Kyverno vs Nirmata Control Hub
Kyverno
kyverno.ioNirmata Control Hub
nirmata.comSide by side
| Figure | Kyverno | Nirmata Control Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $1,250/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Kubernetes Security Software | 8.6 (#4) | 7.9 (#12) |
| Integrations | CNCF lists common integrations with Argo CD, Backstage, Flux and Kubernetes for GitOps and platform governance. | The product page lists GitHub, GitLab CI, Terraform Cloud, Slack, Jira, ServiceNow, Okta, Azure AD, and AWS SSO integrations. |
| Intended users | The project describes Kyverno as designed for platform engineering teams and enabling security, compliance, automation, and governance through policy as code. | The pricing page describes Essentials for teams seeking centralized visibility and control, Advanced for mission-critical production workloads, and Enterprise for large enterprises. |
| Purpose | Kyverno is a Kubernetes-native policy engine for defining and enforcing policy as code. | Nirmata Control Hub centralizes Kubernetes policy governance, compliance, image risk, exceptions, and remediation. |
| Security | Kyverno’s documentation describes Cosign signatures for container images and manifests and lists release artifacts including CLI binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows. | Nirmata states that it has SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and encrypts sensitive customer data such as access tokens and passwords. |
| Support | The project directs users to its Kubernetes Slack channels, GitHub, and mailing list for questions and discussion. | The pricing page says flexible support packages are available for any plan. |
Plans
Nirmata Control Hub
- Nirmata Enterprise Kyverno$1,250 a month
- Nirmata Essentials$1,800 a month
- Nirmata Advanced$4,500 a month
- Nirmata EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Kyverno
Kyverno is a free, open-source policy engine for defining and enforcing policy as code in Kubernetes. Its stable policy types can validate, mutate, generate or delete resources, and verify container image signatures and attestations. The Kyverno CLI can test policies against Kubernetes resource manifests in CI before they are applied to a live cluster. Documentation describes use with Helm, YAML manifests, GitHub Actions and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD. Kyverno is installed in a Kubernetes cluster; Helm is recommended for production, and YAML manifests are also available. A standard installation requires an admission controller, while background, reports and cleanup controllers are optional. Production installations should use high availability mode. The project supports CEL-based policy types and describes applying Kubernetes-style policies outside Kubernetes as part of its mission. Its webhooks default to fail-closed, so matching requests can fail if the API server cannot reach Kyverno. The project documents Cosign signatures for images and manifests, and lists CLI binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows.
Nirmata Control Hub
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