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IBM Secrets Manager

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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 Vault Platform

Akeyless Vault Platform, from Akeyless, provides secrets management. Common uses: vault consolidation. Check deployment options and top Key Management competitors.

Product type

IBM Secrets Manager

Secrets management

Akeyless Vault Platform

Vaultless Secrets & Key Management Platform

Best for

IBM Secrets Manager

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

Akeyless Vault Platform

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Media

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Secrets Manager

Contact Vendor

Akeyless Vault Platform

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Free trial

IBM Secrets Manager

Free trial: no

Akeyless Vault Platform

Free trial: yes

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaSCloud

Akeyless Vault Platform

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaS; SaaS

Akeyless Vault Platform

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

Data residency

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment and region dependent

Akeyless Vault Platform

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 Vault Platform

  • Secrets management
  • Encryption key management
  • Encryption as a service
  • Certificate lifecycle management
  • Privileged remote access
  • Multi-region high availability
  • Migration from HashiCorp Vault
  • Customer-hosted gateway

Platform & access

API access

IBM Secrets Manager

API access: yes

Akeyless Vault Platform

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Secrets Manager

SSO: yes

Akeyless Vault Platform

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Secrets Manager

RBAC: yes

Akeyless Vault Platform

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

IBM Secrets Manager

Multi-tenant: yes

Akeyless Vault Platform

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

IBM Secrets Manager

Mobile app: no

Akeyless Vault Platform

Mobile app: no

Supported platforms

IBM Secrets Manager

Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs

Akeyless Vault Platform

KubernetesDockerAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudWindowsLinuxmacOS

Compliance

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud security and compliance controls

Akeyless Vault Platform

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2 validated cryptography

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud

Akeyless Vault Platform

HashiCorp VaultAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformJenkinsServiceNow

Industries

IBM Secrets Manager

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

Akeyless Vault Platform

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareMedia

Regions

IBM Secrets Manager

Global

Akeyless Vault Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM

Akeyless Vault Platform

Akeyless

Headquarters

IBM Secrets Manager

Armonk, New York, USA

Akeyless Vault Platform

New York, New York, USA

Company size

IBM Secrets Manager

250,000+

Akeyless Vault Platform

51-200

Founded

IBM Secrets Manager

1911

Akeyless Vault Platform

2018

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