Kubewarden vs Nirmata Enterprise for Kyverno

Kubewarden

7.2 #11 in Cloud Governance Software

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Nirmata Enterprise for Kyverno

6.4 #13 in Infrastructure Policy as Code Tools

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KubewardenNirmata Enterprise for Kyverno
Free planNoNo
Free trialNoNo
Paid from——
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsLinux, macOS, self-hosted, WindowsLinux
Free planYesNo
Policy languageWebAssembly-compatible languages including Rust, Go, CEL, and RegoKubernetes-native YAML and CEL
IaC formatsKubernetes resources and admission requests in YAML/JSONKubernetes manifests, Terraform plans, OpenTofu plans, Dockerfiles, AWS CDK, CloudFormation templates, Ansible playbooks
Policy testingYesYes
Admission controlYesYes
Runtime enforcementYes—
CI/CD integrationYesYes
Policy reportingYesYes

Both are listed in Best Infrastructure Policy as Code Tools. On Everything Xiaomi, Kubewarden scores higher on our published basis.