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Best CIS-CAT Pro Assessor Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from infrastructure testing tools ranked against CIS-CAT Pro Assessor on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Chef InSpec Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.5
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Chef InSpec
  2. 2
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.4
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Conftest
  3. 3
    kube-score Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs kube-score
  4. 4
    kubeconform Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs kubeconform
  5. 5
    Test Kitchen Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Test Kitchen
  6. 6
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.1
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs AWS CloudFormation
  7. 7
    Sonobuoy LinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.1
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Sonobuoy
  8. 8
    Terratest Free plan Linux Free7.1
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Terratest
  9. 9
    TFLint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs TFLint
  10. 10
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs cfn-lint
  11. 11
    Cinc Auditor Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.0
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Cinc Auditor
  12. 12
    OpenSCAP Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs OpenSCAP
  13. 13
    Serverspec Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Serverspec
  14. 14
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Checkov
  15. 15
    CloudSploit Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs CloudSploit
  16. 16
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs KICS
  17. 17
    terraform-plugin-testing Free plan LinuxMac Free6.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs terraform-plugin-testing
  18. 18
    cfn-nag Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs cfn-nag
  19. 19
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.7
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs KubeLinter
  20. 20
    terraform-compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.7
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs terraform-compliance

CIS-CAT Pro Assessor alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Chef InSpec7.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Conftest7.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
3kube-score7.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4kubeconform7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Test Kitchen7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
6AWS CloudFormation7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7Sonobuoy7.1Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Terratest7.1Free planFreeLinux
9TFLint7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10cfn-lint7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Cinc Auditor7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12OpenSCAP7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13Serverspec7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14Checkov6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac
15CloudSploit6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
16KICS6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17terraform-plugin-testing6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac
18cfn-nag6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
19KubeLinter6.7Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
20terraform-compliance6.7Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
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Questions about CIS-CAT Pro Assessor alternatives

What is the best alternative to CIS-CAT Pro Assessor?

Chef InSpec, number 1 in infrastructure testing tools with a score of 7.5 out of 10. The others here: Conftest, kube-score, kubeconform and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to CIS-CAT Pro Assessor?

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 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.