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Product	Thales CipherTrust Manager by Thales View product	IBM Key Protect by IBM 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.	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.
Product type	Enterprise Key Management Appliance	Key management service
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; On-premises; Hybrid; Hardware appliance; VMware; AWS; Azure; GCP virtual appliances	SaaS; SaaS
Data residency	US; EU; UK; APAC; Global	Deployment and region dependent
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	IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle. Key management Encryption Cryptography HSM BYOK Key lifecycle
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	IBM Cloud
Compliance	FIPS 140-2/3Common CriteriaPCI DSSGDPR	FIPS HSM protection available by tier
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWS KMSAzure Key VaultGoogle KMSVMwareNetAppSplunk	IBM Cloud StandardDedicated
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Thales	IBM
Headquarters	Paris, France	Armonk, New York, USA
Company size	80,000+	250,000+
Founded	1893	1911

Thales CipherTrust Manager

by Thales

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IBM Key Protect

by IBM

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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.

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.

Product type

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Enterprise Key Management Appliance

IBM Key Protect

Key management service

Best for

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology

IBM Key Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Contact Vendor

IBM Key Protect

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Thales CipherTrust Manager

IBM Key Protect

Deployment

Deployment options

Thales CipherTrust Manager

CloudHybridOn-Premise

IBM Key Protect

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Thales CipherTrust Manager

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

IBM Key Protect

SaaS; SaaS

Data residency

Thales CipherTrust Manager

US; EU; UK; APAC; Global

IBM Key Protect

Deployment and region dependent

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

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

Platform & access

API access

Thales CipherTrust Manager

IBM Key Protect

Single sign-on (SSO)

Thales CipherTrust Manager

IBM Key Protect

Role-based access (RBAC)

Thales CipherTrust Manager

IBM Key Protect

Multi-tenant

Thales CipherTrust Manager

IBM Key Protect

Mobile app

Thales CipherTrust Manager

IBM Key Protect

Supported platforms

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Hardware ApplianceVMwareAWSAzureGCP

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud

Compliance

Thales CipherTrust Manager

FIPS 140-2/3Common CriteriaPCI DSSGDPR

IBM Key Protect

FIPS HSM protection available by tier

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Thales CipherTrust Manager

AWS KMSAzure Key VaultGoogle KMSVMwareNetAppSplunk

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud StandardDedicated

Industries

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareTechnology

IBM Key Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Regions

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Global

IBM Key Protect

Global

Vendor

Company

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Thales

IBM Key Protect

IBM

Headquarters

Thales CipherTrust Manager

Paris, France

IBM Key Protect

Armonk, New York, USA

Company size

Thales CipherTrust Manager

80,000+

IBM Key Protect

250,000+

Founded

Thales CipherTrust Manager

1893

IBM Key Protect

1911