Dec 12, 2021
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We compared HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
HashiCorp Vault is praised for its security, ease of use, and ROI, while AWS Secrets Manager stands out for its efficient integration with AWS services and user-friendly interface. HashiCorp Vault offers flexibility in pricing and setup, whereas AWS Secrets Manager is commended for its competitive pricing and straightforward setup process. Both products have areas for improvement, with HashiCorp Vault focusing on user interface enhancements and AWS Secrets Manager on clearer documentation and better integration with other AWS services.
Features: HashiCorp Vault excels in providing superb security measures, comprehensive functionality, and seamless integration with other tools and platforms. On the other hand, AWS Secrets Manager focuses on secure data storage, efficient integration with AWS services, and robust security measures.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for HashiCorp Vault is minimal, making it easy to get started. Users appreciate the affordability and flexibility of the pricing and licensing options. On the other hand, AWS Secrets Manager also offers competitive pricing and ensures a straightforward setup. The licensing is flexible and caters to diverse needs., HashiCorp Vault offers enhanced security, control over access privileges, compliance, efficiency, and integration, while AWS Secrets Manager provides cost-effective and secure management, easy integration, and automated secret rotation.
Room for Improvement: HashiCorp Vault has room for improvement in areas such as user interface, documentation, integration, scalability, and performance. AWS Secrets Manager, on the other hand, needs enhancements in documentation, examples, integration with other AWS services, and user interface.
Deployment and customer support: Users reported varying durations for establishing a new tech solution using HashiCorp Vault. Some took 3 months for deployment and an extra week for setup, while others required only a week for both. AWS Secrets Manager also had varied durations, with users taking up to 3 months for deployment or just a week. When mentioned separately, deployment and setup should be considered distinct phases, but if the same timeframe is given, they should be assumed to refer to the same period., Users have expressed satisfaction with HashiCorp Vault's customer service and support, appreciating the prompt and helpful assistance received. Similarly, AWS Secrets Manager has also received positive feedback for their knowledgeable and efficient responses, effectively addressing and resolving customer issues.
The summary above is based on 18 interviews we conducted recently with HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
AWS Secrets Manager helps you protect secrets needed to access your applications, services, and IT resources. The service enables you to easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle.
HashiCorp Vault is a cloud-agnostic solution used for security and secret management. Its valuable features include integration with other HashiCorp tools, token sharing, open source nature, cloud agnosticism, and on-the-fly encryption management.
The solution provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications. It is free to use, and the interface is simple to navigate. HashiCorp Vault has helped organizations with its multiple authentication methods and RESTful API.
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Reviews from Real Users
“The greatest benefit of HashiCorp is its ability to manage encryption on the fly. It provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications, which was really attractive. The lifecycle of a key is so easy to manage in terms of rotating, revoking, and issuing. They have different auth methods, and I tried all different auth methods. It is seamless.”- Project Manager at a comms service provider.
“The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is that it's an open source solution. Second, it's cloud-agnostic, so it's very easy to maintain and control, which is why we prefer HashiCorp. “ - Mohamed A., Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat.
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