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Product	IBM Key Protect by IBM View product	Azure Key Vault by Microsoft View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Key Protect by IBM: key management, encryption and cryptography. Ideal for key lifecycle. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Key Management alternatives.	Azure Key Vault from Microsoft focuses on secrets storage. Key capabilities: auditing and key management. Compare it with the leading Key Management alternatives.
Product type	Key management service	Secrets and Key Management Service
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	Cloud; Azure
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Selected Azure region
Key features
What it offers	IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle. Key management Encryption Cryptography HSM BYOK Key lifecycle	Secrets management Key management Certificate management HSM-backed keys Access policies Auditing Secrets storage Cryptographic key management
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	IBM Cloud	Azureapplication APIs
Compliance	FIPS HSM protection available by tier	FIPS 140-2/3 optionsAzure compliance portfolioregion dependent
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM Cloud StandardDedicated	Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDAzure MonitorManaged identities
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	Cross-industry
Regions	Global	Azure regions
Vendor
Company	IBM	Microsoft
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA
Company size	250,000+	200,000+
Founded	1911	1975

IBM Key Protect

by IBM

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Azure Key Vault

by Microsoft

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Overview

What it is

IBM Key Protect

IBM Key Protect by IBM: key management, encryption and cryptography. Ideal for key lifecycle. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Key Management alternatives.

Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault from Microsoft focuses on secrets storage. Key capabilities: auditing and key management. Compare it with the leading Key Management alternatives.

Product type

IBM Key Protect

Key management service

Azure Key Vault

Secrets and Key Management Service

Best for

IBM Key Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Azure Key Vault

Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Key Protect

Contact Vendor

Azure Key Vault

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Key Protect

Azure Key Vault

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Key Protect

SaaSCloud

Azure Key Vault

Cloud

Deployment details

IBM Key Protect

SaaS; SaaS

Azure Key Vault

Cloud; Azure

Data residency

IBM Key Protect

Deployment and region dependent

Azure Key Vault

Selected Azure region

Key features

What it offers

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle.
Key management
Encryption
Cryptography
HSM
BYOK
Key lifecycle

Azure Key Vault

Secrets management
Key management
Certificate management
HSM-backed keys
Access policies
Auditing
Secrets storage
Cryptographic key management

Platform & access

API access

IBM Key Protect

Azure Key Vault

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Key Protect

Azure Key Vault

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Key Protect

Azure Key Vault

Multi-tenant

IBM Key Protect

Azure Key Vault

Mobile app

IBM Key Protect

Azure Key Vault

Supported platforms

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud

Azure Key Vault

Azureapplication APIs

Compliance

IBM Key Protect

FIPS HSM protection available by tier

Azure Key Vault

FIPS 140-2/3 optionsAzure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud StandardDedicated

Azure Key Vault

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDAzure MonitorManaged identities

Industries

IBM Key Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Azure Key Vault

Cross-industry

Regions

IBM Key Protect

Global

Azure Key Vault

Azure regions

Vendor

Company

IBM Key Protect

IBM

Azure Key Vault

Microsoft

Headquarters

IBM Key Protect

Armonk, New York, USA

Azure Key Vault

Redmond, Washington, USA

Company size

IBM Key Protect

250,000+

Azure Key Vault

200,000+

Founded

IBM Key Protect

1911

Azure Key Vault

1975