Styra Declarative Authorization Service (DAS)
The unified authorization platform, powered by OPA.
Overview
Styra DAS is the enterprise solution for managing Open Policy Agent (OPA) at scale. It provides a centralized control plane to create, distribute, and monitor OPA policies across various systems like Kubernetes, microservices, and public cloud infrastructure. For IaC, Styra DAS allows teams to write, test, and enforce policies against Terraform plans, ensuring that infrastructure changes comply with security and operational guardrails before they are applied. It provides a library of pre-built policies and a graphical interface for policy management.
✨ Key Features
- Enterprise management for OPA
- Centralized policy authoring and lifecycle management
- Graphical policy builder and editor
- Pre-built policy packs for security and compliance (e.g., CIS, PCI)
- Decision logging and auditing
- Impact analysis for policy changes
- Terraform and Kubernetes integrations
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Built by the creators of Open Policy Agent
- Provides a complete lifecycle management solution for OPA
- Vendor-neutral approach to policy enforcement
Unique Value: Enables enterprises to safely and effectively adopt OPA for authorization and policy enforcement across their cloud-native stack, reducing the operational complexity of managing policy as code.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Managing OPA policies for a large fleet of Kubernetes clusters from a single dashboard.
- Enforcing tagging and security group policies on all Terraform-provisioned resources.
- Auditing policy decisions to prove compliance with regulations.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Small teams or individuals who can manage OPA directly
- Organizations not using or planning to use Open Policy Agent
🏆 Alternatives
Provides a much richer management experience than using open-source OPA alone. Compared to integrated solutions like Sentinel, it offers a more flexible, decoupled approach that works across any platform.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Free tier for up to 2 OPA instances and basic features.
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