Deepak Kumar Software - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at Rishabh Software
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Has excellent performance and helps to store secrets
Pros and Cons
  • "Azure Key Vault's performance is excellent. It makes infrastructure management easier."
  • "The solution needs to improve reliability and protection."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for a lending platform in the BFSI domain. It helps to store secrets. 

What is most valuable?

Azure Key Vault's performance is excellent. It makes infrastructure management easier. 

What needs improvement?

The solution needs to improve reliability and protection. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for three years. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Azure Key Vault is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft's support is good. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment is straightforward. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Azure Key Vault is expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Azure Key Vault an eight out of ten. 

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Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
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Secures DevOps processes and stores secrets
Pros and Cons
  • "The integration with other Azure services is one of the standout features for me. It allows us to use secrets from the Azure Key Vault seamlessly without direct interaction.Additionally, the ability to easily mark secrets for expiration and receive notifications is invaluable."
  • "One area for improvement is the notification system for secret expiration. It would be beneficial if the service could handle this more autonomously, eliminating the need for additional integrations."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use the solution to secure our DevOps processes and store all the essential secrets for our project's services.

What is most valuable?

The integration with other Azure services is one of the standout features for me. It allows us to use secrets from the Azure Key Vault seamlessly without direct interaction.Additionally, the ability to easily mark secrets for expiration and receive notifications is invaluable.

What needs improvement?

One area for improvement is the notification system for secret expiration. It would be beneficial if the service could handle this more autonomously, eliminating the need for additional integrations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure Key Vault for about three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Azure Key Vault's scalability an eight out of ten. My company has more than 50 users. We use it daily. 

How was the initial setup?

I rate the tool's deployment an eight out of ten. It takes less than a minute to complete. You need two resources to handle it; no maintenance is involved since it is a managed service. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the tool an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Product Owner at Software Technology
Real User
A cloud solution for storing API keys but could be cheaper
Pros and Cons
  • "AI has been introduced to Azure."
  • "The solution could be cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for API keys. We are migrating most of the data, including the application built in react native from the IBM server to Azure. AWS Key Vault stores secret keys and API keys.

How has it helped my organization?

Azure has its SLAs and Vault. We were never worried about the impact on security or any compliance with GDPR or others.

What is most valuable?

The product is very helpful. AI has been introduced to Azure. The services are being introduced thoroughly in Azure, especially in AI and IoT.

What needs improvement?

The solution could be cheaper.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure Key Vault for a year. We started migrating 20-22 applications from IBM server to Azure.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable. A few others are dynamic in Azure. We might need an extension for those. So, we moved to the cloud.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We've around three to four million users in one application.

How are customer service and support?

During the migration process, we utilized Microsoft support for Azure Key Vault. We encountered a couple of issues that the vendor couldn't resolve, so we had to turn to Microsoft support for assistance.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. We have migrated around 20 applications in six months with the help of a vendor. There were a few architecture glitches otherwise it had a good impact on the deployment.

We have conducted this code assessment using the tool. Initially, we had two environments; development and production. We have set up multiple environments including development, and production. Additionally, we have initiated a force support assessment. We have commenced licensing for a few applications, utilizing both the relationship method and the refactor method. We have undertaken additional work on the porting part for a couple of applications. We are also focusing on automating this process as DevOps has been introduced.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Azure Key Vault is more expensive than Amazon.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Srinivas Reddy Katta - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at IdeaBytes
Real User
Top 5
An affordable solution that can be used to store security credentials, which only authorized users can access
Pros and Cons
  • "Azure Key Vault allows only identified users to get the credentials and rotates the keys automatically."
  • "The solution's usage can be a little better from the user interface point of view."

What is our primary use case?

Users can store all the security credentials in Azure Key Vault, which only authorized users can access.

What is most valuable?

Azure Key Vault allows only identified users to get the credentials and rotates the keys automatically.

What needs improvement?

The solution's usage can be a little better from the user interface point of view. Azure Key Vault is a little complex from the usage point of view, and users should be able to use it in a much simpler way.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure Key Vault for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Azure Key Vault is a highly stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Azure Key Vault is a highly scalable solution. Our clients for Azure Key Vault are mostly medium-sized businesses.

I rate Azure Key Vault an eight or nine out of ten for scalability.

How are customer service and support?

