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AWS Secrets Manager
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Spec sheet
- Purpose
- AWS Secrets Manager manages access to applications, services, IT resources, database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Integrations
- Listed AWS integrations include Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon MSK, Amazon SageMaker, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS Transfer Family.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Compliance
- AWS lists support for compliance workloads involving DoD CC SRG IL2, IL4, and IL5, FedRAMP, HIPAA, IRAP, OSPAR, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 9001, PCI-DSS, and SOC.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Founded
- 2006Read 28 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Access control
- AWS Identity and Access Management provides fine-grained IAM and resource-based policies for controlling access to secrets.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- API and documentation
- AWS publishes a Secrets Manager User Guide and API Reference, and recommends using AWS SDKs for API calls.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Automatic rotation
- Secrets can be rotated on a schedule or on demand through the console, AWS SDK, or AWS CLI.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Encryption
- Secrets Manager encrypts secrets at rest with AWS Key Management Service keys and transmits retrieved secrets over TLS.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Managed external secrets
- Managed external secrets provides predefined partner formats and Lambda-free automatic rotation for third-party credentials.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Monitoring
- Secrets Manager integrates with AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon SNS, and Amazon EventBridge for auditing, monitoring, and notifications.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Pricing limits
- Customer-managed AWS KMS keys incur current KMS charges, and automatic rotation other than managed rotation incurs AWS Lambda charges.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Programmatic retrieval
- The service supports retrieving one secret or groups of secrets by names, ARNs, or tag filters, and offers client-side caching libraries.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Replication
- Secrets Manager can automatically replicate secrets to multiple AWS Regions and keep regional read replicas synchronized.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Target users
- AWS describes Secrets Manager as serving IT administrators, security administrators, and developers replacing hard-coded secrets in applications.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
- Third-party integrations
- Managed rotation integrations are listed for Salesforce, BigID, Snowflake, MongoDB Atlas, and Confluent Cloud.Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Plans and prices
AWS Free Tier Free up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits · free plan available 6 months after account creation · credits expire within 12 months of account creation Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-go $0.40 a month usage-based $0.40 per secret per month · $0.05 per 10,000 API calls · no upfront costs or long-term contracts Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
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