Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for coverage across configuration, vulnerabilities, compliance, and runtime activity.
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Fairwinds Polaris
Fairwinds Polaris is an open source policy engine that validates and can remediate Kubernetes resource configuration.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.1Free plan - 5
kube-score
kube-score statically analyzes Kubernetes object definitions and recommends changes intended to improve application security and resilience.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.0Free plan - 6

Trivy
Trivy is a free, Apache-2.0-licensed scanner for code repositories, binary artifacts, container images, and Kubernetes clusters.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows7.0Free plan - 7
Checkov
Checkov is a free infrastructure-as-code scanner that identifies misconfigurations that may create security or compliance problems.
Free planLinuxmacOS6.2Free plan - 8
KubeLinter
KubeLinter is a free, open-source tool for statically checking Kubernetes YAML files, Helm charts and Kustomize manifests for production-readiness and security practices.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 9
TFLint
TFLint is a free, pluggable command-line linter for Terraform that checks configurations for possible errors and rule violations.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.2Free plan - 10
cfn-nag
cfn-nag is a free static analysis tool that scans CloudFormation templates for patterns that may indicate insecure infrastructure.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 11
terraform-compliance
terraform-compliance is a free, open-source framework for testing Terraform infrastructure code against security and compliance policies before deployment.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.9Free plan - 12
AWS CloudFormation Guard
LinuxmacOSWindows4.8 - 134.8
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Snyk IaC
Web4.8 - 15
AWS CDK Nag
LinuxmacOSWindows4.7 - 16
PSRule for Azure
LinuxmacOSWindows4.7


