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Best terraform-compliance Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from infrastructure testing tools ranked against terraform-compliance on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.6
    terraform-compliance vs AWS CloudFormation
  2. 2
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.6
    terraform-compliance vs Conftest
  3. 3
    kube-score Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    terraform-compliance vs kube-score
  4. 4
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs cfn-lint
  5. 5
    Chef InSpec Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs Chef InSpec
  6. 6
    Cinc Auditor Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs Cinc Auditor
  7. 7
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs KICS
  8. 8
    kubeconform Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs kubeconform
  9. 9
    OpenSCAP Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs OpenSCAP
  10. 10
    Serverspec Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs Serverspec
  11. 11
    Test Kitchen Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs Test Kitchen
  12. 12
    TFLint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs TFLint
  13. 13
    cfn-nag Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    terraform-compliance vs cfn-nag
  14. 14
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.4
    terraform-compliance vs Checkov
  15. 15
    CloudSploit Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    terraform-compliance vs CloudSploit
  16. 16
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
    terraform-compliance vs KubeLinter
  17. 17
    terraform-plugin-testing Free plan LinuxMac Free6.4
    terraform-compliance vs terraform-plugin-testing
  18. 18
    Terratest Free plan Linux Free6.4
    terraform-compliance vs Terratest
  19. 19
    Kubetest2 Free plan self-hosted Free6.3
    terraform-compliance vs Kubetest2
  20. 21
    Sonobuoy LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    terraform-compliance vs Sonobuoy

terraform-compliance alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AWS CloudFormation6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Conftest6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
3kube-score6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4cfn-lint6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Chef InSpec6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6Cinc Auditor6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
7KICS6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8kubeconform6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9OpenSCAP6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10Serverspec6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Test Kitchen6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12TFLint6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13cfn-nag6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
14Checkov6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac
15CloudSploit6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
16KubeLinter6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
17terraform-plugin-testing6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac
18Terratest6.4Free planFreeLinux
19Kubetest26.3Free planFreeself-hosted
21Sonobuoy5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about terraform-compliance alternatives

What is the best alternative to terraform-compliance?

AWS CloudFormation, number 1 in infrastructure testing tools with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Conftest, kube-score, cfn-lint and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to terraform-compliance?

AWS CloudFormation is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 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.