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Product	HashiCorp Vault by HashiCorp View product	IBM Secrets Manager by IBM 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 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 & Encryption Management Platform	Secrets management
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Government, Cross-industry	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Hybrid; HCP Vault SaaS; Self-hosted cluster; Kubernetes Helm	SaaS; SaaS
Data residency	Multi-region cloud; customer-hosted	Deployment and region dependent
Key features
What it offers	Dynamic secrets Data encryption as a service PKI certificate engine Key management Auditing Identity-based access Centralized secrets storage Dynamic database credential generation	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	CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs	Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA	IBM Cloud security and compliance controls
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub	IBM Cloud
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailGovernmentCross-industry	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment
Regions	GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific	Global
Vendor
Company	HashiCorp	IBM
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Armonk, New York, USA
Company size	250,000+ (parent: IBM)	250,000+
Founded	2012	1911

HashiCorp Vault

by HashiCorp

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IBM Secrets Manager

by IBM

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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.

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

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets & Encryption Management Platform

IBM Secrets Manager

Secrets management

Best for

HashiCorp Vault

Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Government, Cross-industry

IBM Secrets Manager

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

HashiCorp Vault

Contact Vendor

IBM Secrets Manager

Contact Vendor

Free trial

HashiCorp Vault

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment

Deployment options

HashiCorp Vault

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

HashiCorp Vault

Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Hybrid; HCP Vault SaaS; Self-hosted cluster; Kubernetes Helm

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaS; SaaS

Data residency

HashiCorp Vault

Multi-region cloud; customer-hosted

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment and region dependent

Key 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

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

HashiCorp Vault

IBM Secrets Manager

Single sign-on (SSO)

HashiCorp Vault

IBM Secrets Manager

Role-based access (RBAC)

HashiCorp Vault

IBM Secrets Manager

Multi-tenant

HashiCorp Vault

IBM Secrets Manager

Mobile app

HashiCorp Vault

IBM Secrets Manager

Supported platforms

HashiCorp Vault

CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs

IBM Secrets Manager

Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs

Compliance

HashiCorp Vault

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud security and compliance controls

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

HashiCorp Vault

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud

Industries

HashiCorp Vault

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailGovernmentCross-industry

IBM Secrets Manager

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Regions

HashiCorp Vault

GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific

IBM Secrets Manager

Global

Vendor

Company

HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM

Headquarters

HashiCorp Vault

San Francisco, California, USA

IBM Secrets Manager

Armonk, New York, USA

Company size

HashiCorp Vault

250,000+ (parent: IBM)

IBM Secrets Manager

250,000+

Founded

HashiCorp Vault

2012

IBM Secrets Manager

1911