HashiCorp / hashicorp.com
AI-powered secrets management and security automation providing dynamic secrets, PKI management, encryption as a service, and AI-assisted secrets security for cloud and on-premise environments.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
Yes
Category
Developer Tools
Platforms
3
Free plan
Yes
API access
Yes
Open source
Yes
Platforms
3
HashiCorp Vault is the most widely deployed secrets management platform — providing secure storage and dynamic generation of secrets (database credentials, API keys, cloud IAM tokens, TLS certificates) for applications and infrastructure. Vault addresses a fundamental security challenge: applications need credentials to access databases, APIs, and services, but hard-coding credentials in code or configuration creates a security risk. Vault provides a central secrets API — applications request credentials from Vault, which generates them dynamically (for supported backends like databases and cloud IAM) or retrieves them from encrypted storage (for static secrets). Dynamic Secrets are Vault's most powerful capability — generating database credentials, cloud access tokens, and certificates on-demand with short TTLs and automatic rotation, eliminating long-lived credentials that create risk if compromised. AI integration in Vault includes AI model serving secrets — securely providing LLM API keys and model endpoint credentials to AI applications without hard-coding in application code. HCP Vault Secrets (HashiCorp Cloud Platform) provides managed Vault without infrastructure management — a cloud service for organisations wanting Vault benefits without Vault cluster operations. IBM acquired HashiCorp in 2024 — Vault and Terraform (the related infrastructure-as-code tool) are now IBM products. With customers including Adobe, Pinterest, and Target, Vault validates as the enterprise secrets management standard.
HashiCorp Vault AI runs as ml platform software built around data and text workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web, cli, and api, with API access for teams that want to embed it into their own products.
The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating HashiCorp Vault AI.
On-demand credential generation with automatic expiry — eliminating long-lived database and cloud credentials that create persistent risk if compromised from code or configuration.
Application data encryption API — applications send plaintext to Vault and receive ciphertext, keeping encryption keys in Vault rather than in application code.
Certificate authority and lifecycle management for TLS certificates — centralised PKI without managing separate CA infrastructure, with automatic rotation before expiry.
Vault OSS (open source free). HCP Vault Secrets (cloud free tier). HCP Vault Enterprise. Acquired by IBM 2024.
Model
Open Source
Starting price
Free
Free trial
No
AWS Secrets Manager provides managed secrets within AWS. Azure Key Vault provides managed secrets within Azure. 1Password Secrets Automation provides secrets management. CyberArk (rank 809) provides PAM alongside secrets management.
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
HashiCorp, IBM
Platforms
Web, CLI, API
Deployment
Open Source, SaaS, On-premise
Integrations
AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, 30+ database backends, API
Team Collaboration
No
Launch Year
2023
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP eligible. Enterprise data handling agreements.
Secrets metadata and audit logs processed on Vault infrastructure or HCP cloud. Secret values encrypted at rest with Vault's encryption — never stored in plaintext.
Editorial Verdict
HashiCorp Vault is the enterprise standard AI secrets management platform for organisations wanting dynamic credential generation, centralised secrets API, PKI management, and encryption as a service.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
Vault OSS (open source free). HCP Vault Secrets (cloud free tier). HCP Vault Enterprise. Acquired by IBM 2024.
Tenable Vulnerability Management cloud pricing from ~$7,000/year for 300 assets (estimate). Enterprise custom. 30-day free trial.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP eligible. Enterprise data handling agreements.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. Enterprise security certifications.
Secrets metadata and audit logs processed on Vault infrastructure or HCP cloud. Secret values encrypted at rest with Vault's encryption — never stored in plaintext.
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