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HashiCorp Vault

byIBM
in
4.3
Market Presence: Privileged Access Management, Tokenization Platform

Overview

Product Information on HashiCorp Vault

Updated 13th October 2025

What is HashiCorp Vault?

HashiCorp Vault is a software designed to manage secrets and protect sensitive data in distributed systems. It provides centralized storage for encryption keys, passwords, certificates, and other confidential information, allowing organizations to implement access controls and auditing for secret management. The software supports dynamic secret generation, key rotation, and leasing, helping to reduce the risks associated with hard-coded credentials and manual processes. HashiCorp Vault integrates with various authentication systems and infrastructure, enabling automated workflows and secure communication between applications and services. By supporting policy-driven security measures, the software addresses business concerns related to data breaches, regulatory compliance, and secure DevOps practices.

HashiCorp Vault Pricing

HashiCorp Vault software is offered under a subscription-based pricing model with multiple tiers that can include both self-managed and managed options. Pricing for the software typically varies based on required features, deployment type, and scale, which may include user, instance, or capacity-based metrics. Some versions may offer limited free usage, while advanced capabilities require a paid license.

Overall experience with HashiCorp Vault

Security Engineer
500M - 1B USD, Software
FAVORABLE

“Flexible Scaling and Multiple Use Cases Weighed Against Considerable License Costs”

4.0
Sep 17, 2025
It offers so many possible use cases and works incredibly well for the integrations used. From the installation until running in production its simple to setup. Depending on the complexity you can scale up really well.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
1B - 3B USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Useful tool for privilege access management”

3.0
Sep 21, 2022
Useful tool for privilege access management with multiple features and a well defined roadmap.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 15th January 2024

IBM is a well-established entity focused on technology and development. The primary mission revolves around fostering technological growth and enhancing infrastructure, achieved through focused developments and consulting services. By encouraging inventiveness and innovation, it is geared towards facilitating the transition of theoretical ideas into practical realities, thus improving global functionalities. IBM brings about transformation by creating advanced solutions that reshape and redefine the world.

Company Details

Updated 15th January 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1911
Head office location
Armonk, New York, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.ibm.com

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Performance of HashiCorp Vault Across Market Features

HashiCorp Vault Likes & Dislikes

Like

The easy integration and many possible use cases. What I like most about Vault is its robust approach to secrets management and access control. It provides fine.grained policies, dynamic secrets and strong integration with identity providers, making it incredibly secure and flexible for amanging sensitive data across distributed systems.

Like

Good for secret and token management. It also provides encryption capabilities

Like

Rather than relying on updating a bunch of environment variables across all the different environments, we let HashiCorp do that for us. Credentials are securely stored away as secrets that can be easily retrieved through the application. So we have one centralized place where we can store and manage all credentials.

Dislike

The cost for the licenses are considerable, depending on the complexity. What I additionally dislike most is the steep learning curve, especially when setting up advanced configurations like dynamic secrets.

Dislike

Steep learning curve and is complex to manage roles and policies

Dislike

It can be a bit expensive when used across multiple regions like our application uses it for. It can also be complex to set up without someone who has strong expertise regarding things like this.

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HashiCorp Vault Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 76 ratings and reviews for Privileged Access Management market. View all 81 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.3

(76 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
43%
4 Star
51%
3 Star
5%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • Security Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Flexible Scaling and Multiple Use Cases Weighed Against Considerable License Costs

    4.0
    Sep 17, 2025
    It offers so many possible use cases and works incredibly well for the integrations used. From the installation until running in production its simple to setup. Depending on the complexity you can scale up really well.
  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Centralized Credential Management Streamlines Updates Across Applications and Databases

    4.0
    Sep 8, 2025
    Great service we use to update our credentials for our various services and DBs.
  • LEAD CLOUD ARCHITECT
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Cloud Modernisation Enhanced by HCP Vault, Yet Client Caps Pose Design Challenges

    4.0
    Jun 23, 2025
    We have moved to HCP Vault as part of a modernisation of our cloud management approach.
  • Technical Delivery Lead
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Using Hashicorp Vault to secure organization secrets and credentials

    4.0
    Apr 15, 2025
    The Product provides the the required technology platform to securely manage credentials in the organization
  • Business Process Automation & IA (Associ
    <50M USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Elevating Access Control with HashiCorp Vault enterprise software

    4.0
    Aug 12, 2024
    HashiCorp Vault is our tool of choice for privileged access management and a central store for passwords and secrets in a large company. It will allow to integrate with your company's systems to provision new users with their passwords automatically stored inside the vault. The user will not need to see or get in touch with the password as it will be automatically pulled when needed (API integration required). No clear text password needs to leave the vault or needs to be stored in another credential store other than the HashiCorp Vault.
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