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AWS CloudFormation Guard comparisons

Free#6 of 25 in Infrastructure Policy as Code ToolsIaC Security Scanners

AWS CloudFormation Guard is compared head-to-head with Terraform, Azure Policy and Open Policy Agent and more: 7 head-to-heads in Infrastructure Policy as Code Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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AWS CloudFormation Guard vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Policy language	IaC formats	Policy testing	Admission control	Score
6	AWS CloudFormation Guard		Free	AWS CloudFormation Guard DSL	CloudFormation templates and change sets; Terraform JSON; Kubernetes configurations	Yes	Yes	8.8
1	Terraform	Yes						9.4
2	Azure Policy	Yes	Free	JSON	ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform	Yes	Yes	9.3
3	Open Policy Agent		Free	Rego	Terraform plan JSON, JSON, YAML	Yes	Yes	9.1
4	Cloud Custodian	Yes	Free	YAML	Terraform	Yes	Yes	9.0
5	Checkov	Yes	Free					8.9
7	Firefly	No	$2,499/mo					8.7
8	Google Cloud Policy Controller	Yes	Free	Rego	Kubernetes YAML manifests and Custom Resources	Yes	Yes	8.6

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