Best Secrets Management Tools

Researched and written by Lauren Worth

Secrets management tools help companies securely store, transmit, and manage sensitive digital authentication credentials such as passwords, SSH keys, API keys, database passwords, certificates like TLS/SSL certificates or private certificates, tokens, encryption keys, privileged credentials, and other secrets.

Companies use these tools to manage their secrets across their IT ecosystem centrally. These tools reduce the risks associated with poor and manual secrets management, such as hardcoding secrets into scripts, using default passwords, sharing passwords, and not rotating credentials. Secrets management tools replace fragmented and manual secrets management and provide central visibility, oversight, and management of a company’s credentials, keys, and other secrets across departments. Most commonly, these tools are used by software developers, security professionals, and IT operations teams (DevOps or DevSecOps).

Secrets management tools are similar to but more robust than encryption key management software, which focuses on the storage, use, and rotation of encryption keys. Similarly, there is an overlap between secrets management and privileged access management (PAM) software. While security-focused PAM solutions offer secrets management, they also offer more robust security functions for enforcing least privilege policies with access controls, monitoring and recording privileged sessions, and alerting suspicious activity. Some secrets management solutions are built into platforms or cloud providers directly. In contrast, other solutions augment that functionality by offering a universal and centralized approach to secrets management, regardless of platform, using integrations.

To qualify for the Secrets Management category, a product must:

  • Centrally manage keys and other secrets
  • Securely store secrets with encryption and tokenization
  • Automate pushing secrets to applications and infrastructure
  • Create audit trail of secrets use and lifecycle

How Many Secrets Management Tools Products Does G2 Track?

Total Products under this Category: 37

Category Stats (Jul 2026)

  • Average Rating: 4.58/5 The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
  • Top Trending Product: IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault) (+0.3%) - Among all products in this category, IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault) recorded the largest rating increase compared to last month

Last updated: July 02, 2026

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Best Secrets Management Tools At A Glance

Leader:
1Password
Highest Performer:
Keeper Password Manager
Easiest to Use:
1Password
Top Trending:
1Password
Best Free Software:
Keeper Password Manager

1Password

(1,806)4.6 out of 5
Product Description

The Most Used Enterprise Password Manager, trusted by over 180,00 businesses, 1Password helps improve security, visibility and control over how their passwords and company data are protected. Secu

Users: Software Engineer, CEO · Industries: Computer Software, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 54% Small-Business, 32% Mid-Market
ProsEase of Use, Security, Password Management, Intuitive, Easy Access
ConsPassword Management, Expensive, Login Issues, Autofill Issues, Cost
Year Founded
2005
HQ Location
Ontario
Company Website
https://1password.com/
Twitter
@1Password
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/1password/

Keeper Password Manager

(1,234)4.6 out of 5
Product Description

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for millions of individuals and thousands of organizations globally. Built with end-to-end encryption, Keeper's intuitive cybersecurity platform is truste

Users: IT Manager, Owner · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Financial Services · Market Segment: 43% Mid-Market, 41% Small-Business
ProsEase of Use, Security, Secure Sharing, Password Management, Features
ConsPassword Management, Autofill Issues, Login Issues, Password Issues, Browser Extension Issues
Year Founded
2011
HQ Location
Chicago, IL
Company Website
https://www.keepersecurity.com/
Twitter
@keepersecurity
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3554342/
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Azure Key Vault

(55)4.5 out of 5
Product Description

Azure Key Vault is a cloud service designed to securely store and manage cryptographic keys, secrets, and certificates used by applications and services. It enables organizations to safeguard sensitiv

Users: Software Engineer · Industries: Information Technology and Services, Accounting · Market Segment: 51% Enterprise, 25% Small-Business
Year Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, Washington
Company Website
https://www.microsoft.com/
Twitter
@microsoft
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/
Ownership
MSFT
Phone
+1 (877) 276-2464

Doppler secrets management platform

(95)4.8 out of 5
Product Description

Doppler is a centralized, secure secrets management platform tailored for DevOps engineers and CTOs at mid-market and enterprise companies. Secrets sprawl and fragmented processes can create significa

Users: CTO · Industries: Computer Software, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 74% Small-Business, 26% Mid-Market
ProsEase of Use, Easy Integrations, Integrations, Synchronization, Access Control
ConsComplex Setup, Expensive, Limited OS Compatibility, Setup Difficulty
Year Founded
2018
HQ Location
San Francisco, California
Company Website
https://www.doppler.com/
Twitter
@doppler
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/dopplerhq/

IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault)

(53)4.3 out of 5
Product Description

IBM Vault (formerly HashiCorp Vault) tightly controls access to secrets and encryption keys by authenticating against trusted sources of identity such as Active Directory, LDAP, Kubernetes, CloudFound

