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Terrascan vs KICS: catalog facts
Terrascan	KICS
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free to download and run from the GitHub repository.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Finds IaC misconfigurations before deployment Runs from the command line, suited to CI pipelines	Catches misconfigurations before deployment Runs as a CLI, Docker image or pre-commit hook
Homepage now redirects to Tenable's commercial product pages Little standalone documentation on the current site	Only analyses infrastructure-as-code, not application code Large rule sets can produce noisy results
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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