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| Product | HashiCorp Vault by HashiCorp View product | Bitwarden Secrets Manager by Bitwarden View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | HashiCorp Vault covers dynamic secrets, data encryption as a service and PKI certificate engine for centralized secrets storage. Compare top Encryption tools. | Evaluating Bitwarden Secrets Manager? See how this Application Security tool handles audit logging, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare. |
| Product type | Secrets & Encryption Management Platform | DevOps Secrets & Machine Identity Management |
| Best for | Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Government, Cross-industry | Cross-industry, Software, Technology, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Engineering, FinTech |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise | SaaSCloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Hybrid; HCP Vault SaaS; Self-hosted cluster; Kubernetes Helm | Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted container instance |
| Data residency | Multi-region cloud; customer-hosted | United States; European Union |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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 | CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs | CLISDKsREST APIKubernetesCI/CD Pipelines |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub | GitHub ActionsGitLab CIKubernetesAnsibleTerraform |
| Industries | Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailGovernmentCross-industry | Cross-industrySoftwareTechnologyDevOpsSoftware DevelopmentCloud Engineering+1 more |
| Regions | GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | HashiCorp | Bitwarden |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA | Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Company size | 250,000+ (parent: IBM) | 201-500 |
| Founded | 2012 | 2016 |
Overview
What it is
HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorp Vault covers dynamic secrets, data encryption as a service and PKI certificate engine for centralized secrets storage. Compare top Encryption tools.Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Evaluating Bitwarden Secrets Manager? See how this Application Security tool handles audit logging, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.Product type
HashiCorp Vault
Secrets & Encryption Management PlatformBitwarden Secrets Manager
DevOps Secrets & Machine Identity ManagementBest for
HashiCorp Vault
Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Government, Cross-industryBitwarden Secrets Manager
Cross-industry, Software, Technology, DevOps, Software Development, Cloud Engineering, FinTechPricing
Pricing model
HashiCorp Vault
Contact VendorBitwarden Secrets Manager
Contact VendorFree trial
HashiCorp Vault
Free trial: yesBitwarden Secrets Manager
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
HashiCorp Vault
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Deployment details
HashiCorp Vault
Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Hybrid; HCP Vault SaaS; Self-hosted cluster; Kubernetes HelmBitwarden Secrets Manager
Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted; Cloud SaaS; Self-hosted container instanceData residency
HashiCorp Vault
Multi-region cloud; customer-hostedBitwarden Secrets Manager
United States; European UnionKey features
What it offers
HashiCorp Vault
- Dynamic secrets
- Data encryption as a service
- PKI certificate engine
- Key management
- Auditing
- Identity-based access
- Centralized secrets storage
- Dynamic database credential generation
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
- Zero-knowledge secrets vault
- CLI and SDK access
- Machine access tokens
- Project isolation
- CI/CD pipeline injection
- Audit logging
- DevOps secrets injection
- API token management
Platform & access
API access
HashiCorp Vault
API access: yesBitwarden Secrets Manager
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
HashiCorp Vault
SSO: yesBitwarden Secrets Manager
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
HashiCorp Vault
RBAC: yesBitwarden Secrets Manager
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
HashiCorp Vault
Multi-tenant: yesBitwarden Secrets Manager
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
HashiCorp Vault
Mobile app: noBitwarden Secrets Manager
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
HashiCorp Vault
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Compliance
HashiCorp Vault
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
HashiCorp Vault
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Industries
HashiCorp Vault
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Regions
HashiCorp Vault
Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Vendor
Company
HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorpBitwarden Secrets Manager
BitwardenHeadquarters
HashiCorp Vault
San Francisco, California, USABitwarden Secrets Manager
Santa Barbara, California, USACompany size
HashiCorp Vault
250,000+ (parent: IBM)Bitwarden Secrets Manager
201-500Founded
HashiCorp Vault
2012Bitwarden Secrets Manager
2016