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Best PolicyForge Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

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

PolicyForge 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
5Cloud Custodian7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, 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——
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Questions about PolicyForge alternatives

What is the best alternative to PolicyForge?

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 PolicyForge?

Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 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.