KloudSec IaC Security

KloudSec IaC Security checks Terraform and CloudFormation changes in GitHub pull requests. It suits teams that want infrastructure security decisions close to code review, particularly when they need configurable merge gates. Its value depends on whether its scan quotas and AWS-only cloud availability fit the team’s workload.

Overview

The GitHub App scans pull requests automatically and returns results as check runs and inline comments, without requiring CI pipeline changes. That keeps findings with the proposed infrastructure change and reduces setup work for teams already reviewing code in GitHub. Critical findings can be configured to block merging until resolved or explicitly acknowledged, making the scanner useful for teams that want a policy decision to affect the release path. Teams that need checks across multiple cloud providers will have to look elsewhere for now: AWS is available, while Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure are coming soon.

KloudSec analyzes relationships among resources, covering network exposure, IAM permissions, encryption, and public access. Findings include AI-generated corrected Terraform blocks or CloudFormation snippets, which give developers a concrete starting point rather than only identifying a problem. The team still needs to review a proposed fix before adopting it.

Key features

Pull-request scanning: Terraform and CloudFormation changes are scanned on every pull request and reported through GitHub check runs and inline comments. This is a strong fit for GitHub-based review; teams wanting a scanner independent of that workflow may find the product less suitable.

Configurable merge controls: Critical findings can hold a merge until they are fixed or acknowledged. This gives security teams an enforcement option while allowing an explicit exception path.

Resource relationship analysis: The checks consider exposure, permissions, encryption, and public access across resources, rather than treating every setting in isolation.

Suggested remediation: AI-generated Terraform blocks and CloudFormation snippets can help developers move from finding to proposed correction.

Framework mapping: KloudSec maps to CIS, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST, DORA, and FFIEC. AWS is the available cloud integration; notifications can go to Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or email.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing. It covers one AWS account, one scheduled scan per day, one on-demand scan per day, five code scans per month, five Secrets scans per month, email support, and AI-powered remediation. The low entry cost suits evaluation and light use, but five monthly code scans will constrain teams reviewing pull requests regularly.

Starter costs $79 a month, or $790/year (save $158). It raises the allowance to five AWS accounts, one scheduled scan per day, five on-demand scans per day, 50 code scans per month, and 25 Secrets scans per month. Priority email support, compliance reports, and AI-powered remediation are included. This is the practical step up for a small team that has outgrown the free code-scan cap; scheduled scans remain at one per day.

Professional costs $399 a month, or $3,990/year (save $798). It covers up to 20 AWS accounts, four scheduled scans per day, 20 on-demand scans per day, 200 code scans per month, and 75 Secrets scans per month, with a 10% soft-limit grace, priority support, all integrations, and API access. The higher quota and API access are aimed at teams with broader scanning needs; the 10% grace is not an unlimited allowance.

Enterprise costs $1,999 a month, or $19,990/year (save $3,998). Its limits are 50 AWS accounts, eight scheduled scans per day, 100 on-demand scans per day, 500 code scans per month, and 300 Secrets scans per month, with a 10% soft-limit grace, dedicated support, SSO and SAML, custom integrations, and an SLA guarantee. It is the tier for organizations that need those support and access controls as well as the larger quotas.

A 14-day free trial requires no credit card. The Free plan includes email support; support levels rise to priority email on Starter, priority on Professional, and dedicated support on Enterprise. Choose a plan against actual monthly scan demand, not just account count: the code-scan ceilings differ substantially across tiers.

Platforms

KloudSec lists API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows platforms. Its code-scanning workflow is centered on the GitHub App, and its currently available cloud support is AWS.

Who it's for

Startups and small teams can use the Free plan to assess the GitHub workflow, while Starter offers a larger scan allowance for teams making regular infrastructure changes. Professional and Enterprise are better suited to larger account footprints or organizations needing API access, SSO and SAML, custom integrations, dedicated support, or an SLA. KloudSec is less compelling for teams whose infrastructure depends on Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure today, or whose pull-request volume exceeds the plan’s code-scan quota.

Pros and cons

Pro: Automatic GitHub pull-request checks need no CI pipeline changes, keeping findings in the code-review workflow.

Pro: Resource-aware checks and suggested code fixes connect detection to remediation.

Pro: Configurable critical-finding merge blocks provide a way to enforce policy at review time.

Con: The Free plan’s five code scans per month is too restrictive for many active repositories.

Con: AWS is the only available cloud provider; Google Cloud Platform and Azure support is not yet available.

Con: Scan allowances remain capped by tier, so teams need to match quotas to their pull-request and Secrets scanning volume.

Alternatives

Infrastructure as Code Security Software is the broader category for comparing tools in this area. Choose Fairwinds Polaris if a free, open-source policy engine aimed at small teams is a better fit. Snyk Open Source is a freemium alternative whose free plan covers five projects and Snyk Open Source dependency analysis, rather than the Terraform and CloudFormation pull-request workflow described above.

Consider Aikido CSPM if its free Developer plan’s two users, 10 repositories, two container images, one domain, one cloud account, and 10 AI AutoFixes per month suit your footprint. Conftest is a free Apache-licensed option; Trivy is a free Apache-2.0 open-source scanner. Kubescape is a free, self-hosted open-source option with a CLI and Kubernetes operator. Choose AWS CloudFormation if you need the free CloudFormation service itself, bearing in mind that underlying AWS resources are billed separately. Checkov is another free, open-source CLI alternative.

Verdict

KloudSec IaC Security is a sound choice for teams that want Terraform and CloudFormation checks, resource-aware findings, and optional merge enforcement inside GitHub. Its clearest advantage is a review workflow that pairs findings with proposed fixes without CI changes. Look elsewhere if your cloud estate needs GCP or Azure support now, or if your pull-request volume cannot fit the scan quotas of the paid tiers.