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Azure Key Vault vs HashiCorp Vault comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Key Vault
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Certificate Management Software (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (14th)
HashiCorp Vault
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 28.3%, down from 29.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HashiCorp Vault is 14.8%, down from 18.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Password Managers
 

Featured Reviews

Prateek Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2022
Allows us to securely store our keys to prevent unauthorized access to unwanted users
The solution has improved our organization. It allows us to securely store our keys to prevent unauthorized access to unwanted users. We have applications that are stored in a large volume of data. If an unwanted user wants to access the application, it prompts for the key. The solution has positively affected our end-user experience because our applications are being accessed through APIs from different geographies, different locations, and different users. Azure is good at authenticating only the real users. It provides a good user experience because the authentication is done within seconds. Data is our top priority. All of the keys are secured in an encrypted way, so it provides a return on investment to our organization.
KishoreKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 15, 2024
Useful for machine-to-machine communication and has secret engine feature
The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applications, making it easy to set up and implement quickly. This allows you to test it easily and see good results rapidly. When you integrate an internal API or application, it quickly manages that application's secrets. The access management feature in HashiCorp is great, especially if you are considering situations where users are getting onboarded. They can manage their passwords themselves, and it integrates well with Active Directory or any other directory services. This is particularly useful for user management and applications that communicate with each other without human intervention.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product's integration capabilities are good."
"Azure Key Vault is very affordable, with charges of less than a dollar for over ten thousand keys."
"I am satisfied with the product overall."
"All its features are really valuable. It's really well thought-out. It's a complete turnkey solution that has all the concerns taken care of, such as access control and management. You can use it in infrastructure as code to create key vaults, APIs, PowerShells, CLIs, even Terraform."
"The centralized storage and secure storage are features we like."
"It provides a secure and centralized location for managing and protecting sensitive information, making it an essential component for enhancing the security."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to store secrets securely and encrypt them. It is pretty easy and straightforward to use."
"The product’s advantageous feature is integration."
"The solution is stable. It has been working perfectly without any problem."
"It is an added value for our customers to have a Secrets Management workflow available that is PaaS/CaaS/KaaS Platform agnostic."
"For me, the most valuable features include that it's easy to manage and maintain the password API for retrieving passwords and other things."
"The tool's dynamic rotation of the password credentials is good."
"The product is free and easy to use. It is well documented with an easy implementation process."
"It's stable. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"We were using it because we have compliance requirements around secret management. Having a secure vault and encrypting data was an additional requirement. When we looked at it first, we were just looking for a vault, like a lockbox. 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."
"It can still be configured by a separate team other than developers. That's why I think it's more secure."
 

Cons

"The slow response from the support team is one of the shortcomings of the solution that needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its cost."
"If the region where the Azure Key Vault data center is hosted goes down, it would be a cumbersome task since our company will have to come up with a different Azure Key Vault and migrate all the secrets or keys into it."
"Inability to access the solution on the phone."
"The initial setup could be less complex for first-time users."
"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."
"Users should be able to segregate the passwords."
"While it's very reliable in terms of stability, there's always room for improvement."
"The product needs to improve its customization. It should be also more like easy to plug and play."
"The technical support was hard to get a hold of and lacking in service."
"I don't think there are any major improvements required—so far, so good. However, I think that having more training materials, such as videos, and documentation available would be helpful. I would prefer to have more videos available either on the official site or on YouTube."
"The solution could be much easier to implement."
"The solution's initial setup process is complicated."
"It would be helpful to have more advanced features."
"The documentation is very general; it should have more examples and more use cases."
"The onboarding is a challenge. It should be more self-service, but it involves reviews and approvals."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Azure is cheaper than CyberArk... CyberArk is good, but it's quite expensive."
"I give the price of the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is less expensive compared to other competitors."
"Currently, the tool's monthly licensing costs are around 1,800 USD for all the environments combined, including the production and pre-production environments."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive."
"The product has good pricing."
"Azure Key Vault is expensive."
"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."
"The solution's cost is reasonable."
"In my case, the open-source version works well. It's advisable for small to medium-scale organizations, but for large-scale organizations, you should go with the enterprise version."
"It could do everything we wanted it to do and it is brilliant, but it is super pricey. To be fair to HashiCorp, we drove the price up with our requirements around resiliency. Because of the nature of our company, we don't really operate in the cloud."
"The AWS version is much cheaper than HashiCorp Vault."
"The product is expensive."
"I am using the open-source version of Vault and I would have to buy a license if I want to get support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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?
Azure Key Vault is a very, very expensive solution. Currently, the solution's pricing is based on the number of transactions, which is very high in some cases.
Which is better - HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?
HashiCorp Vault was designed with your needs in mind. One of the features that makes this evident is its ability to work as both a cloud-agnostic and a multi-cloud solution. As a cloud-agnostic sol...
What do you like most about HashiCorp Vault?
The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applications, making it easy to set up and implement quickly. This allows you to test it...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HashiCorp Vault?
The enterprise version would require considering factors like the level of support needed, the amount of secret data being stored, and replication needs. But in my case, the open-source version wor...
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Key Vault, MS Azure Key Vault
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Sample Customers

Adobe, DriveTime, Johnson Controls, HP, InterContinental Hotels Group, ASOS
Adobe, SAP Ariba, Citadel, Spaceflight, Cruise
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