KSPM Pro vs Open Policy Agent Gatekeeper

KSPM Pro is a web service that scans, analyzes and protects Kubernetes clusters. Its scanner checks configurations against the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark, the NSA-CISA Hardening Guide and MITRE ATT&CK. AI analysis prioritizes remediation and generates policy suggestions in plain English. Teams can optionally use a Kubernetes admission controller to enforce policies and block misconfigurations before they reach a cluster. Deployment uses a scanning agent installed with a single kubectl command. The Free plan covers one cluster and includes real-time scans, framework checks, a basic dashboard and community support. Pro costs $100 a month for up to five clusters, with SAML / SSO, 30-day audit logs, PDF reports, alerts and AI insights. Enterprise lists unlimited clusters, unlimited audit logs, AI policy enforcement, a dedicated account manager and 24/7 priority support; no price is listed. The service is built and operated by India-based Geeta Global Ventures. Its privacy policy says it collects cluster metadata for security analysis and does not access application data or secrets.

Open Policy Agent Gatekeeper is a free, open-source Kubernetes policy controller for Linux and self-hosted deployments. It runs as a validating and mutating webhook, enforcing CRD-based policies evaluated by Open Policy Agent. Validation constraints can deny requests, warn, run in dry-run mode or report violations without changing resources. Mutation policies can alter matching resources during admission before validation checks the final object. An audit function periodically evaluates existing cluster resources against constraints to identify pre-existing misconfigurations. The project includes an extensible policy library with parameterized examples, and provider connections to external data such as image registries and directory services. Named integrations or backed services include Azure Policy for Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine Policy Controller, Rancher, AWS EKS Blueprints and Alibaba Cloud. Installation options include prebuilt, development or locally built images and Helm. Gatekeeper requires Kubernetes resources introduced in version 1.16 and cluster-admin permissions for installation. The gator CLI is documented as beta from version 3.11.