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Product	IBM Key Protect by IBM View product	Thales CipherTrust Manager by Thales 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.	Thales CipherTrust Manager, from Thales, provides clustering. Common uses: master key management. Check deployment options and top Key Management competitors.
Product type	Key management service	Enterprise Key Management Appliance
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Hardware appliance; VMware; AWS; Azure; GCP virtual appliances
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	US; EU; UK; APAC; Global
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	FIPS 140-2/3 key lifecycle management Unified policy center KMIP support Cloud key broker Clustering Master key management KMIP key brokerage Multi-cloud key custody
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	Hardware ApplianceVMwareAWSAzureGCP
Compliance	FIPS HSM protection available by tier	FIPS 140-2/3Common CriteriaPCI DSSGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM Cloud StandardDedicated	AWS KMSAzure Key VaultGoogle KMSVMwareNetAppSplunk
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Thales
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Paris, France
Company size	250,000+	80,000+
Founded	1911	1893

IBM Key Protect

by IBM

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Thales CipherTrust Manager

by Thales

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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.

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Thales CipherTrust Manager, from Thales, provides clustering. Common uses: master key management. Check deployment options and top Key Management competitors.

Product type

IBM Key Protect

Key management service

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Enterprise Key Management Appliance

Best for

IBM Key Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Key Protect

Contact Vendor

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Key Protect

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Key Protect

SaaSCloud

Thales CipherTrust Manager

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM Key Protect

SaaS; SaaS

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Hardware appliance; VMware; AWS; Azure; GCP virtual appliances

Data residency

IBM Key Protect

Deployment and region dependent

Thales CipherTrust Manager

US; EU; UK; APAC; Global

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

Thales CipherTrust Manager

FIPS 140-2/3 key lifecycle management
Unified policy center
KMIP support
Cloud key broker
Clustering
Master key management
KMIP key brokerage
Multi-cloud key custody

Platform & access

API access

IBM Key Protect

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Key Protect

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Key Protect

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Multi-tenant

IBM Key Protect

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Mobile app

IBM Key Protect

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Supported platforms

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Hardware ApplianceVMwareAWSAzureGCP

Compliance

IBM Key Protect

FIPS HSM protection available by tier

Thales CipherTrust Manager

FIPS 140-2/3Common CriteriaPCI DSSGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud StandardDedicated

Thales CipherTrust Manager

AWS KMSAzure Key VaultGoogle KMSVMwareNetAppSplunk

Industries

IBM Key Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology

Regions

IBM Key Protect

Global

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Key Protect

IBM

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Thales

Headquarters

IBM Key Protect

Armonk, New York, USA

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Paris, France

Company size

IBM Key Protect

250,000+

Thales CipherTrust Manager

80,000+

Founded

IBM Key Protect

1911

Thales CipherTrust Manager

1893