HashiCorp Vault
A centralized platform for managing secrets, encryption operations, and access control across systems
- Also known as
- hashicorp-vault
What is HashiCorp Vault?
Provides secure secret storage, dynamic credential generation, encryption services, and fine-grained access control with detailed audit logging for applications and infrastructure.
HashiCorp Vault pricing
We don't have HashiCorp Vault's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What HashiCorp Vault does
The capabilities that matter for secrets management tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Tool type
- Secret store / engine
- Dynamic (short-lived) secrets
- ✓
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Automatic secret rotation
- ✓
- Encryption as a service (transit)
- ✓
- FIPS 140-2/3 validated crypto
- -
- HSM support
- ✓
- Fine-grained / identity-based policy
- ✓
- Audit logging
- ✓
- Kubernetes native (CRD / CSI / K8s auth)
- -
- PKI / certificate authority
- ✓
- Open-source core
- ✓
- CNCF maturity
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- AWS
- SQL databases
- Consul
- OCI
- Okta
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
HashiCorp Vault FAQ
Common questions about HashiCorp Vault, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is HashiCorp Vault?
Provides secure secret storage, dynamic credential generation, encryption services, and fine-grained access control with detailed audit logging for applications and infrastructure. It is indexed under Secrets Management Tools.
Source: https://www.vaultproject.io/
Is HashiCorp Vault free to use?
HashiCorp Vault is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.vaultproject.io/
What platforms does HashiCorp Vault support?
HashiCorp Vault supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.vaultproject.io/
Can HashiCorp Vault be self-hosted?
Yes. HashiCorp Vault can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.vaultproject.io/
What does HashiCorp Vault integrate with?
We have confirmed 5 integrations for HashiCorp Vault, including AWS, SQL databases, Consul, OCI and Okta. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.vaultproject.io/
What security certifications does HashiCorp Vault have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for HashiCorp Vault. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as HashiCorp Vault not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
HashiCorp Vault alternatives
Other secrets management tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AWS Secrets ManagerCentrally store, encrypt, and manage application secrets with automatic rotationmedium · 73%
- DopplerCentral platform for managing and distributing secrets and credentials across cloud-based infrastructuremedium · 72%
- InfisicalCentralized platform for managing secrets, certificates, and access credentials across infrastructuremedium · 68%
- AkeylessSecure identity and secret management for machines, AI agents, and human usersmedium · 73%
- OpenBaoAn open-source platform for storing and managing sensitive data and secretslow · 41%
- External Secrets OperatorA Kubernetes operator that automatically synchronizes secrets from external API services into your clusterlow · 42%
Compare HashiCorp Vault
Side by side against other secrets management tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for HashiCorp Vault, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 75 | 0.21 | 15.7 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.06 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.09 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 88 | 0.05 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.04 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 65 | 0.06 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Security score | 65 | 0.04 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 86 | 0.03 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.06 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pki ca: Yes · Hosting: both · Tool type: store · Hsm support: Yes · Audit logging: Yes · Dynamic secrets: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 6.5 | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fvault%2Fapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
| Gdpr | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
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