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Product	Thales CipherTrust Manager by Thales View product	Entrust nShield HSM by Entrust View product
Overview
What it is	Thales CipherTrust Manager, from Thales, provides clustering. Common uses: master key management. Check deployment options and top Key Management competitors.	Entrust nShield HSM: physical tamper-evident enclosure and hardware cryptographic offload. Built for database TDE root. Compare Encryption alternatives.
Product type	Enterprise Key Management Appliance	Network Hardware Security Module
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology	Banking, Enterprise, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise IT, Government, Telecom
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Hardware appliance; VMware; AWS; Azure; GCP virtual appliances	On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance
Data residency	US; EU; UK; APAC; Global	On-premises deployment
Key features
What it offers	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	Physical tamper-evident enclosure Hardware cryptographic offload Root-of-trust protection Multi-tenant Cryptographic transaction processing Master key custody Database TDE root
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	Hardware ApplianceVMwareAWSAzureGCP	Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds
Compliance	FIPS 140-2/3Common CriteriaPCI DSSGDPR	FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWS KMSAzure Key VaultGoogle KMSVMwareNetAppSplunk	PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology	BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Thales	Entrust
Headquarters	Paris, France	Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Company size	80,000+	2,500+
Founded	1893	1969

Thales CipherTrust Manager

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Entrust nShield HSM

by Entrust

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Overview

What it is

Thales CipherTrust Manager

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

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust nShield HSM: physical tamper-evident enclosure and hardware cryptographic offload. Built for database TDE root. Compare Encryption alternatives.

Product type

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Enterprise Key Management Appliance

Entrust nShield HSM

Network Hardware Security Module

Best for

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology

Entrust nShield HSM

Banking, Enterprise, Defense, Financial Services, Enterprise IT, Government, Telecom

Pricing

Pricing model

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Contact Vendor

Entrust nShield HSM

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Entrust nShield HSM

Deployment

Deployment options

Thales CipherTrust Manager

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Entrust nShield HSM

On-Premise

Deployment details

Thales CipherTrust Manager

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

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises hardware; Dedicated hardware security appliance

Data residency

Thales CipherTrust Manager

US; EU; UK; APAC; Global

Entrust nShield HSM

On-premises deployment

Key features

What it offers

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

Entrust nShield HSM

Physical tamper-evident enclosure
Hardware cryptographic offload
Root-of-trust protection
Multi-tenant
Cryptographic transaction processing
Master key custody
Database TDE root

Platform & access

API access

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Entrust nShield HSM

Single sign-on (SSO)

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Entrust nShield HSM

Role-based access (RBAC)

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Entrust nShield HSM

Multi-tenant

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Entrust nShield HSM

Mobile app

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Entrust nShield HSM

Supported platforms

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Hardware ApplianceVMwareAWSAzureGCP

Entrust nShield HSM

Enterprise NetworksFinancial Clouds

Compliance

Thales CipherTrust Manager

FIPS 140-2/3Common CriteriaPCI DSSGDPR

Entrust nShield HSM

FIPS 140-2 Level 3Common Criteria EAL4+

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Thales CipherTrust Manager

AWS KMSAzure Key VaultGoogle KMSVMwareNetAppSplunk

Entrust nShield HSM

PKCS#11Microsoft CNGJava JCAWeb serversDatabase engines

Industries

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology

Entrust nShield HSM

BankingEnterpriseDefenseFinancial ServicesEnterprise ITGovernment+1 more

Regions

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Global

Entrust nShield HSM

Global

Vendor

Company

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Thales

Entrust nShield HSM

Entrust

Headquarters

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Paris, France

Entrust nShield HSM

Shakopee, Minnesota, USA

Company size

Thales CipherTrust Manager

80,000+

Entrust nShield HSM

2,500+

Founded

Thales CipherTrust Manager

1893

Entrust nShield HSM

1969