Keyorix vs OpenBao
Keyorix
keyorix.com
OpenBao
openbao.orgSide by side
| Figure | Keyorix | OpenBao |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Secrets Management Tools | 7.7 (#20) | 8.0 (#12) |
| Deployment | The project describes itself as on-premise, air-gap ready, and available as a single binary. | OpenBao can be installed through package managers, container registries, precompiled binaries, source builds, or Helm for Kubernetes. |
| Encryption | The repository says secret values are encrypted with AES-256-GCM and that secrets are not logged or exposed in error messages. | OpenBao can encrypt and decrypt data without storing it, using centrally defined encryption parameters. |
| Integrations | The maker lists Go, Python, Node.js, and Java SDKs and an MCP server with read-only secret tools. | The project lists integrations including Sigstore for artifact signing, StackHPC for OpenStack, and Percona for database encryption key management. |
| Product | Keyorix describes itself as open-source secrets management for teams that cannot use SaaS. | OpenBao is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system for storing and controlling access to sensitive data such as API tokens, encryption keys, passwords, and certificates. |
| Security | The maker says access actions use cryptographic proofs and zero-knowledge protocols, and that interactions can be verified without exposing sensitive data. | OpenBao's security barrier encrypts data sent to storage with AES-256-GCM and verifies the authentication tag when decrypting. |
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In their own words
OpenBao
OpenBao is a free, open-source system for storing and controlling access to secrets such as API tokens, encryption keys, passwords, and certificates. Management is available through a web UI, CLI, or HTTP API. Key/value secrets are encrypted before persistent storage, while dynamic credentials can be generated for Kubernetes and SQL databases and revoked when leases expire. Leases can be renewed, and individual secrets or groups can be revoked. OpenBao also encrypts and decrypts data without retaining it. Authentication methods include GitHub, LDAP, and AppRole, with token-based policies. Its storage barrier uses AES-256-GCM and verifies authentication tags during decryption. High-availability configurations are supported. Deployment options include packages, containers, binaries, source builds, and Helm; documentation covers Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows. Releases provide GPG signatures and SBOMs. Integrated Storage defaults to a 1 MiB maximum entry size, configurable with max_entry_size.