Open Policy Agent comparisons
Open Policy Agent is compared head-to-head with Terraform, Azure Policy and Cloud Custodian and more: 7 head-to-heads in Infrastructure Policy as Code Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Open Policy Agent head-to-head
- Open Policy Agent vs Terraform
- Open Policy Agent vs Azure Policy
- Open Policy Agent vs Cloud Custodian
- Open Policy Agent vs Checkov
- Open Policy Agent vs AWS CloudFormation Guard
- Open Policy Agent vs Firefly
- Open Policy Agent vs Google Cloud Policy Controller
Open Policy Agent vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Policy language | IaC formats | Policy testing | Admission control | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Open Policy Agent | Free | Rego | Terraform plan JSON, JSON, YAML | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | |
| 1 | Terraform | Yes | 9.4 | |||||
| 2 | Azure Policy | Yes | Free | JSON | ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 4 | Cloud Custodian | Yes | Free | YAML | Terraform | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | Checkov | Yes | Free | 8.9 | ||||
| 6 | AWS CloudFormation Guard | Free | AWS CloudFormation Guard DSL | CloudFormation templates and change sets; Terraform JSON; Kubernetes configurations | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 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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