No. 16 of 27 ·Infrastructure Testing Tools

terraform-compliance

Linux · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

terraform-compliance is ranked #16 of 27 in infrastructure testing tools on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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terraform-compliance Free Open-source Terraform compliance testing framework terraform-compliance.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on infrastructure testing tools

Free plan: Yes
Policy language: BDD-style feature files
IaC formats: Terraform plan and state output
Policy testing: Yes
Admission control: Yes
Runtime enforcement: No
CI/CD integration: Yes
Policy reporting: Yes

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The record

Purpose: terraform-compliance is a lightweight, security- and compliance-focused test framework for negative testing of infrastructure as code written with Terraform.
Policy tests: It tests Terraform plans against policies written as behavior-driven development features and scenarios.
Provider support: The project says it works with any Terraform provider.
Validation timing: The project describes validating code before deployment and running checks in a pipeline or git hooks.
Install options: The documentation provides installation through pip and Docker; pip installation requires Python 3.x.
Terraform input: The tool requires a Terraform plan or state output as input and can also run against JSON-converted plan output.
BDD behavior: Given steps set the test context, When steps filter it, and Then steps fail the scenario when their conditions are not met.
Feature sources: Feature files can be read from a directory or a Git repository, with SSH key authentication available for private repositories.
CI integrations: The documentation includes CI/CD examples for CircleCI and GitHub Actions.
Compliance controls: Supported tags include ways to turn failures into warnings, fail scenarios when steps skip, match case sensitively, and exclude resources.
License: The maker’s site says the project is open source, free to use, and distributed under the MIT license.
Terraform version support: The overview says terraform-compliance supports Terraform versions newer than 0.12.
Intended users: The project describes policies that developers and security teams can read and says tests can be kept in a separate repository owned by another team.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Infrastructure Testing Tools in 2026#16 of 27
Best Infrastructure Policy as Code Tools in 2026#12 of 24

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terraform-compliance.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
terraform-compliance.com/pages/installation/pip.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
terraform-compliance.com/pages/usage/· checked 4 Oct 2026
terraform-compliance.com/pages/bdd-references/overview.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
terraform-compliance.com/pages/ci-cd/· checked 4 Oct 2026
terraform-compliance.com/pages/bdd-references/using_tags.html· checked 4 Oct 2026