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Product	Akeyless Secrets Management by Akeyless View product	IBM Secrets Manager by IBM View product
Overview
What it is	Try Akeyless Secrets Management free: a secrets management with CLI, API and SDKs. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Secrets Management tools.	Evaluating IBM Secrets Manager? See how this Secrets Management tool handles cloud security and identity security, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Secrets Management	Secrets management
Best for	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS) with optional customer-hosted gateway; SaaS with customer-hosted gateway	SaaS; SaaS
Data residency	US and EU regions	Deployment and region dependent
Key features
What it offers	Static secrets storage Dynamic just-in-time credentials Automatic secret rotation Multiple authentication methods Kubernetes injector and operator CLI, API and SDKs Cloud secret store sync Audit logging	Cloud secrets management for securely storing, controlling and rotating credentials, API keys and other sensitive secrets. Secrets management Credential management Identity security Cloud security Secrets storage Credential rotation Application security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	KubernetesDockerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudWindowsLinuxmacOS	Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001	IBM Cloud security and compliance controls
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	KubernetesExternal Secrets OperatorAWS Secrets ManagerAzure Key VaultGoogle Secret ManagerJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI+1 more	IBM Cloud
Industries	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetail	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Akeyless	IBM
Headquarters	New York, New York, USA	Armonk, New York, USA
Company size	51-200	250,000+
Founded	2018	1911

Akeyless Secrets Management

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IBM Secrets Manager

by IBM

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Overview

What it is

Akeyless Secrets Management

Try Akeyless Secrets Management free: a secrets management with CLI, API and SDKs. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Secrets Management tools.

IBM Secrets Manager

Evaluating IBM Secrets Manager? See how this Secrets Management tool handles cloud security and identity security, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Akeyless Secrets Management

Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Secrets management

Best for

Akeyless Secrets Management

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail

IBM Secrets Manager

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

Akeyless Secrets Management

Contact Vendor

IBM Secrets Manager

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akeyless Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment

Deployment options

Akeyless Secrets Management

SaaSCloud

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Akeyless Secrets Management

Cloud (SaaS) with optional customer-hosted gateway; SaaS with customer-hosted gateway

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaS; SaaS

Data residency

Akeyless Secrets Management

US and EU regions

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment and region dependent

Key features

What it offers

Akeyless Secrets Management

Static secrets storage
Dynamic just-in-time credentials
Automatic secret rotation
Multiple authentication methods
Kubernetes injector and operator
CLI, API and SDKs
Cloud secret store sync
Audit logging

IBM Secrets Manager

Cloud secrets management for securely storing, controlling and rotating credentials, API keys and other sensitive secrets.
Secrets management
Credential management
Identity security
Cloud security
Secrets storage
Credential rotation
Application security

Platform & access

API access

Akeyless Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akeyless Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akeyless Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Multi-tenant

Akeyless Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Mobile app

Akeyless Secrets Management

IBM Secrets Manager

Supported platforms

Akeyless Secrets Management

KubernetesDockerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudWindowsLinuxmacOS

IBM Secrets Manager

Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs

Compliance

Akeyless Secrets Management

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud security and compliance controls

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akeyless Secrets Management

KubernetesExternal Secrets OperatorAWS Secrets ManagerAzure Key VaultGoogle Secret ManagerJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI+1 more

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud

Industries

Akeyless Secrets Management

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetail

IBM Secrets Manager

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Regions

Akeyless Secrets Management

Global

IBM Secrets Manager

Global

Vendor

Company

Akeyless Secrets Management

Akeyless

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM

Headquarters

Akeyless Secrets Management

New York, New York, USA

IBM Secrets Manager

Armonk, New York, USA

Company size

Akeyless Secrets Management

51-200

IBM Secrets Manager

250,000+

Founded

Akeyless Secrets Management

2018

IBM Secrets Manager

1911