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HashiCorp Vault

Manage secrets and protect sensitive data with identity-based access across any infrastructure.

Free and open-source (MPL 2.0), HCP Vault from $1.58/hr (~$1,150/mo), Enterprise custom

HashiCorp Vault is the industry standard for secrets management. It provides secure storage, dynamic secrets generation, data encryption, identity-based access, and audit logging. Features: KV secrets engine, PKI/TLS automation, database credential rotation, Kubernetes auth method, and dynamic AWS/Azure/GCP credentials. Vault is critical infrastructure — plan for operational overhead.

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  • Pricing: Free and open-source (MPL 2.0), HCP Vault from $1.58/hr (~$1,150/mo), Enterprise custom

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Features

Audit Logging

Track all secret access and changes

Comprehensive audit backend

CI/CD Integration

Native integration with CI/CD pipelines

Vault Agent, Terraform provider, API

Dynamic Secrets

Generate short-lived credentials on demand

Dynamic secrets for AWS, GCP, Azure, databases, PKI

Encryption at Rest

Secrets encrypted in storage

AES-256-GCM encryption at rest

End-to-End Encryption

Client-side encryption before storage

Transit engine for application-level encryption

Kubernetes Integration

Native K8s secret injection

Kubernetes auth method, injector sidecar

Multi-Cloud Sync

Sync secrets across cloud providers

Multi-datacenter, multi-cloud replication

RBAC

Role-based access control for secrets

ACL, namespaces, OIDC/LDAP auth

Secret Rotation

Automatic credential rotation on schedule

Secret rotation via secrets engines

Self-Hosted Option

Run on your own infrastructure

Self-hosted or HCP managed

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