audytx vs KICS

audytx analyzes AWS infrastructure code and Terraform pull requests, presenting security and cost findings in GitHub and to coding agents. Its deterministic, non-AI engine models resource relationships such as invocation topology, encryption chains, network exposure, resource lifetimes, and IAM trust graphs. The maker lists 303 AWS Terraform checks and 27 cross-resource reasoning axes. A GitHub App posts pull-request digests, inline review, and SARIF, using read-only contents permission while writing comments, reviews, statuses, and SARIF uploads. An optional GitHub Actions step uploads a resolved Terraform plan over OIDC without shared secrets. A hosted MCP server exposes the engine to Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex; autofix applies line-anchored changes and rescans for up to three passes. AWS, Terraform, and CloudFormation are supported in stated hosted workflows. Free includes 100 scans monthly; Plus costs $20 a month and Pro $100 a month.

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