Secrets Management Tools
Alternatives to HashiCorp Vault
The tools Specifiction weighs against HashiCorp Vault, from its list of secrets management tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Envshed Envshed targets indie developers, early-stage startups of up to about 50 engineers, and open-source maintainers running shared infrastructure.
From $5/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.3 Visit Specs - 02
Doppler Doppler suits developers, DevOps, and security teams managing application secrets across workflows.
From $8/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 03
AWS Secrets Manager From $0.40/mo Free plan Web · API8.5 Visit Specs - 04 dotenvx
dotenvx suits software developers and teams managing application secrets, including teams working with coding agents.
From $5/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.5 Visit Specs - 05 Infisical
Infisical suits organizations managing application credentials, certificates, and privileged access across environments.
From $2/mo Free plan Web · Windows · Linux · API8.4 Visit Specs - 06 KeyEnv
KeyEnv suits development teams managing secrets across multiple environments or integrating secret injection into CI/CD workflows.
From $3.33/mo Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · API8.4 Visit Specs - 07 Secrets Manager
It suits developers and teams wanting an open-source, self-hosted secrets store with CI/CD injection, Kubernetes deployment options, versioning, and audit controls.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 08 Chamber Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.2 Visit Specs
- 09 Keyshade From $7.99/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.2 Visit Specs
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management OCI Secret Management is aimed at application and cloud environment operators who need centrally managed credentials.
Free plan Web · API8.2 Visit Specs - 11
Phase Phase suits teams that need to manage application secrets across development and production, whether through a managed service or self-hosting.
From $10/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 12
OpenBao OpenBao suits teams that need self-managed secret storage, dynamic credentials, encryption services, and policy-based access.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 13
secr The Free plan is described for solo developers and small side projects.
From $6/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 14
SikkerKey SikkerKey is aimed at software engineers, DevOps teams, and organizations managing application secrets.
From $29/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 15 VMware Secrets Manager Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs
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Keyway It suits developers or teams that want process-scoped secret injection with GitHub-based access.
From €9/mo Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.9 Visit Specs - 17 PX Secrets
PX Secrets suits developers, AI builders, homelabbers, and sysadmins who want a self-hosted local vault with CLI, API, or web access.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 18
CipherTrust Secrets Management It suits DevSecOps and security teams managing secrets across hybrid, multi-cloud, on-premises, or legacy environments.
Free trial Web · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 19
CyberArk Secrets Manager It suits security teams managing nonhuman credentials, and teams running applications, containers, CI/CD pipelines or other workloads.
Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.7 Visit Specs - 20 Keyorix Web · macOS · Linux · API7.7 Visit Specs
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Envy From $125/mo Web · API · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs - 22
Britive Secrets Manager Britive Secrets Manager suits enterprise hybrid environments where stored secrets remain necessary alongside just-in-time access.
Web · API7.5 Visit Specs - 23 OpenStack Barbican
Barbican suits OpenStack operators who need to manage secrets through an API and configure software- or hardware-backed stores.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted7.5 Visit Specs - 24 Shelve Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs
- 25 SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.3 Visit Specs
- 26 Stashbase
Stashbase may suit developers and teams managing application secrets across projects or environments.
Free plan Web · macOS · Linux · API7.3 Visit Specs - 27 Teller
Teller suits developers who need to manage secrets across development, testing, builds, or CI workflows.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.3 Visit Specs - 28
Akeyless Free plan Web · Linux7.1 Visit Specs - 29 Google Cloud Secret Manager From $0.01/mo Free plan Web7.1 Visit Specs
- 30 KubbeeVault Web7.1 Visit Specs
HashiCorp Vault, head to head
- HashiCorp Vault vs Envshed
- HashiCorp Vault vs Doppler
- HashiCorp Vault vs AWS Secrets Manager
- HashiCorp Vault vs dotenvx
- HashiCorp Vault vs Infisical
- HashiCorp Vault vs KeyEnv
- HashiCorp Vault vs Secrets Manager
- HashiCorp Vault vs Chamber
- HashiCorp Vault vs Keyshade
- HashiCorp Vault vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
- HashiCorp Vault vs Phase
- HashiCorp Vault vs OpenBao