dotenvx vs Infisical

dotenvx encrypts secrets stored in.env files, then decrypts and injects them when an application runs. Its maker describes it as free and open source, with hosted and self-hosted deployment options. Public-key encryption uses a secp256k1 key pair, keeping the private decryption key separate from the encrypted file. For development, the private key can be stored in the operating system’s secret store, including macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, or Linux Secret Service. Listed workflow tools include environment selection and composition, validation, pre-commit leak prevention, Docker image protection, key/value operations, and runtime log redaction. The maker says encrypted files can travel with code and be decrypted at runtime using a private key supplied in the deployment environment, without a secrets service in the application’s critical path. Installation options include CLI, npm, winget, Homebrew, GitHub releases, Docker, a Ruby gem, and Python pip. Guides cover developer tools, programming languages, and deployment services. The free User plan includes CLI, SDKs, encryption, and GitHub Issues support. Member is $5 a month; Business is $90 a month. The paid product has a 14-day free trial.

Infisical is an identity security platform for managing application secrets, certificates, and privileged access across cloud, on-prem, and AI infrastructure. Secrets Management centralizes credentials for syncing, rotation, and auditing across environments and workloads, with role-based access scoped by environment, path, and identity. Secrets can be rotated on a schedule or issued as short-lived credentials. Certificate Management handles private certificate authorities and automates certificate issuance, renewal, and revocation. Privileged Access provides short-lived identity-based sessions with auditing, while Agent Proxy keeps real secrets at the proxy and gives agents placeholders, with requests logged. Infisical lists integrations including AWS, Azure Key Vault, GitHub, GitLab, Datadog, OpenAI, and PostgreSQL. It can be used as Infisical Cloud or self-hosted. A free plan is available; paid plans start at $20 a month billed annually. The free certificate plan is limited to 10 active certificates, up to 5 SANs per certificate, and no wildcard SANs.