KloudSec IaC Security

KloudSec IaC Security is a GitHub-centered scanner for Terraform and CloudFormation changes. It suits teams that want infrastructure security decisions made during code review, especially when critical findings must stop a merge. Its free tier is useful for a small evaluation, while active teams will need the paid scan capacity.

Overview

KloudSec’s GitHub App scans pull requests automatically and returns findings as check runs and inline comments. Because it does not require CI pipeline changes, teams can add infrastructure review without redesigning their existing delivery workflow. Configurable merge controls can block critical findings until they are fixed or explicitly acknowledged, turning a security recommendation into an enforceable release rule.

The analysis is resource-aware rather than limited to isolated configuration values. It considers relationships involving network exposure, IAM permissions, encryption, and public access. Each finding can include an AI-generated correction in Terraform or CloudFormation syntax. These snippets provide a practical starting point, but infrastructure owners still need to verify that a suggested change matches their intended architecture.

Key features

• Pull-request scanning: Terraform and CloudFormation changes are checked on every GitHub pull request, with results placed directly in the review conversation.
• Merge enforcement: Critical issues can block merging until resolved or deliberately acknowledged, which is valuable for teams with non-negotiable security controls.
• Relationship analysis: Cross-resource inspection covers network exposure, IAM, encryption, and public access, helping identify risks that a single-file check could miss.
• AI remediation: Corrected Terraform blocks and CloudFormation snippets reduce the effort needed to turn a finding into a proposed fix.
• Notifications and access: GitHub is used for code scanning, AWS is supported, and notifications can go to Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or email. API access and all integrations are included on Professional.
• Framework mapping: The platform maps controls to CIS, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST, DORA, and FFIEC, giving compliance-oriented teams a way to organize findings against recognized frameworks.

Pricing

KloudSec uses a freemium model. The 14-day trial requires no credit card, making a short evaluation possible before committing.

Free is best for a single AWS account and light or trial use: five monthly code scans will quickly constrain a busy pull-request stream. Starter is the practical entry point for small teams needing more scans and compliance reports. Professional is aimed at multi-account organizations that need API access and broader integrations. Enterprise adds identity, bespoke integration, dedicated support, and an SLA for larger deployments.

Platforms

KloudSec lists API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows access. AWS is currently supported; Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure are coming soon, so teams centered on either of those clouds should wait or choose a broader alternative.

Who it's for

Startups and small or medium-sized businesses can use the Free or Starter plans to put IaC checks into GitHub without building CI integrations. Larger enterprises gain the account capacity, API, SSO and SAML, custom integrations, and SLA found in the upper tiers. It is a particularly good fit when Terraform or CloudFormation changes are already reviewed through GitHub and security teams want a merge gate. It is a weaker fit for Azure- or Google Cloud-first estates, or for teams whose scan volume makes the lower quotas restrictive.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Automatic GitHub checks and inline comments add review security without CI pipeline changes.
• Resource-relationship analysis addresses exposure, permissions, encryption, and public access together.
• Configurable critical-finding merge blocks create a clear enforcement point.
• AI-generated Terraform and CloudFormation corrections can speed remediation.
• Paid tiers scale AWS accounts, scan quotas, support, integrations, and enterprise controls.

Cons

• The Free plan allows only five code scans per month, limiting it for active repositories.
• Cloud coverage is currently AWS; Azure and Google Cloud support is still forthcoming.
• AI fixes require review before adoption because infrastructure context determines whether a correction is appropriate.
• Enterprise capabilities and high scan volumes require a substantial monthly commitment.

Alternatives

Fairwinds Polaris is the better choice for a free, open-source policy engine aimed at small teams, with self-hosted deployment among its listed platforms.

Snyk Open Source fits teams primarily addressing open-source dependency risk; its Free plan covers five projects, while Team is $25 a month.

Aikido CSPM is worth considering when a broader developer-security package is preferred; its free Developer plan includes two users, 10 repositories, two container images, one domain, and one cloud account.

AWS CloudFormation is the native option for teams that only need CloudFormation itself; the service is free, while underlying AWS resources incur their own charges.

Conftest, kube-score, Trivy, and CFRipper are free open-source choices when a narrower, self-managed scanner is preferable.

For a wider category view, see Infrastructure as Code Security Software.

Verdict

Choose KloudSec IaC Security if your team uses GitHub for Terraform or CloudFormation reviews and wants resource-aware findings, proposed fixes, and enforceable critical-risk gates in one workflow. Look elsewhere if you need Azure or Google Cloud coverage today, or if the Free and Starter scan quotas cannot handle your pull-request volume.