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Best Azure Policy Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 tools from infrastructure policy as code tools ranked against Azure Policy on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Terraform Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo7.9
    Azure Policy vs Terraform
  2. 2
    Fairwinds Polaris Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.5
    Azure Policy vs Fairwinds Polaris
  3. 3
    Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.5
    Azure Policy vs Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation
  4. 4
    Open Policy Agent Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.5
    Azure Policy vs Open Policy Agent
  5. 5
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Azure Policy vs Conftest
  6. 6
    Chef Infra Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $4.92/mo7.2
    Azure Policy vs Chef Infra
  7. 7
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.1
    Azure Policy vs AWS CloudFormation
  8. 8
    Cloud Custodian Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Azure Policy vs Cloud Custodian
  9. 9
    Kyverno Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Azure Policy vs Kyverno
  10. 10
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Azure Policy vs cfn-lint
  11. 11
    HashiCorp Nomad apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.0
    Azure Policy vs HashiCorp Nomad
  12. 12
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Azure Policy vs KICS
  13. 13
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free7.0
    Azure Policy vs KubeLinter
  14. 14
    Kubewarden LinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.0
    Azure Policy vs Kubewarden
  15. 15
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.9
    Azure Policy vs Checkov
  16. 16
    Google Config Sync Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Azure Policy vs Google Config Sync
  17. 17
    Tirith Free plan Linux Free6.9
    Azure Policy vs Tirith
  18. 18
    Google Cloud Organization Policy Free plan apiWeb Free6.8
    Azure Policy vs Google Cloud Organization Policy
  19. 19
    terraform-compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.8
    Azure Policy vs terraform-compliance
  20. 20
    Firefly Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $2,499/mo6.6
    Azure Policy vs Firefly

Azure Policy alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Terraform7.9Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Fairwinds Polaris7.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation7.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
4Open Policy Agent7.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Conftest7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
6Chef Infra7.2No$4.92/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7AWS CloudFormation7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
8Cloud Custodian7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Kyverno7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10cfn-lint7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11HashiCorp Nomad7.0No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12KICS7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13KubeLinter7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
14Kubewarden7.0No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15Checkov6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac
16Google Config Sync6.9Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
17Tirith6.9Free planFreeLinux
18Google Cloud Organization Policy6.8Free planFreeAPI, Web
19terraform-compliance6.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
20Firefly6.6No$2,499/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about Azure Policy alternatives

What is the best alternative to Azure Policy?

Terraform, number 1 in infrastructure policy as code tools with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: Fairwinds Polaris, Google Cloud Terraform Policy Validation, Open Policy Agent and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Azure Policy?

Terraform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.