# AWS Secrets Manager

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/aws-secrets-manager
- **Category:** Secrets Management Tools
- **Homepage:** https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/
- **Also known as:** aws-secrets-manager
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:30:55.265Z

## Vioscale score

**44.8 / 100**, confidence 51% (medium).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.047 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 0.105 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 0.07 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 20 | 0.234 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 0.058 | 4.6 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/). Independently observed._

Usage-based · Free tier

> Usage-based pricing. Free tier available for 6 months with $200 credits for new customers. No upfront costs or contracts.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | Pay per secret stored per month and per 10,000 API calls | - | - |

### Pay-as-you-go

- Rotate secrets automatically
- Replicate secrets for disaster recovery
- Fine-grained IAM access control
- Audit and monitor secret usage
- Integration with AWS logging and monitoring services

## About

AWS Secrets Manager helps you encrypt, manage, and retrieve secrets throughout their lifecycle. Enables automatic rotation, centralized storage, and fine-grained access control for credentials, API keys, and other sensitive data.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Secrets Management Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Tool type | Secret store / engine |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud only |
| **Core** | |
| Dynamic (short-lived) secrets | ✓ |
| **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 | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.aws.amazon.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/security) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/aws-secrets-manager). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*