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Best terraform-compliance Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    Chef InSpec Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.7
    terraform-compliance vs Chef InSpec
  2. 2
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    terraform-compliance vs Conftest
  3. 3
    Test Kitchen Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.2
    terraform-compliance vs Test Kitchen
  4. 4
    kube-score Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.1
    terraform-compliance vs kube-score
  5. 5
    kubeconform Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    terraform-compliance vs kubeconform
  6. 6
    Terratest Free plan Linux Free7.1
    terraform-compliance vs Terratest
  7. 7
    CloudSploit Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    terraform-compliance vs CloudSploit
  8. 8
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.9
    terraform-compliance vs AWS CloudFormation
  9. 9
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    terraform-compliance vs cfn-lint
  10. 10
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.9
    terraform-compliance vs Checkov
  11. 11
    Cinc Auditor Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.9
    terraform-compliance vs Cinc Auditor
  12. 12
    Serverspec Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    terraform-compliance vs Serverspec
  13. 13
    TFLint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    terraform-compliance vs TFLint
  14. 14
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.8
    terraform-compliance vs KICS
  15. 15
    OpenSCAP Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.8
    terraform-compliance vs OpenSCAP
  16. 17
    terraform-plugin-testing Free plan LinuxMac Free6.8
    terraform-compliance vs terraform-plugin-testing
  17. 18
    cfn-nag Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    terraform-compliance vs cfn-nag
  18. 19
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    terraform-compliance vs KubeLinter
  19. 20
    Sonobuoy LinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.7
    terraform-compliance vs Sonobuoy
  20. 21
    Kubetest2 Free plan self-hosted Free6.5
    terraform-compliance vs Kubetest2

terraform-compliance alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Chef InSpec7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Conftest7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
3Test Kitchen7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
4kube-score7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5kubeconform7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6Terratest7.1Free planFreeLinux
7CloudSploit7.0Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
8AWS CloudFormation6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
9cfn-lint6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10Checkov6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac
11Cinc Auditor6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12Serverspec6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13TFLint6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14KICS6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15OpenSCAP6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17terraform-plugin-testing6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac
18cfn-nag6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
19KubeLinter6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
20Sonobuoy6.7Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
21Kubetest26.5Free planFreeself-hosted
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Questions about terraform-compliance alternatives

What is the best alternative to terraform-compliance?

Chef InSpec, number 1 in infrastructure testing tools with a score of 7.7 out of 10. The others here: Conftest, Test Kitchen, kube-score and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to terraform-compliance?

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