Best Infrastructure as Code Security Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Snyk Open Source is ranked #1 of 22 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Aikido CSPM and audytx. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Aikido CSPM. The lowest first paid tier on this page is audytx at $20/mo.
If your team secures infrastructure through code, compare the analysis each tool lists for Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes. Custom policies and secrets detection add other dimensions to review, while IDE integration and pull request scanning indicate workflow touchpoints to consider. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help frame access and cost. The ranking starts with Snyk Open Source, Aikido CSPM, and audytx, followed by Gomboc AI Code Security Platform and KloudSec IaC Security. Check the specified format coverage and development integrations against the infrastructure and workflows your team needs to address.
22 infrastructure as code security software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
Infrastructure as Code Security Software, one module each. A lit port is something its maker publishes; 8 of the 22 on this page have a public API.
- 01 Snyk Open Source API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.4$25/mo
- 02 Aikido CSPM API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$300/mo
- 03 audytx API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$20/mo
- 04 Gomboc AI Code Security Platform API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 05 KloudSec IaC Security API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3$79/mo
- 06 Kubescape API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 07 AWS CloudFormation API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 08 Kyverno API yesOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 09 Conftest API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
- 10 Trivy API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
- 11 cfn-nag API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 12 Checkov API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 13 KubeLinter API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 14 c7n-left API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.5
- 15 KICS API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3
- 16 kube-score API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3
- 17 Safeguard DAST API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.3
- 18 DryRun Security IaC Security API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.2
- 19 CFRipper API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 20 Fairwinds Polaris API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.1
- 21 TigerGate Code Quality API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
- 22 Winfunc Infrastructure Scanner API not on recordOSS not on recordFREE not on recordDOCS 5.0
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Questions about this list
Which infrastructure as code security software is ranked first on Inferse?
Snyk Open Source is ranked #1 of 22 with a score of 7.4. Aikido CSPM is second and audytx third.
How many of these have a free plan?
13 of the 22 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, audytx has the lowest first paid tier we found: $20/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.