Prowler
Secure ANY Cloud at AI Speed.
Overview
Prowler is a widely adopted open-source command-line tool for cloud security, specializing in assessments, audits, hardening, and incident response. It performs a large number of checks against AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes environments based on security best practices and compliance standards like CIS, GDPR, and NIST. While the core tool is open-source, a commercial SaaS version is available for those who prefer a hosted solution with a GUI and additional features.
✨ Key Features
- Over 1000 security checks for AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes
- Compliance checks for CIS, GDPR, NIST, PCI-DSS, HIPAA and more
- Vulnerability detection and risk prioritization
- Open and customizable platform
- Both CLI and Web UI available
- Agentless assessment
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Massive community and wide adoption as an open-source tool
- Extensive library of over a thousand checks
- Broad multi-cloud and Kubernetes support
- Flexibility of being self-hosted (open-source) or SaaS
Unique Value: Provides a free, open, and highly extensible platform for deep security and compliance assessments across multiple cloud environments, backed by a massive community.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Performing security assessments and compliance checks in CI/CD pipelines.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Users who require a fully managed, GUI-only experience (unless using the commercial version)
- Organizations needing real-time threat detection (EDR/XDR)
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a far greater number of checks and broader multi-cloud support out-of-the-box compared to many native tools, with the flexibility of being free and open-source.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (SaaS tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: The open-source version is completely free.
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