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HashiCorp Vault

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Overview

What HashiCorp Vault does

HashiCorp Vault is a tool for managing secrets and protecting sensitive data. It provides secure storage, dynamic secrets, encryption as a service, and identity-based access.

What people use it for

  • Secrets management
  • Database credentials
  • API keys
  • SSH access
  • PKI and certificates

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about HashiCorp Vault.

  • Policies are written in HCL with no graphical user interface for policy management or editing
  • Unsealing requires managing multiple key shares and coordinating a quorum of operators
  • Community Edition lacks enterprise features like namespaces and disaster recovery replication
  • Requires additional monitoring solutions for alerting and observability

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Pricing

What HashiCorp Vault costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Open Source

Free

  • Secrets management
  • Encryption
  • Community support
  • Self-hosted

Vault Enterprise

$6,000 /yr

  • Replication
  • HSM support
  • Advanced audit
  • 24/7 support

Capabilities

Features

  • Secret storage

    Secret storage capability

  • Dynamic secrets

    Dynamic secrets capability

  • Encryption as a service

    Encryption as a service capability

  • Identity-based access

    Identity-based access capability

  • Audit logging

    Audit logging capability

  • Leasing and renewal

    Leasing and renewal capability

  • Secret engines

    Secret engines capability

  • Auth methods

    Auth methods capability

  • Terraform

    Integration with Terraform

  • Kubernetes

    Integration with Kubernetes

  • AWS

    Integration with AWS

  • Azure

    Integration with Azure

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Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Does HashiCorp Vault have a free version?

Yes. The open-source Community Edition is completely free and includes core secrets management, dynamic secrets, and encryption as a service. It is self-hosted with no licensing fees or secret count limits, but lacks enterprise features like namespaces, disaster recovery replication, and Sentinel policies.

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Can I use HashiCorp Vault in production?

The Community Edition is suitable for non-production environments and small teams. For production deployments, organizations typically use HCP Vault Dedicated (managed cloud service starting at approximately 22 USD per month) or Vault Enterprise with custom pricing that includes disaster recovery, performance replication, and 24/7 support.

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What are the main integrations available?

Vault integrates with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Active Directory, Okta, and 80+ other platforms. It supports dynamic credential generation for cloud providers, database systems, and identity services, enabling centralized secret management across multi-cloud infrastructure.

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Does Vault work offline?

Vault requires network connectivity to function as it is a centralized secrets management server. However, it can be deployed on-premises for air-gapped environments, and clients can cache short-lived tokens for temporary offline access once authenticated.

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Behind it

Who makes HashiCorp Vault

Company
HashiCorp
Based in
San Francisco, CA
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