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AWS Certificate Manager vs Azure Key Vault comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Certificate Manager
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Azure Key Vault
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Certificate Management Software category, the mindshare of AWS Certificate Manager is 37.0%, up from 36.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 39.2%, up from 35.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Istiyak Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates secure data transfer across websites by managing SSL certificates
I use AWS Certificate Manager primarily for managing SSL certificates. This includes issuing certificates for domains hosted in different environments and integrating them with Elastic Load Balancer and EC2 instances AWS Certificate Manager facilitates secure data transfer across websites by…
RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Secret storage and certificate management have been streamlined
I am not on the developer's end. I am primarily the main infrastructure person. I'm not sure what needs improvement. Sometimes, we face issues that the support team is not aware of, necessitating investigation from their end. For example, one of our certificates was not getting deployed, and during that time, the support team was unsure and had to connect with the back-end team for assistance. Improvements can be made in this area, however, it's understandable that not everything can be perfect.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is easy to generate, easy to use, easy to integrate, and very cost-effective."
"It offers encryption with specific algorithms for better management."
"The solution has an import dashboard where we can import the certificates or create new certificates."
"The most valuable features are definitely the alerts."
"It provides a secure and centralized location for managing and protecting sensitive information, making it an essential component for enhancing the security."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It only took a few minutes."
"The product’s advantageous feature is integration."
"We use Azure Key Vault for securing secret connection streams, like API secrets, Azure services Secret Key, and AD Client Secret."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Key Vault is the secret storage of data."
"The product rating is ten out of ten."
"I would say it's granular controller who can access them."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Key Vault are the security and convenience of changing passwords in multiple places."
 

Cons

"Maybe more integration with third-party certificate authorities would be useful."
"One potential improvement could be enabling the extraction of the certificate as a file to be used outside of AWS, even with an additional charge."
"The AWS Certificate Manager's technical support team is sometimes unavailable."
"Currently, there is no option to customize beyond the default settings, and it would be beneficial to have the ability to customize certificates to fit specific requirements."
"One area for improvement is the notification system for secret expiration. It would be beneficial if the service could handle this more autonomously, eliminating the need for additional integrations."
"Azure Key Vault takes time to fetch values while integrating it with the code written in .NET format."
"I would rate the stability of Microsoft Azure Key Vault an eight out of ten. We use the solution in the data science field. If there is some outage, we did not notice any prolonged outage which would affect our business significantly while working with it."
"They should improve its policies, which sometimes reapplied but don't sync properly between the Key vault and the role-based access. When I put some roles on the user side, it sometimes misses the end data to secure."
"Many times, the first round of support itself will fail, and they will bring some more competent people in the subsequent support. So it gets into a hierarchical mode. By then, we will lose a good amount of time. The technical support needs improvement."
"We encountered a few problems where Azure had infrastructure problems like the DMS."
"While the solution already does a great job of managing keys, the solution could probably look at maybe expanding more into mobile devices and endpoints."
"It would be great if Azure allowed more third-party vendors into the ecosystem."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Currently, the tool's monthly licensing costs are around 1,800 USD for all the environments combined, including the production and pre-production environments."
"Key Vault, like every Azure service, has a cost associated with it, but you don't have to spend thousands of dollars to spin up an environment to build a key management system. It's already there."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive."
"There are no extra costs beyond the standard fees, beyond maybe data transfer charges. It's $0.025 per 10,000 data transactions, so it is quite cheap."
"You don't need to pay for a license for Azure Key Vault. It is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis."
"Pricing is quite reasonable and support is included, although premium support is available for an additional fee."
"It is a cheap option."
"The cost of the Azure Key Vault is very high and the pricing model is based on the number of keys that you store and retrieve."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
6%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Certificate Manager?
The solution has an import dashboard where we can import the certificates or create new certificates.
What needs improvement with AWS Certificate Manager?
There is room for improvement in AWS Certificate Manager with more customization options for the certificate bits. Currently, there is no option to customize beyond the default settings, and it wou...
What is your primary use case for AWS Certificate Manager?
I use AWS Certificate Manager primarily for managing SSL certificates. This includes issuing certificates for domains hosted in different environments and integrating them with Elastic Load Balance...
Which is better - Azure Key Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?
Azure Key Vault is a SaaS solution. You can easily store passwords and secrets securely and encrypt them. Azure Key Vault is a great solution to ensure you are compliant with security and governanc...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Key Vault?
With Azure Key Vault, we can generate our own keys and then import them inside the system, which provides a higher level of security than provider-managed keys.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Key Vault?
The setup cost is low, as my usage is not extensive. I would classify it as low priced.
 

Also Known As

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Microsoft Azure Key Vault, MS Azure Key Vault
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Adobe, DriveTime, Johnson Controls, HP, InterContinental Hotels Group, ASOS
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