# Akeyless vs Azure Key Vault

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Akeyless

| Attribute | Akeyless | Azure Key Vault |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.7 (73% (medium)) | 50 (6% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-native SaaS platform that manages secrets and machine identities across environments, enabling organizations to use short-lived ephemeral credentials instead of static secrets for secure access. | - |
| features.capabilities | `{"pki_ca":true,"hosting":"both","tool_type":"store","hsm_support":true,"audit_logging":true,"fips_validated":true,"dynamic_secrets":true,"secret_rotation":true,"kubernetes_native":true,"fine_grained_policy":true,"encryption_as_a_service":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","tool_type":"store"}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Secret Manager"},{"name":"Azure Key Vault"},{"name":"GCP Secret Manager"},{"name":"Kubernetes Secrets"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver"}]` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.akeyless.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:06:41.300Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Secrets Management Tools)

| Capability | Akeyless | Azure Key Vault |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool type | Secret store / engine | Secret store / engine |
| Dynamic (short-lived) secrets | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| **Lifecycle** |  |  |
| Automatic secret rotation | ✓ | - |
| **Crypto** |  |  |
| Encryption as a service (transit) | ✓ | - |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| FIPS 140-2/3 validated crypto | ✓ | - |
| HSM support | ✓ | - |
| **Access** |  |  |
| Fine-grained / identity-based policy | ✓ | - |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Audit logging | ✓ | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Kubernetes native (CRD / CSI / K8s auth) | ✓ | - |
| **Scope** |  |  |
| PKI / certificate authority | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source core | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:31:52.214Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*