AWS Config
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VisitAWS Config vs Kyverno
What both publish
| Fact | AWS Config | Kyverno |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The feature page describes integrations with AWS Organizations, CloudTrail, Security Hub CSPM, Audit Manager, Systems Manager, Firewall Manager, EC2 Dedicated Hosts, and Application Load Balancers. | CNCF lists common integrations with Argo CD, Backstage, Flux and Kubernetes for GitOps and platform governance. |
| Intended users | AWS identifies security and governance teams, administrators in larger organizations, information security experts, compliance users, and infrastructure operators as beneficiaries. | The project describes Kyverno as designed for platform engineering teams and enabling security, compliance, automation, and governance through policy as code. |
| Purpose | AWS Config assesses, audits, and evaluates the configurations of AWS resources. | Kyverno is a Kubernetes-native policy engine for defining and enforcing policy as code. |
AWS Config plans
- Pay as you go—
Kyverno plans
- KyvernoFree
- Open-source coreFree
Pick AWS Config if…
AWS Config is suited to security and governance teams, compliance users, administrators, and infrastructure operators who need configuration history and policy assessments across AWS accounts and Regions.
Pick Kyverno if…
Kyverno is intended for platform engineering teams managing security, compliance, automation, and governance through policy as code. It suits teams working with Kubernetes clusters and policy checks in CI pipelines.