Best Azure Policy Alternatives in 2026
Taken from Cloud Governance Software, where Azure Policy is listed too, in the same order.
- 1 8.5 Club score
Kyverno
Kyverno is a free, open-source Kubernetes-native policy engine for defining and enforcing policy as code.
- Free plan
- Open source
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 2 8.3 Club score
Google Cloud Organization Policy
Google Cloud Organization Policy gives administrators centralized, programmatic control over Google Cloud resources through constraints applied across an organization…
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 3
8.1 Club scorePowerpipe
Powerpipe is an open-source tool from Turbot for turning cloud infrastructure data into dashboards and security or compliance benchmarks.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 4
7.8 Club scoreOmniGCloud
OmniGCloud is a multi-cloud control plane for governance, FinOps, deployment and automated compliance.
- Free plan
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 5
7.8 Club scoreCGPulse
CГPulse scans Azure and AWS resources for misconfigurations and tracks cloud compliance against policies and frameworks.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 6 7.6 Club score
Kubewarden
Kubewarden is a free, open source security platform for Kubernetes, with components to protect workloads at different stages.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
- 7
7.4 Club scoreAWS Control Tower
AWS Control Tower sets up and governs multi-account AWS environments, with automated landing zone setup for new or existing AWS Organizations.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 8
7.4 Club scoreOpen Policy Agent Gatekeeper
Open Policy Agent Gatekeeper is a free Kubernetes policy controller that applies rules defined through custom resource definitions and evaluated by Open Policy Agent.
- Free plan
- Open source
- Linux · API · Self-hosted
- 9 7.3 Club score
Cloud Custodian
Cloud Custodian manages cloud resources with policies written in YAML.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
- 10 7.1 Club score
CloudBolt
CloudBolt offers cloud management and Kubernetes rightsizing products to help teams manage, govern, and optimize hybrid clouds and Kubernetes clusters.
- Free plan
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 11
7.1 Club scoreTurbot Guardrails
Turbot Guardrails is a cloud governance platform for policy-driven remediation and continuous compliance.
- Free trial
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 12
7.0 Club scoreFirefly
Firefly automates cloud infrastructure through Infrastructure-as-Code and helps teams govern environments and recover from outages and cyberattacks.
- Free trial
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 13 7.0 Club score
emma Governance
emma Governance embeds policies and deployment checks into cloud, Kubernetes, and on-premises operations.
- Free trial
- Web · API
- 14 6.9 Club score
Open Cluster Management
Open Cluster Management (OCM) is an open-source project for managing Kubernetes applications across multiple clusters and cloud environments.
- Free plan
- Linux · Browser extension · API · Self-hosted
- 15 6.6 Club score
Kion
Kion is a FinOps+ platform for visibility, optimization, and governance of spending across cloud, AI, SaaS, and on-premises environments.
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 16 6.4 Club score
TMC Governance
TMC Governance is a governance platform for enterprise teams managing complex multi-cloud environments.
- Web · API
- 17 6.3 Club score
CoreStack Cloud Governance
CoreStack Cloud Governance is a cloud governance service for enterprises operating across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
- Web · API
- 18 6.3 Club score
Jamcracker
Jamcracker CMP is a unified platform for governing, automating and optimizing cloud services across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- Web · API · Self-hosted
- 19
6.3 Club scoreServiceNow Event Management
ServiceNow Event Management collects operational events from multiple sources, analyzes their causes, and turns them into alerts that teams can group and act on to…
- Windows · Linux · Web · API
- 20
6.1 Club scoreAWS Config
AWS Config assesses, audits, and evaluates the configurations of AWS resources.
- Web · API