Envshed vs Stashbase

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.

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.