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Product	IBM Secrets Manager by IBM View product	Akeyless Secrets Management by Akeyless View product
Overview
What it is	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.	Try Akeyless Secrets Management free: a secrets management with CLI, API and SDKs. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Secrets Management tools.
Product type	Secrets management	Secrets Management
Best for	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	Cloud (SaaS) with optional customer-hosted gateway; SaaS with customer-hosted gateway
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	US and EU regions
Key features
What it offers	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	Static secrets storage Dynamic just-in-time credentials Automatic secret rotation Multiple authentication methods Kubernetes injector and operator CLI, API and SDKs Cloud secret store sync Audit logging
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	Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs	KubernetesDockerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudWindowsLinuxmacOS
Compliance	IBM Cloud security and compliance controls	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM Cloud	KubernetesExternal Secrets OperatorAWS Secrets ManagerAzure Key VaultGoogle Secret ManagerJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI+1 more
Industries	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetail
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Akeyless
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	New York, New York, USA
Company size	250,000+	51-200
Founded	1911	2018

IBM Secrets Manager

by IBM

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Akeyless Secrets Management

by Akeyless

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Overview

What it is

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.

Akeyless Secrets Management

Try Akeyless Secrets Management free: a secrets management with CLI, API and SDKs. See who it suits and how it stacks up against other Secrets Management tools.

Product type

IBM Secrets Manager

Secrets management

Akeyless Secrets Management

Secrets Management

Best for

IBM Secrets Manager

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

Akeyless Secrets Management

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Secrets Manager

Contact Vendor

Akeyless Secrets Management

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Secrets Manager

Akeyless Secrets Management

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaSCloud

Akeyless Secrets Management

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaS; SaaS

Akeyless Secrets Management

Cloud (SaaS) with optional customer-hosted gateway; SaaS with customer-hosted gateway

Data residency

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment and region dependent

Akeyless Secrets Management

US and EU regions

Key features

What it offers

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

Akeyless Secrets Management

Static secrets storage
Dynamic just-in-time credentials
Automatic secret rotation
Multiple authentication methods
Kubernetes injector and operator
CLI, API and SDKs
Cloud secret store sync
Audit logging

Platform & access

API access

IBM Secrets Manager

Akeyless Secrets Management

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Secrets Manager

Akeyless Secrets Management

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Secrets Manager

Akeyless Secrets Management

Multi-tenant

IBM Secrets Manager

Akeyless Secrets Management

Mobile app

IBM Secrets Manager

Akeyless Secrets Management

Supported platforms

IBM Secrets Manager

Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs

Akeyless Secrets Management

KubernetesDockerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudWindowsLinuxmacOS

Compliance

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud security and compliance controls

Akeyless Secrets Management

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud

Akeyless Secrets Management

KubernetesExternal Secrets OperatorAWS Secrets ManagerAzure Key VaultGoogle Secret ManagerJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI+1 more

Industries

IBM Secrets Manager

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Akeyless Secrets Management

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetail

Regions

IBM Secrets Manager

Global

Akeyless Secrets Management

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM

Akeyless Secrets Management

Akeyless

Headquarters

IBM Secrets Manager

Armonk, New York, USA

Akeyless Secrets Management

New York, New York, USA

Company size

IBM Secrets Manager

250,000+

Akeyless Secrets Management

51-200

Founded

IBM Secrets Manager

1911

Akeyless Secrets Management

2018