Doppler vs Stashbase

Doppler is a secrets manager for storing and managing sensitive application secrets through a dashboard, API, and command-line tool. It centralizes secret management with config syncs, secret referencing, and automatic rotation on eligible plans. Its MCP server lets AI agents request secrets natively, and Doppler says per-seat pricing adds no fees for AI agents or other non-human identities. Developers can use a CLI, SDKs, API, webhooks, and a VS Code extension with two-way sync. Listed integrations include AWS Secrets Manager, Terraform Cloud, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, GCP Secret Manager, Azure Key Vault, Vercel, and Okta. Security controls include scoped tokens, fine-grained access, breach detection, encrypted fallback files, and trusted IP allow lists. Doppler says it encrypts and tokenizes secrets using AES-256-GCM and is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified. Deployment is available in the cloud or on-prem. The Developer plan is free for three users, with additional users at $8 a month. Team costs $21 per user per month and is free for 14 days. Enterprise pricing is custom.

Stashbase manages application secrets across projects and environments, with scoped controls over how developers, services, and coding agents use credentials and other resources. Coding agents can run in native or Docker sandboxes with governed access to credentials, network, files, and MCP tools. The Agent Proxy keeps raw secret values outside the agent process, and policies can cover credentials, API requests, MCP tools, files, commands, and dependencies. Repository and secret scanning workflows help identify exposed or hard-coded secrets. Interfaces include a dashboard, CLI, SDKs, REST API, Agent Proxy, and MCP server. Documentation describes integrations for AWS Secrets Manager, Google Cloud Secret Manager, and Vercel. The security page states that Stashbase uses AES-256 multi-layer encryption and workspace isolation, and encrypts traffic in transit. It also supports secret rotation, CI/CD injection, and audit logs. Its local quickstart can run a file policy without an account, API key, or secrets; the desktop quickstart is for macOS or Linux. A free plan is listed, while paid pricing is noted from $25/user/mo.