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Best Azure Policy Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from infrastructure policy as code tools ranked against Azure Policy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Terraform Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo6.7
    Azure Policy vs Terraform
  2. 2
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.6
    Azure Policy vs Conftest
  3. 3
    Fairwinds Polaris Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    Azure Policy vs Fairwinds Polaris
  4. 4
    Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.6
    Azure Policy vs Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation
  5. 5
    Open Policy Agent Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Azure Policy vs Open Policy Agent
  6. 6
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.5
    Azure Policy vs AWS CloudFormation
  7. 7
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Azure Policy vs cfn-lint
  8. 8
    Cloud Custodian Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Azure Policy vs Cloud Custodian
  9. 9
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Azure Policy vs KICS
  10. 10
    Kyverno Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Azure Policy vs Kyverno
  11. 11
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.4
    Azure Policy vs Checkov
  12. 12
    Google Cloud Organization Policy Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    Azure Policy vs Google Cloud Organization Policy
  13. 13
    Google Config Sync Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Azure Policy vs Google Config Sync
  14. 14
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    Azure Policy vs KubeLinter
  15. 15
    terraform-compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Azure Policy vs terraform-compliance
  16. 16
    Tirith Free plan Linux Free6.4
    Azure Policy vs Tirith
  17. 17
    Chef Infra Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $4.92/mo5.6
    Azure Policy vs Chef Infra
  18. 18
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Azure Policy vs HashiCorp Nomad
  19. 19
    Kubewarden LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    Azure Policy vs Kubewarden
  20. 21
    PolicyForge Web 5.1
    Azure Policy vs PolicyForge

Azure Policy alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Terraform6.7Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Conftest6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
3Fairwinds Polaris6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5Open Policy Agent6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6AWS CloudFormation6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7cfn-lint6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Cloud Custodian6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9KICS6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10Kyverno6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Checkov6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac
12Google Cloud Organization Policy6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
13Google Config Sync6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
14KubeLinter6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
15terraform-compliance6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
16Tirith6.4Free planFreeLinux
17Chef Infra5.6No$4.92/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18HashiCorp Nomad5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Kubewarden5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
21PolicyForge5.1No—Web
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Questions about Azure Policy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Azure Policy?

Terraform, number 1 in infrastructure policy as code tools with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Conftest, Fairwinds Polaris, Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Azure Policy?

Terraform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.