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Comparison

Infisical vs OpenBao

On the evidence we track, Infisical leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Infisical full profile →OpenBao full profile →
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★Infisical69
OpenBao55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Infisical69 / 100medium · 67%
OpenBao55 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Model
Infisicalfreemium
OpenBaoopen_source
Price level
Infisicallow
OpenBaofree
Starting price
Infisical$18
OpenBao–
Transparent
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Integrations
Count
Infisical60
OpenBao5
Security
Certifications
InfisicalSOC 2, HIPAA, FIPS 140-3
OpenBao–
Disclosure policy
Infisical✓
OpenBao–
Gdpr
Infisical✓
OpenBao–
Hipaa
Infisical✓
OpenBao–
Scorecard
Infisical–
OpenBao8.6
Soc2
Infisical✓
OpenBao–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Infisical99.99
OpenBao–
Status page
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Infisical0
OpenBao0
Github stars
Infisical29,735
OpenBao8,417
Activity
Commits last 30d
Infisical100
OpenBao100
Release
Cadence days
Infisical1
OpenBao21
History
Infisical20 items
OpenBao20 items
License
Spdx
Infisical–
OpenBaoMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
InfisicalTypeScript
OpenBaoGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Infisical7 items
OpenBao6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for secrets management tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool type
InfisicalSecret store / engine
OpenBaoSecret store / engine
Dynamic (short-lived) secrets
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Deployment
Hosting
InfisicalCloud + self-hosted
OpenBaoCloud + self-hosted
Lifecycle
Automatic secret rotation
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Crypto
Encryption as a service (transit)
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Compliance
FIPS 140-2/3 validated crypto
Infisical✓
OpenBao-
HSM support
Infisical-
OpenBao-
Access
Fine-grained / identity-based policy
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Governance
Audit logging
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Integration
Kubernetes native (CRD / CSI / K8s auth)
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Scope
PKI / certificate authority
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Licensing
Open-source core
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
Infisical-
OpenBaoNone

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Infisical

Leader

Open-source platform for centralizing and securing application secrets, certificate lifecycle, and privileged access management. Includes automatic secret rotation, dynamic secret generation, and integration with deployment tools and infrastructure platforms.

Independently observed

OpenBao

A centralized system for storing and managing sensitive data like API keys and database credentials, with automatic credential generation for external systems, automatic expiration after a set lease period, and identity-based access controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Infisical

Leader
from $18/identity/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free self-hosted tier. Paid starting at $18/month per identity.

  • Community EditionFree
    • KV secrets storage
    • dynamic secrets
    • transit encryption
    • HTTP API
    • CLI
  • Paid Tier$18/month per identity with up to 50 integrations
    • fine-grained RBAC
    • secret rotation
    • dynamic secrets
    • PKI and certificate management
    • audit logging
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

OpenBao

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Infisical✓
OpenBao✗
Windows
Infisical✗
OpenBao✓
Linux
Infisical✗
OpenBao✓
CLI
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
Self-hosted
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓
On-premise
Infisical✓
OpenBao✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • LDAP

Infisical

Leader
26 total - 23 not shared
  • Checkly
  • Vercel
  • GitHub
  • Datadog
  • Anthropic
  • Slack
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • GitLab
  • GitHub Actions
  • Okta
  • Active Directory
  • Jira
  • GCP Certificate Manager
  • MCP
  • Heroku
  • Cloudflare
  • Google Cloud
  • Stripe
  • Keeper
  • Let's Encrypt
  • DigiCert
  • Microsoft AD CS
Independently observed

OpenBao

10 total - 7 not shared
  • PostgreSQL
  • S3
  • Flux
  • SOPS
  • Cosign
  • Azure KeyVault
  • Kerberos
Independently observed
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