--- description: Review of Vault Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Vault | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Privileged Access Management Software](/directory/4241/privileged-access-management/software) > [Vault](/software/121528/vault) # Vault Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/121528/vault Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/121528/vault?page=2) > Vault by HashiCorp is a cloud-based encryption and secrets management solution, which helps small to large organizations securely store and control access to passwords, tokens, certificates, encryption keys and various other confidential data. Features include disaster recovery, replication, audit logs, key rolling and multi-factor authentication. Vault’s Primary use cases include: - Static \& Dynamic Secrets Management - Secrets Rotation - Identity Brokering - Data Encryption - Certificate Management - Secret Scanning. Vault has several versions including: - Self Managed Vault Enterprise - HCP Vault Dedicated - HCP Secrets (Multi-Tenant) The application enables users to create, remove and rotate secrets, manage authorization and generate time-based tokens for automatic or manual revocation. Administrators can create and manage policies to authorize access across infrastructure and detect user identities through their logins. It also allows enterprises to protect sensitive data with one-way masking and two-way transformations. Vault offers integration with multiple third-party applications such as Microsoft Azure, Okta, MySQL, MongoDB and more. It is an open-source platform and pricing for enterprises is available on request. Support is extended via documentation, forum and online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 9 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 9 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: HashiCorp - **Founded**: 2012 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$1.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Vault includes a free trial and an open-source version. Contact HashiCorp for details about paid subscriptions. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Application Access Control - Application Encryption - Approval Process Control - Audit Trail - Authentication - Compliance Management - Configurable Workflow - Credential Management - Disk Encryption - Endpoint Management - Key Management - Least Privilege - Password Management - Policy Management - Remote Access Management - Role-Based Permissions - Secure Data Storage - Third-Party Integrations ## Integrations (7 total) - Chef Enterprise Automation Stack - Circonus - Datadog - GitHub - Google Cloud - Microsoft Azure - Okta ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) ## Category - [Privileged Access Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4241/privileged-access-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Privileged Access Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4241/privileged-access-management/software) - [Network Security Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4170/network-security/software) - [Encryption Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4659/encryption/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[BeyondTrust Remote Support](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/127126/bomgar) — 4.6/5 (2009 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Industry standard vault for secrets storage and management" — 5.0/5 > **Ionut Alexandru** | *7 December 2023* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Has both API, terminal and UI acces, is easy to setup in every cloud as product and on-premise, license is still admisible and is easy to build and integrate with products and DevOps tools. > > **Cons**: Its backup can ba a bit simpler, it think is overcomplicated. > > My experience are both setup a Vault solution and storage and consume between system and user, intragrate with clouds for OIDC SSO. ----- ### "Great product, best API out there and simple to deploy" — 5.0/5 > **Sam** | *13 January 2025* | Airlines/Aviation | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The most usable password management system I've used, best API too very intuitive. > > **Cons**: Sometimes doesn't feel as robust as other solutions, you can really tell the quality between a robust product and something any less. Sometimes errors are returned needing a refresh. > > Overall great, easiest to deploy and a great API making integration working well. ----- ### "Very useful for data management" — 4.0/5 > **Carla** | *8 July 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Vault allows users to monitor and control their work. > > **Cons**: Nothing special to mention. Overall it is a great software ----- ### "Great addon for secrets management in pipelines." — 5.0/5 > **Mo** | *15 February 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I use vault for secrets management Jenkins pipelines which was really easy to setup and test retrieval with the vault plugin. We can separate secrets in different directories and add RBAC so admins can only read > > **Cons**: Will like to have a Hashicorp plugin in the Azure DevOps marketplace for easier integration. ----- ### "Vault - A Secret Management Tool" — 4.0/5 > **Sakshi** | *8 October 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: First of all it's easy to use, and it integrates with several applications like Bitbucket(source code management),GitHub,Jenkins etc. One can use vault to store credentials, auths, tokens, certificates..Vault provide a secure environment to the credentials and there is no chances of hacking.Best secret management tool. > > **Cons**: There is no such disadvantage/dislike for Vault. I personally feel setup is little bit difficult for vault.Also the UI could be better.Else everything is good\!\! > > Vault is definitely a great tool for secret storage.It helps me alot to store the credentials of many repositories from Bitbucket. It solves my problem of keeping the useful secrets safe also vault provide a good feature to retrieve the secrets which are already stored in vault. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/121528/vault?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/121528/vault) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data