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Product	IBM Guardium Data Encryption by IBM View product	HashiCorp Vault by HashiCorp View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Guardium Data Encryption is a data encryption and key management. It helps with key management through HSM. Explore features and compare Data Security alternatives.	HashiCorp Vault covers dynamic secrets, data encryption as a service and PKI certificate engine for centralized secrets storage. Compare top Encryption tools.
Product type	Data encryption and key management	Secrets & Encryption Management Platform
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Government, Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Software; Software	Cloud (SaaS); Self-Hosted; Hybrid; HCP Vault SaaS; Self-hosted cluster; Kubernetes Helm
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Multi-region cloud; customer-hosted
Key features
What it offers	Data encryption and key management software for files, databases, applications and cloud data. Encryption Key management Tokenization Data masking HSM	Dynamic secrets Data encryption as a service PKI certificate engine Key management Auditing Identity-based access Centralized secrets storage Dynamic database credential generation
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: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	WindowsLinuxcloud environments	CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs
Compliance	Compliance support depends on deployment	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	On-premisescloudhybrid	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailGovernmentCross-industry
Regions	Global	GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific
Vendor
Company	IBM	HashiCorp
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	250,000+	250,000+ (parent: IBM)
Founded	1911	2012

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

by IBM

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HashiCorp Vault

by HashiCorp

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Overview

What it is

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

IBM Guardium Data Encryption is a data encryption and key management. It helps with key management through HSM. Explore features and compare Data Security alternatives.

HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault covers dynamic secrets, data encryption as a service and PKI certificate engine for centralized secrets storage. Compare top Encryption tools.

Product type

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Data encryption and key management

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets & Encryption Management Platform

Best for

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

HashiCorp Vault

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

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Contact Vendor

HashiCorp Vault

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

HashiCorp Vault

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Cloud

HashiCorp Vault

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Software; Software

HashiCorp Vault

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

Data residency

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Deployment and region dependent

HashiCorp Vault

Multi-region cloud; customer-hosted

Key features

What it offers

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Data encryption and key management software for files, databases, applications and cloud data.
Encryption
Key management
Tokenization
Data masking
HSM

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

Platform & access

API access

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

HashiCorp Vault

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

HashiCorp Vault

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

HashiCorp Vault

Multi-tenant

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

HashiCorp Vault

Mobile app

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

HashiCorp Vault

Supported platforms

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

WindowsLinuxcloud environments

HashiCorp Vault

CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs

Compliance

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Compliance support depends on deployment

HashiCorp Vault

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

On-premisescloudhybrid

HashiCorp Vault

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub

Industries

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

HashiCorp Vault

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailGovernmentCross-industry

Regions

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Global

HashiCorp Vault

GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific

Vendor

Company

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

IBM

HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp

Headquarters

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

Armonk, New York, USA

HashiCorp Vault

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

250,000+

HashiCorp Vault

250,000+ (parent: IBM)

Founded

IBM Guardium Data Encryption

1911

HashiCorp Vault

2012