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Alternatives to Very Good Security
23 cybersecurity tools sit alongside Very Good Security in this directory. Below is what separates each from Very Good Security on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- 5
- Very Good Security starts at
- $1000/month
Why people look past Very Good Security
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Very Good Security entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Very Good Security starts at $1000/month. Across the 3 cybersecurity tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $2/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Very Good Security carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Manage secrets and protect sensitive data
- Can be used without paying; Very Good Security cannot.
- Starts $1000 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Per month.
- 2 tiers to Very Good Security's 3.
Financial infrastructure for the internet
- Can be used without paying; Very Good Security cannot.
- Starts $1000 a month cheaper, at Free.
The payments platform built for growth
- Starts $999.87 a per-transaction cheaper, at $0.13/per-transaction.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than Per month.
- 1 tier to Very Good Security's 3.
Free TOTP two-factor authentication app that gained optional cloud sync in 2023
- Can be used without paying; Very Good Security cannot.
- Sold on a Free, no in-app purchases model rather than Per month.
- 1 tier to Very Good Security's 3.
Real-time transaction fraud and financial crime detection for banks and payment processors
- Sold on a quote model rather than Per month.
- 1 tier to Very Good Security's 3.
Workforce and customer authentication from a certificate authority
- Starts $998 a month cheaper, at $2/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Per month.
- 2 tiers to Very Good Security's 3.
Every Very Good Security alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Good Security (this page) | $1000/month | Per month | 3 | |
| HashiCorp VaultIf you want to run secrets and encryption infrastructure yourself rather than route production traffic through a vendor | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs Very Good Security |
| StripeIf a single processor is acceptable and you would rather use its vault and never handle card data at all | Free | - | - | vs Very Good Security |
| AdyenIf you want the acquirer to hold tokens and you are not planning multi-processor routing | $0.13/per-transaction | Usage-based | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Google Authenticator | Free | Free, no in-app purchases | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Feedzai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Entrust Identity as a Service | $2/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs Very Good Security |
| Featurespace ARIC Risk Hub | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Dahua Technology | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Genetec Security Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Envysion | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| IDnow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Delinea | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Very Good Security |
| DTiQ | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| BeyondTrust | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| HID Global | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Fenergo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| March Networks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Jumio | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
| Camio | $4.99/month | Per camera per month | 2 | vs Very Good Security |
| Beyond Identity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Very Good Security |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Very Good Security badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- Stripe , Free
- Google Authenticator , Free
Cheaper than Very Good Security (5)
Entry price under Very Good Security's $1000/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- HashiCorp Vault , Free
- Stripe , Free
- Adyen , $0.13/per-transaction
- Entrust Identity as a Service , $2/month
- Camio , $4.99/month
What you would be giving up
Very Good Security is most often brought in for a marketplace facing its first pci dss level 1 assessment that wants to keep card data off its own estate rather than harden a dozen services, a merchant negotiating with a second acquirer that needs card credentials portable so the negotiation is real rather than theoretical, a fintech collecting bank account and identity documents that wants sensitive fields absent from logs, backups and analytics warehouses by construction, a card issuer that must display a full pan in its own mobile app without the app or its backend touching cardholder data. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Very Good Security is broadly right and the question is cost, the Very Good Security pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Cybersecurity category lists everything the directory holds, and best cybersecurity tools ranks them.
Very Good Security runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Very Good Security alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Very Good Security?
- 23 other cybersecurity tools are listed in this directory, led by HashiCorp Vault, Stripe, Adyen, Google Authenticator. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Very Good Security?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: HashiCorp Vault, Stripe, Google Authenticator.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Very Good Security?
- Yes. 5 of the alternatives below start under Very Good Security's $1000/month: HashiCorp Vault at Free, Stripe at Free, Adyen at $0.13/per-transaction, Entrust Identity as a Service at $2/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Very Good Security?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Very Good Security?
- Very Good Security is most often brought in for a marketplace facing its first pci dss level 1 assessment that wants to keep card data off its own estate rather than harden a dozen services, a merchant negotiating with a second acquirer that needs card credentials portable so the negotiation is real rather than theoretical, a fintech collecting bank account and identity documents that wants sensitive fields absent from logs, backups and analytics warehouses by construction, a card issuer that must display a full pan in its own mobile app without the app or its backend touching cardholder data. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Very Good Security?
- HashiCorp Vault is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Very Good Security alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Cybersecurity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Very Good Security against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Very Good Security covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every cybersecurity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Cybersecurity category, 23 tools beside Very Good Security. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.