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Product	IBM Secrets Manager by IBM View product	HashiCorp Vault by HashiCorp 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.	HashiCorp Vault covers dynamic secrets, data encryption as a service and PKI certificate engine for centralized secrets storage. Compare top Encryption tools.
Product type	Secrets management	Secrets & Encryption Management Platform
Best for	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government	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	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	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	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	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: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs	CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs
Compliance	IBM Cloud security and compliance controls	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM Cloud	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub
Industries	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment	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 Secrets Manager

by IBM

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HashiCorp Vault

by HashiCorp

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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.

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 Secrets Manager

Secrets management

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets & Encryption Management Platform

Best for

IBM Secrets Manager

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government

HashiCorp Vault

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

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Secrets Manager

Contact Vendor

HashiCorp Vault

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Secrets Manager

HashiCorp Vault

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaSCloud

HashiCorp Vault

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM Secrets Manager

SaaS; SaaS

HashiCorp Vault

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

Data residency

IBM Secrets Manager

Deployment and region dependent

HashiCorp Vault

Multi-region cloud; customer-hosted

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

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 Secrets Manager

HashiCorp Vault

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Secrets Manager

HashiCorp Vault

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Secrets Manager

HashiCorp Vault

Multi-tenant

IBM Secrets Manager

HashiCorp Vault

Mobile app

IBM Secrets Manager

HashiCorp Vault

Supported platforms

IBM Secrets Manager

Cloud workloadsapplicationsAPIs

HashiCorp Vault

CloudHybridKubernetesContainersVMs

Compliance

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud security and compliance controls

HashiCorp Vault

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FIPS 140-2GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM Cloud

HashiCorp Vault

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesTerraformOktaGitHub

Industries

IBM Secrets Manager

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernment

HashiCorp Vault

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailGovernmentCross-industry

Regions

IBM Secrets Manager

Global

HashiCorp Vault

GlobalNorth AmericaEuropeAsia-Pacific

Vendor

Company

IBM Secrets Manager

IBM

HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp

Headquarters

IBM Secrets Manager

Armonk, New York, USA

HashiCorp Vault

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

IBM Secrets Manager

250,000+

HashiCorp Vault

250,000+ (parent: IBM)

Founded

IBM Secrets Manager

1911

HashiCorp Vault

2012