Alibaba Cloud Key Management Service vs Fortanix Data Security Manager

Alibaba Cloud Key Management Service is a web-accessible cloud service for managing encryption keys. It supports customer-managed keys, key import, automatic rotation, audit logs, HSM-backed keys and both listed key types. Default keys are provided at no charge for server-side encryption of Alibaba Cloud services, including free service keys and customer master keys. The free plan sits alongside two prepaid subscription instances. The Software Key Management Instance costs $500 a month and includes 1,000 QPS, 1,000 keys, 0 secrets and 0 data keys. The Hardware Key Management Instance costs $1,799 a month and includes 2,000 QPS, 1,000 keys, 0 secrets and 0 data keys. Paid plans start at 500.0 /mo. The service is designed for cloud deployments where teams need imported, customer-managed or HSM-backed key controls.

Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) gives DevOps and security teams a way to manage secrets, credentials, certificates, API keys and tokens outside source code. Secrets management can run on-premises, in the cloud, or across hybrid and multicloud environments. DSM provides REST APIs and supports standards and technologies including OAuth, OpenID (SAML), LDAP, JWT, PKI, Kubernetes and Docker.

Documented CI/CD integrations include HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Secret Store CSI Driver, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, CyberArk, Delinea and Azure DevOps. Fortanix says the service stores secrets in a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified HSM and uses Intel SGX and Runtime Encryption technology. Role-based access controls, safeguards against unauthorized password changes, simultaneous-login alerts and audit logs support access oversight. Listed certifications include FIPS 140-2 Level 3, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, CIS and SOC 2 Type 2. The DSM SaaS trial includes the full feature set for 30 days at free, with no credit card required to start. No numeric Enterprise price is listed.