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Best CIS-CAT Pro Assessor Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from infrastructure testing tools ranked against CIS-CAT Pro Assessor on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free7.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs AWS CloudFormation
  2. 2
    Chef InSpec Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Chef InSpec
  3. 3
    TaskCat apiLinux 6.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs TaskCat
  4. 5
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.0
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Conftest
  5. 6
    Terratest Free plan Linux Free6.0
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Terratest
  6. 7
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs cfn-lint
  7. 8
    Cinc Auditor Free plan LinuxMacWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Cinc Auditor
  8. 9
    kube-score Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs kube-score
  9. 10
    kubeconform Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs kubeconform
  10. 11
    Serverspec Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Serverspec
  11. 12
    terraform-plugin-testing Free plan LinuxMac Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs terraform-plugin-testing
  12. 13
    Test Kitchen Free plan LinuxMacWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Test Kitchen
  13. 14
    TFLint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs TFLint
  14. 15
    cfn-nag Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs cfn-nag
  15. 16
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Checkov
  16. 17
    CloudSploit Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs CloudSploit
  17. 18
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs KICS
  18. 19
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs KubeLinter
  19. 20
    Kubetest2 Free plan self-hosted Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Kubetest2
  20. 21
    OpenSCAP Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs OpenSCAP

CIS-CAT Pro Assessor alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1AWS CloudFormation7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Chef InSpec7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3TaskCat6.9No—API, Linux
5Conftest6.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
6Terratest6.0Free planFreeLinux
7cfn-lint5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Cinc Auditor5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
9kube-score5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10kubeconform5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Serverspec5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
12terraform-plugin-testing5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac
13Test Kitchen5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
14TFLint5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15cfn-nag5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
16Checkov5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac
17CloudSploit5.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
18KICS5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
19KubeLinter5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
20Kubetest25.8Free planFreeself-hosted
21OpenSCAP5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about CIS-CAT Pro Assessor alternatives

What is the best alternative to CIS-CAT Pro Assessor?

AWS CloudFormation, number 1 in infrastructure testing tools with a score of 7.2 out of 10. The others here: Chef InSpec, TaskCat, Conftest and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to CIS-CAT Pro Assessor?

AWS CloudFormation is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives 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.