Envshed vs R4
Envshed
envshed.comR4
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| Figure | Envshed | R4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Secrets Management Tools | 9.3 (#1) | 7.1 (#31) |
| API | The maker says Envshed offers a REST API for use from languages including Python, Go, and Rust. | R4 documents a machine API for programmatic vault management and secret retrieval. |
| Encryption | Secret values are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and traffic uses TLS 1.3. | R4 says vault field values are end-to-end encrypted and decrypted locally; vault names, item names, field labels, and website metadata are not end-to-end encrypted. |
| Product | Envshed is an encrypted, monorepo-native secrets manager for small engineering teams. | R4 describes itself as a full-stack license and secret management platform. |
| Support | The site offers priority support on Business and directs security questionnaires to [email protected]. | The site links to a support center and lists a contact email. |
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In their own words
Envshed
Envshed is a cloud secrets manager for small engineering teams, with a CLI that works across monorepos. It manages secrets and environments, supports per-user overrides, warns about expirations, allows project duplication and keeps an audit trail. For pnpm or npm workspaces, the CLI can detect workspaces and retrieve secrets from the repository root. Listed integrations include GitHub Actions, Docker, a Node.js SDK, a CLI for any shell and Coolify; a REST API supports languages including Python, Go and Rust. Secret values are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, traffic uses TLS 1.3, and encryption keys are held separately from encrypted data. Envshed offers role-based access control and an immutable audit trail, including records of secret reads and changes. The maker says it is not a zero-knowledge vault: a small on-call group with production credentials could technically decrypt a secret value. Data is stored in one region on US-based cloud infrastructure. Self-hosting is unavailable, and the service is not yet SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified. The Developer plan is free forever for up to two members and three projects; Team is $5/user/month and Business is $9/user/month.