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Best Cloud Custodian Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from infrastructure policy as code tools ranked against Cloud Custodian on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Cloud Custodian vs Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation
  2. 2
    Open Policy Agent Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Cloud Custodian vs Open Policy Agent
  3. 3
    Terraform Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo7.3
    Cloud Custodian vs Terraform
  4. 4
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.1
    Cloud Custodian vs AWS CloudFormation
  5. 6
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.1
    Cloud Custodian vs Conftest
  6. 7
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Cloud Custodian vs cfn-lint
  7. 8
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Cloud Custodian vs KICS
  8. 9
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.9
    Cloud Custodian vs KubeLinter
  9. 10
    Kyverno Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    Cloud Custodian vs Kyverno
  10. 11
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.8
    Cloud Custodian vs Checkov
  11. 12
    Google Config Sync Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.8
    Cloud Custodian vs Google Config Sync
  12. 13
    terraform-compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.8
    Cloud Custodian vs terraform-compliance
  13. 14
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Cloud Custodian vs HashiCorp Nomad
  14. 15
    Kubewarden LinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.7
    Cloud Custodian vs Kubewarden
  15. 16
    Chef Infra Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $4.92/mo6.5
    Cloud Custodian vs Chef Infra
  16. 17
    Firefly Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $2,499/mo5.9
    Cloud Custodian vs Firefly
  17. 18
    Fairwinds Polaris LinuxMacWin 5.7
    Cloud Custodian vs Fairwinds Polaris
  18. 19
    Google Cloud Organization Policy Web 5.7
    Cloud Custodian vs Google Cloud Organization Policy
  19. 20
    Tirith 5.7
    Cloud Custodian vs Tirith
  20. 21
    Nirmata Enterprise for Kyverno Linux 5.6
    Cloud Custodian vs Nirmata Enterprise for Kyverno

Cloud Custodian alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
2Open Policy Agent7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Terraform7.3Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4AWS CloudFormation7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
6Conftest7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
7cfn-lint7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8KICS7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9KubeLinter6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
10Kyverno6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Checkov6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac
12Google Config Sync6.8Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
13terraform-compliance6.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
14HashiCorp Nomad6.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Kubewarden6.7No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16Chef Infra6.5No$4.92/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Firefly5.9No$2,499/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
18Fairwinds Polaris5.7No—Linux, Mac, Windows
19Google Cloud Organization Policy5.7No—Web
20Tirith5.7No——
21Nirmata Enterprise for Kyverno5.6No—Linux
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Questions about Cloud Custodian alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cloud Custodian?

Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation, number 1 in infrastructure policy as code tools with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: Open Policy Agent, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Cloud Custodian?

Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.