, share a short written story covering your challenges, how you used the JFrog Platform, and the outcomes you achieved, and provide specific metrics to support your submission.

  • You can submit for up to three categories. If your team has strong stories across multiple areas, for example a unified platform transformation, an AI adoption journey, and a strong security story, we encourage you to submit separately for each.

    Each submission should stand on its own with a distinct story and supporting metrics tied to that specific category.

  • We’d love to celebrate FrogStars everywhere, and we know great work is happening in every corner of our community. Every country has its own requirements around running contests and promotions. The countries listed as eligible are those where we’re able to meet those requirements at this time. We’re exploring how to expand eligibility and welcome additional countries, and we hope to see your team participate as the program expands.