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Best Kyverno Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from infrastructure policy as code tools ranked against Kyverno on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Terraform Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo8.0
    Kyverno vs Terraform
  2. 2
    Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.4
    Kyverno vs Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation
  3. 3
    Open Policy Agent Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Kyverno vs Open Policy Agent
  4. 4
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Kyverno vs Conftest
  5. 5
    Chef Infra Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $4.92/mo7.1
    Kyverno vs Chef Infra
  6. 6
    Google Config Sync Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Kyverno vs Google Config Sync
  7. 7
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free7.0
    Kyverno vs KubeLinter
  8. 9
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.9
    Kyverno vs AWS CloudFormation
  9. 10
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    Kyverno vs cfn-lint
  10. 11
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.9
    Kyverno vs Checkov
  11. 12
    Cloud Custodian Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    Kyverno vs Cloud Custodian
  12. 13
    Google Cloud Organization Policy Free plan apiWeb Free6.9
    Kyverno vs Google Cloud Organization Policy
  13. 14
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    Kyverno vs KICS
  14. 15
    terraform-compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.9
    Kyverno vs terraform-compliance
  15. 16
    Kubewarden LinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.7
    Kyverno vs Kubewarden
  16. 17
    Firefly Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $2,499/mo6.6
    Kyverno vs Firefly
  17. 18
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Kyverno vs HashiCorp Nomad
  18. 19
    Fairwinds Polaris Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free5.8
    Kyverno vs Fairwinds Polaris
  19. 20
    Terraform Test Framework 5.8
    Kyverno vs Terraform Test Framework
  20. 21
    Tirith Free plan Linux Free5.8
    Kyverno vs Tirith

Kyverno alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Terraform8.0Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation7.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
3Open Policy Agent7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Conftest7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5Chef Infra7.1No$4.92/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6Google Config Sync7.0Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
7KubeLinter7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
9AWS CloudFormation6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
10cfn-lint6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Checkov6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac
12Cloud Custodian6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13Google Cloud Organization Policy6.9Free planFreeAPI, Web
14KICS6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15terraform-compliance6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
16Kubewarden6.7No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Firefly6.6No$2,499/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
18HashiCorp Nomad6.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Fairwinds Polaris5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20Terraform Test Framework5.8No——
21Tirith5.8Free planFreeLinux
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Questions about Kyverno alternatives

What is the best alternative to Kyverno?

Terraform, number 1 in infrastructure policy as code tools with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation, Open Policy Agent, Conftest and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Kyverno?

Terraform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.