opa
The premium Open Source alternative to Styra
🎯 Best for:Developers needing a unified way to enforce authorization policies across diverse tech stacks.
What is opa?
Decouples policy logic from application code using the Rego query language. Enables fine-grained access control and compliance across microservices, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Tech Stack
GoInfrastructure & Cloud
Why opa?
- • Language agnostic
- • High-performance evaluation
- • Rich ecosystem of integrations
Limitations
- • Rego has a steep learning curve
- • Policy debugging is complex
- • Requires sidecar management overhead
3/6/2026
Last Update
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Forks
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Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Styra)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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