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BeyondTrust DevOps Secrets Safe vs HashiCorp Vault comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BeyondTrust DevOps Secrets ...
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
26th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (43rd)
HashiCorp Vault
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of BeyondTrust DevOps Secrets Safe is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HashiCorp Vault is 9.4%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Password Managers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
HashiCorp Vault9.4%
BeyondTrust DevOps Secrets Safe0.8%
Other89.8%
Enterprise Password Managers
 

Featured Reviews

Stephen Hui - PeerSpot reviewer
Has all necessary functionalities, is sophisticated and mature; still contains some bugs
There are still some bugs in the solution but a lot less than there used to be. Unfortunately, CyberArk and BeyondTrust are in fierce competition. Many customers have already adopted CyberArk, but they need a proven remote access solution and are likely to go with BeyondTrust. Both solutions can be used, it's just more work for IT to manage them. CyberArk is still leading the market share globally, and BeyondTrust is always classified second, followed by Delinea or Thycotic.
JD Douglas - PeerSpot reviewer
Has strengthened multi-cloud security with layered encryption and centralized secret management
In my opinion, the best features with HashiCorp Vault are that it works as one solution providing security across all the clouds. I can have a cipher that's inside of HashiCorp Vault, and I can also have a separate secret inside of my cloud Vault, depending on which cloud it is. You can't get to the second secret without the first secret. This provides better protection because an employee of the cloud provider can't hack your system. We also use it for encryption. We use it to store encryption keys. Regarding HashiCorp Vault's identity-based access controls, I believe it's sufficient for managing and mitigating risk. It has multi-factor authentication and everything that we'd expect. HashiCorp Vault's auditing features meet my compliance needs. By having the secret, or at least the access secret outside of the cloud provider's access, they cannot access it. If you think about it from an encryption standpoint, if I encrypt the data before it ever hits the cloud provider's network using the encryption key that's stored inside of HashiCorp Vault, then the cloud provider encrypts it again. Now it's dual-encrypted. It's actually encrypted more than that, but we'll just say dual-encrypted. Neither HashiCorp nor the cloud provider can decrypt it without having both secrets.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features of BeyondTrust DevOps Secrets Safe are the ease of use and the API is very nice. Additionally, the interface is very good between AD and Unix."
"A sophisticated and mature solution."
"DevOps Secrets Safe allows you to customize a lot of rules."
"The local administrator can manage all the user's logins in one, simple, straight-away account access. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly."
"It's stable. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"The interface is very simple to navigate."
"The benefits from HashiCorp Vault include significant advantages in security lifecycle management itself."
"The tool's dynamic rotation of the password credentials is good."
"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is version control."
"The solution is stable. It has been working perfectly without any problem."
"It can still be configured by a separate team other than developers. That's why I think it's more secure."
"The product is free and easy to use. It is well documented with an easy implementation process."
 

Cons

"The support for the solution is not very good, they could improve by being quicker."
"We had some issues with the solution and once we contacted support they eventually solved the problem. They could improve their response time."
"You need to improvise many of the customized rules, which can lead to some errors. BeyondTrust should reduce the error rate."
"The product contains some bugs."
"An improvement needed is the ability for auto-initialization. There should be an inbuilt option for automatic initialization rather than running it manually."
"The product needs to improve its customization. It should be also more like easy to plug and play."
"An improvement needed is the ability for auto-initialization."
"A drawback for some clients who have to be PCI compliant is that they still need to use and subscribe to an HSM (Hardware Security Module) solution."
"The solution's initial setup process is complicated."
"In my opinion, HashiCorp Vault could improve its user interface. Right now, they don't offer much in terms of a graphical interface, which means you usually have to manage things manually through API calls. I think CyberArk has a better approach because it provides a UI that integrates features across all its components, making it easier, especially for new users or those from organizations with strict licensing policies."
"The documentation is very general; it should have more examples and more use cases."
"The technical support was hard to get a hold of and lacking in service."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is an annual license required to use BeyondTrust DevOps Secrets Safe."
"It could do everything we wanted it to do and it is brilliant, but it is super pricey. To be fair to HashiCorp, we drove the price up with our requirements around resiliency. Because of the nature of our company, we don't really operate in the cloud."
"I am using the open-source version of Vault and I would have to buy a license if I want to get support."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution's cost is reasonable."
"In my case, the open-source version works well. It's advisable for small to medium-scale organizations, but for large-scale organizations, you should go with the enterprise version."
"The AWS version is much cheaper than HashiCorp Vault."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
 

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Which is better - HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?
HashiCorp Vault was designed with your needs in mind. One of the features that makes this evident is its ability to work as both a cloud-agnostic and a multi-cloud solution. As a cloud-agnostic sol...
What do you like most about HashiCorp Vault?
The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applications, making it easy to set up and implement quickly. This allows you to test it...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HashiCorp Vault?
If I were to set it up in AWS Secret Management, I would have to manage it, pay, and create secrets without being cloud agnostic. The advantage with Vault is that it is cloud agnostic. I can deploy...
 

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