Eviden KMS vs Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager

Eviden KMS centralizes encryption and decryption, key management, and certificate management. Its architecture combines key lifecycle management, an encryption oracle, and public key infrastructure. Administrators can generate, store, rotate, distribute, and revoke keys, and set access policies. The product supports FIPS 140-3 mode and KMIP versions 1.0–1.4 and 2.0–2.1 in binary and JSON formats, but implements a targeted subset rather than the entire KMIP standard. Listed integrations include Trustway Proteccio, Crypt2Pay, Utimaco, Nitrokey HSM 2, and SmartCard HSMs; cloud options include Azure BYOK, GCP CSEK and CMEK, AWS BYOK, and AWS Fargate. It also integrates with Google Workspace Client-Side Encryption, Microsoft 365 Double Key Encryption, and several databases. Deployment options include Debian and RPM packages, Windows and macOS installers, and standard or FIPS Docker images. Its web GUI supports client certificates and OIDC token authentication. Pricing is on request, with per-CPU pricing, connectors included, and any number of servers.

Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) centralizes cryptographic key management across on-premises and cloud environments. It provides policy controls, centralized administration, and audit trails for key lifecycle management, alongside monitoring, recovery, scheduled backups, log rotation, and restore functions. Administrators can use a web GUI or command-line interface. ESKM supports OASIS KMIP, a RESTful API, and a native XML-based KMS protocol; it conforms to KMIP specifications 1.0 through 2.1 and supports client libraries including OpenKMIP and PyKMIP. The product page states capacity for more than 2 million keys, over 25,000 clients, and thousands of nodes per distributed cluster. Four models are available, including a Linux-based virtual appliance and hardware appliances. Physical L3 and L4 models include embedded HSMs identified as FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and Level 4; the virtual L1 is a hardened appliance with FIPS 140-2 Level 1 security. Listed key types include AES, 3-Key Triple DES, HMAC, RSA, and ECDSA. Pricing is on request.