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Bitwarden vs HashiCorp Vault comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.6
Bitwarden's support is praised for its friendliness, responsiveness, and comprehensive resources, offering prompt assistance and excellent follow-up.
No sentiment score available
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Bitwarden is scalable for teams and personal use, suitable for small to mid-sized companies, with support for large deployments.
Sentiment score
7.5
HashiCorp Vault offers robust scalability, performing well on Kubernetes, with scalability ratings of seven to eight out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.9
Bitwarden is highly stable and reliable, seamlessly integrating with major browsers, though sometimes facing issues with Brave or Safari.
Sentiment score
7.7
HashiCorp Vault is stable with high ratings despite occasional issues, praised for machine communication but limited for regional scaling.
 

Room For Improvement

Bitwarden users want improved security, automation, integration, affordable pricing, better syncing, credential duplication, fast access, and optimized passkey functionality.
HashiCorp Vault struggles with cloud integration, documentation, costs, UI, support, automation, customization, stability, pricing, and plugin features.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Bitwarden reasonably priced, particularly benefiting from its open-source nature and sufficient basic plan features.
HashiCorp Vault's enterprise edition offers valuable features but is costly, with some users finding the pricing model confusing.
 

Valuable Features

Bitwarden excels in affordability, security, and user-friendly features, including password generation, emergency access, and vault health reports.
Consul offers seamless integration, robust encryption, and user-friendly APIs for secure, cloud-agnostic management with easy CI/CD expansion.
 

Categories and Ranking

Bitwarden
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
8th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HashiCorp Vault
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of Bitwarden is 3.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HashiCorp Vault is 14.9%, down from 17.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Password Managers
 

Featured Reviews

Marcus Quinn - PeerSpot reviewer
Good Documentation, reliable, zero failure and fast
I often use another password manager as well to keep my passwords separate, ensuring redundancy. But one simple thing Bitwarden could improve is providing an option to duplicate credentials. Often, you're creating many sets of credentials for the same thing. If they all have the same information, notes, login, collection, and naming - all you're changing is the password. The ability to duplicate credential records quickly would be a big win. It doesn't do that right now. A feature I appreciate in another app, EndPass, is a shortcut that opens a mini window for quick access to credentials. Bitwarden could benefit from something like this, in addition to duplicating credentials. Other functionalities like team management and collections in Bitwarden are already simple. It doesn't need much more. We appreciate the simplicity and slow evolution rather than being overwhelmed with unnecessary features. It doesn't need to be pretty, just functional and accessible. And accessibility is crucial. If you're deploying to many people resistant to change, accessibility can be an objection. When someone claims they can't use a tool because of an accessibility issue, you're faced with a compliance challenge. Bitwarden does well in this regard. Still, accessibility should never be overlooked in favor of features. As you add more features, you potentially increase complexity and risk.
KishoreKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Bitwarden?
I've found something else that is extremely valuable. Bitwarden refers to it as "emergency access". It's essentially a digital legacy where you can assign approved users who can request access. If ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bitwarden?
The product is not costly. I pay $10 per month. I use the basic plan, so I don't need the higher plan with more compliance features.
What needs improvement with Bitwarden?
The functionality to fully utilize passkeys could be improved. The last time I spoke to support, they said the development team was working on it. So far, it's working okay on my personal devices. ...
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...
 

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Sample Customers

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Adobe, SAP Ariba, Citadel, Spaceflight, Cruise
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