18.2
Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for coverage across configuration, vulnerabilities, compliance, and runtime activity.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOS
Best Infrastructure as Code Security Software in 2026
When infrastructure is defined in code, security checks can help you review configurations across the development workflow. Compare Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes analysis, as well as custom policies and secrets detection, against the technologies and risks you need to address. IDE integration and pull request scanning offer workflow criteria; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing add cost context.…
27.9
Aikido CSPM gives teams a consolidated view of cloud misconfigurations, exposures, overly permissive IAM, and compliance gaps.
Free planWebAPILinux
37.7
AWS CloudFormation models, provisions, and manages related AWS and third-party resources as infrastructure as code.
Free planiOSWebAPI
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Kyverno
Kyverno is a free, open-source policy engine designed for Kubernetes.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.7Free plan - 5
CFRipper
CFRipper is a free, open-source Python library and command-line security analyzer for AWS CloudFormation templates.
Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.5Free plan - 6
audytx
audytx analyzes AWS infrastructure code and Terraform pull requests, presenting security and cost findings in GitHub and to coding agents.
Free planWebAPI7.2From $20 a month - 7
Fairwinds Polaris
Fairwinds Polaris is an open source policy engine that validates and can remediate Kubernetes resource configuration.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.1Free plan - 8
KloudSec IaC Security
KloudSec IaC Security scans Terraform and CloudFormation changes in pull requests to identify infrastructure misconfigurations before merge.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.0From $79 a month - 9
kube-score
kube-score statically analyzes Kubernetes object definitions and recommends changes intended to improve application security and resilience.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.0Free plan - 10
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 - 11
Conftest
Conftest is a free utility for testing structured configuration data, designed especially for CI environments.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.8Free plan - 12
Winfunc Infrastructure Scanner
Winfunc Infrastructure Scanner analyzes infrastructure-as-code, cloud configurations, and container definitions before production.
WebAPISelf-hosted6.6$500 one-time - 13
Checkov
Checkov is a free infrastructure-as-code scanner that identifies misconfigurations that may create security or compliance problems.
Free planLinuxmacOS6.2Free plan - 14
Gomboc AI Code Security Platform
Gomboc AI Code Security Platform analyzes infrastructure-as-code and creates fixes as pull requests for developers to review and merge, rather than changing code directly.
Free planWebAPIExtension6.2Free plan - 15
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 - 16
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 - 17
DryRun Security IaC Security
DryRun Security IaC Security scans infrastructure-as-code changes for security risks, using context from infrastructure and application code.
WebAPI6.1 - 18
c7n-left
c7n-left evaluates Cloud Custodian policies against Terraform infrastructure-as-code assets, so teams can check cloud resource definitions before applying them.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows5.5 - 19
4.8 - 204.8
- 21
Snyk IaC
Web4.8 - 224.6