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Best CIS-CAT Pro Assessor Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    Conftest Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.4
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Conftest
  2. 2
    Terratest Free plan Linux Free6.4
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Terratest
  3. 3
    cfn-lint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs cfn-lint
  4. 4
    Cinc Auditor Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Cinc Auditor
  5. 5
    kubeconform Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs kubeconform
  6. 6
    Serverspec Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Serverspec
  7. 7
    terraform-plugin-testing Free plan LinuxMac Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs terraform-plugin-testing
  8. 8
    Test Kitchen Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Test Kitchen
  9. 9
    TFLint Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.3
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs TFLint
  10. 10
    AWS CloudFormation Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs AWS CloudFormation
  11. 11
    cfn-nag Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs cfn-nag
  12. 12
    Checkov Free plan LinuxMac Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Checkov
  13. 13
    Chef InSpec Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Chef InSpec
  14. 14
    CloudSploit Free plan Linuxself-hostedWeb Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs CloudSploit
  15. 15
    KICS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs KICS
  16. 16
    KubeLinter Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs KubeLinter
  17. 17
    OpenSCAP Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs OpenSCAP
  18. 18
    terraform-compliance Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs terraform-compliance
  19. 19
    Sonobuoy LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.9
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Sonobuoy
  20. 20
    Cloud-Radar 5.8
    CIS-CAT Pro Assessor vs Cloud-Radar

CIS-CAT Pro Assessor alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Conftest6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
2Terratest6.4Free planFreeLinux
3cfn-lint6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Cinc Auditor6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
5kubeconform6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6Serverspec6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7terraform-plugin-testing6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac
8Test Kitchen6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
9TFLint6.3Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10AWS CloudFormation6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
11cfn-nag6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
12Checkov6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac
13Chef InSpec6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14CloudSploit6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web
15KICS6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16KubeLinter6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
17OpenSCAP6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18terraform-compliance6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
19Sonobuoy5.9No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
20Cloud-Radar5.8No——
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Questions about CIS-CAT Pro Assessor alternatives

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

Conftest, number 1 in infrastructure testing tools with a score of 6.4 out of 10. The others here: Terratest, cfn-lint, Cinc Auditor and 16 more.

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

Conftest is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 18 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.