Industries: Computer Software, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 38% Enterprise, 36% Mid-Market
ProsSecurity, Ease of Use, Easy Integrations, Integrations, Useful
ConsComplexity Issues, Complex Usage, Expensive, Learning Curve, Learning Difficulty
Year Founded
2012
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
Company Website
https://www.hashicorp.com/
Twitter
@hashicorp
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/2830763/
Ownership
NASDAQ: HCP

BeyondTrust Password Safe

(47)4.5 out of 5
Product Description

BeyondTrust Password Safe automatically protects and manages sensitive assets and more by securely discovering, storing, managing, rotating and controlling access to privileged account passwords and s

Industries: Banking, Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 55% Enterprise, 32% Mid-Market
ProsEase of Use, Security, Auditing, Password Management, Secure Access
ConsComplex Setup, Expensive, Poor Reporting, Setup Difficulty, Steep Learning Curve
Year Founded
1985
HQ Location
Johns Creek, GA
Company Website
https://www.beyondtrust.com
Twitter
@BeyondTrust
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/294396/

Akeyless Identity Security Platform

(88)4.6 out of 5
Product Description

Akeyless delivers identity security for an era shaped by automation and AI. The cloud-native platform secures machines, AI agents, and human access across hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-prem environments

Industries: Information Technology and Services, Computer Software · Market Segment: 51% Enterprise, 26% Mid-Market
ProsEase of Use, Security, Customer Support, Easy Integrations, Implementation Ease
ConsPoor Documentation, Poor UI, Complex Setup, Complex Usage, Dependency Issues
Year Founded
2018
HQ Location
Ramat Gan, Israel
Company Website
https://www.akeyless.io
Twitter
@akeylessio
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/akeyless/

Delinea Secret Server

(44)4.4 out of 5
Product Description

Delinea Secret Server is a comprehensive, feature-rich Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution that quickly identifies, secures, manages, monitors, and audits privileged accounts. Our award-winni

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 61% Mid-Market, 32% Enterprise
ProsPassword Management, Security
ConsComplex Usage, Setup Difficulty
Year Founded
2004
HQ Location
San Francisco
Company Website
https://delinea.com
Twitter
@DelineaInc
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/delinea/

Knox

(9)4.4 out of 5
Product Description

Knox is a SaaS (Secrets as a Service) that helps you manage your keys, secrets, and configurations. Start in minutes and close the widest security breach.

Market Segment: 44% Small-Business, 33% Enterprise
HQ Location
Paris, France
Company Website
https://knox-app.com/
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps

Keeper Secrets Manager

(8)4.6 out of 5
Product Description

Privileged credentials are some of the highest-value targets for cybercriminals. Keeper Secrets Manager is a fully managed cloud-based, zero-knowledge platform for securing infrastructure secrets s

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 75% Small-Business, 13% Mid-Market
Year Founded
2011
HQ Location
Chicago, IL
Company Website
https://www.keepersecurity.com/
Twitter
@keepersecurity
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3554342/

CyberArk Conjur

(17)4.5 out of 5
Product Description

For enterprises who need to protect their infrastructure, CyberArk Conjur software provides proactive security with comprehensive authorization and audit for all IT applications, clouds, and services.

Industries: Information Technology and Services · Market Segment: 59% Enterprise, 29% Mid-Market
Year Founded
2005
HQ Location
Santa Clara, CA
Company Website
https://www.paloaltonetworks.com
Twitter
@PaloAltoNtwks
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/30086/
Ownership
NYSE: PANW

Google Cloud Key Management Service

(17)4.6 out of 5
Product Description

Manage encryption keys on Google Cloud Platform

Market Segment: 53% Enterprise, 29% Small-Business
ProsCloud Storage, Easy Access
ConsSlow Performance
Year Founded
1998
HQ Location
Mountain View, CA
Company Website
https://cloud.google.com/
Twitter
@google
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/1441/
Ownership
NASDAQ:GOOG
Phone
+1 (650) 253-0000

Infisical

(4)5.0 out of 5
Product Description

Infisical is an open-source identity security platform that unifies secrets management, certificate management, and privileged access management in a single product. Teams use Infisical to centrally m

Market Segment: 75% Small-Business, 25% Mid-Market
Year Founded
2022
HQ Location
San Francisco, US
Company Website
https://infisical.com
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/infisical

Pulumi ESC

(3)5.0 out of 5
Product Description

Pulumi ESC (Environments, Secrets, and Configuration) is a centralized secrets management and orchestration service that brings secrets sprawl and configuration complexity under control across your cl

Market Segment: 100% Small-Business
Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Seattle, WA
Company Website
https://www.pulumi.com
Twitter
@PulumiCorp
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/pulumi/

Ennote Security

(2)4.5 out of 5
Product Description

Ennote Security is the creator of "The Identity-Driven Secret Manager". Ennote is the central source of truth for your entire organization. It is designed to replace legacy password managers and unenc

Market Segment: 100% Small-Business
HQ Location
Vancouver, CA
Company Website
https://ennote.io
LinkedIn® Page
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ennote/