ZeusCloud
ZeusCloud is a free, open source platform for finding, prioritizing, and addressing cloud security risks.
What ZeusCloud is
ZeusCloud is a free, open source platform for finding, prioritizing, and addressing cloud security risks. It builds inventories of AWS account assets and monitors environments for attack paths and misconfigurations. The platform identifies combinations of risks that could let an attacker penetrate an environment. Its Access Explorer visualizes who has access to what through an IAM visualization engine. Users can filter, sort, and search findings, inspect graphical context, configure active security rules, mute alerts, and modify or write rules using security as code. Step-by-step guides support remediation of findings. The project describes support for PCI DSS and CIS benchmarks, among other standards, and uses Cartography for asset inventory. Integrations with vulnerability scanners and secret scanners are listed as roadmap items. ZeusCloud is self-hosted; its quick start clones the repository, runs make quick-deploy, and opens the interface at localhost:80. The project advises against exposing ZeusCloud to the public internet and recommends using the latest versions for security patches.
Good
- Identifies attack paths and misconfigurations in AWS environments.
- Access Explorer visualizes permissions.
- Findings can be filtered, sorted, and searched.
- Provides step-by-step remediation guides.
- Open source under Apache 2.0.
Watch out
- Self-hosted deployment is required for the open-source plan.
- Vulnerability and secret scanner integrations are roadmap items.
- The project advises against public-internet exposure.
Who it suits
ZeusCloud suits teams working with AWS accounts that want to inspect asset inventories, permissions, attack paths, and misconfigurations. It is for users able to deploy and manage a self-hosted security platform.
Verdict
ZeusCloud combines AWS asset visibility with risk analysis, configurable rules, and remediation guidance in a free, self-hosted open-source project. Its deployment and exposure guidance are important considerations for teams evaluating it.
Plans and prices
From ZeusCloud's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | Free | Apache 2.0 licensed; self-hosted |
| Cloud hosted | Priced on request | Enterprise license; includes user management and advanced attack path analysis |
The facts
Each one read from ZeusCloud's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attack paths
- ZeusCloud identifies toxic risk combinations that an attacker could use to penetrate an environment.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Cloud coverage
- The platform builds asset inventories of AWS accounts and monitors environments for attack paths and misconfigurations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Cloud-hosted access
- The maker says its cloud-hosted enterprise offering is available by contacting [email protected].checked 3 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The project describes support for PCI DSS and CIS benchmarks, among other standards.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Controls
- Users can configure active security rules, mute alerts, and modify or write rules using security as code.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The quick start clones the repository, runs make quick-deploy, and opens the interface at localhost:80.checked 3 Oct 2026
- IAM visibility
- Its Access Explorer visualizes who has access to what using an IAM visualization engine.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- ZeusCloud uses Cartography for its asset inventory; integrations with vulnerability scanners and secret scanners are listed as roadmap items.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Prioritization
- Users can filter, sort, and search findings and review graphical context around risks.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- ZeusCloud is an open source preventative cloud security platform for discovering, prioritizing, and remediating cloud risks.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Remediation
- ZeusCloud provides step-by-step guides to remediate security findings.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security guidance
- The project advises against exposing ZeusCloud to the public internet and recommends using the latest versions for security patches.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Vulnerability reporting
- Security issues can be reported to [email protected].checked 3 Oct 2026
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