Azure Key Vault’s technical support is very good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I rate Azure Key Vault a four or five out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.

What about the implementation team?

Azure Key Vault's deployment doesn't take much time and can be done in a few minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Azure Key Vault is an affordable solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate Azure Key Vault's pricing a three out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I am working with the latest version of Azure Key Vault. I would recommend Azure Key Vault to other users because it is scaling up and getting better than other cloud solutions.

Overall, I rate Azure Key Vault an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Marios Christodoulou - PeerSpot reviewer
DB and Systems Engineer at JCC Payment Systems Ltd
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Top 5
Beneficial secret data storage, reliable, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Azure Key Vault is the secret storage of data."
  • "If multiple clouds are to be used it can be difficult and a third party should assist in the implementation."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Azure Key Vault for holding secrets, such as certificates and API management. We're using it for integrating and saving secrets for web applications.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Azure Key Vault is the secret storage of data.

What needs improvement?

If multiple clouds are to be used it can be difficult and a third party should assist in the implementation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure Key Vault for approximately six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the stability of Azure Key Vault a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the scalability of Azure Key Vault a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I have not had issues needing support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Azure Key Vault was easy.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others is if they want to do a multi-cloud deployment it should be done by a third party.

I rate Azure Key Vault a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Speeds up the product development life cycle
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution speeds up the product development life cycle. That is, the time from the development of the product to the time to market is drastically reduced because of the CI/CD pipelines. You can have your code deployed within a matter of minutes."
  • "Azure has great documentation, but I would like to see more use cases pertaining to specific industries. For example, case studies on how to use HIPAA compliant solutions in the healthcare industry or how to use PCI compliant data analytics solutions in the financial technology industry would be helpful."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Azure Key Vault for the secret management side of things; that's where all our application secrets are stored.

How has it helped my organization?

This solution speeds up the product development life cycle. That is, the time from product development to market is drastically reduced because of the CI/CD pipelines. You can have your code deployed within a matter of minutes. The entire pipeline, unit testing, and insights, even on the mobile apps, are powerful. We can even obtain crash analytics. So the entire life cycle has been really fast. Also, it's pretty easy to develop and then deploy web services within a matter of minutes.

What is most valuable?

The DevOps pipelines and the ease with which you can deploy the code through the CI/CD pipelines have been valuable features.

What needs improvement?

Azure has great documentation, but I would like to see more use cases pertaining to specific industries. For example, case studies on how to use HIPAA compliant solutions in the healthcare industry or how to use PCI compliant data analytics solutions in the financial technology industry would be helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I think the stability is great.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I think Microsoft Azure Key Vault is very scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support has been absolutely splendid.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate this solution at nine, on a scale from one to ten. 

However, if you're not looking to have your application tied to one cloud provider, then you should stay away from this solution. Once you are tied to a particular cloud provider, coming out of it will be very difficult.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Manager of Systems at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Provides excellent features to secure content and resources and has high availability
Pros and Cons
  • "The access policy feature helps secure content and resources."
  • "The product must provide AI features."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for saving keys. We use it to manage encryption keys and secrets in our applications.

What is most valuable?

It is a good solution. I use it to deploy my services. All the features are valuable. The access policy feature helps secure content and resources. We use the automated key rotation feature to secure the deployments and the development process. It can be used to secure resources. The availability is high. We can integrate the tool with VMs, storage, and Azure App Service.

What needs improvement?

The product must provide AI features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool has high stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool’s scalability is high. Our clients are small, medium, and enterprise businesses.

How are customer service and support?

The support must be improved.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. The deployment took a few minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is normal. The product is neither cheap nor expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I am an implementer and designer. I will recommend the product to others to keep keys, secrets, and related information secure. Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Reasonably priced with good technical support and easy scaling capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "Technical support is helpful."
  • "It needs to offer dynamic secrets management."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for key management.

What is most valuable?

The access policies are the solution's most valuable aspect.

The solution is very stable.

The scalability is very good.

The pricing of the product is reasonable.

Technical support is helpful.

What needs improvement?

The rotation of key needs improvement. It needs to offer dynamic secrets management.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about a year or so. It hasn't been that long.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution can scale well. It's not a problem at all. If a company needs to expand it, it can.

Our clients tend to be enterprises, and aren't overly small. 

How are customer service and technical support?

You do need a support agreement, however, from what I have seen, it's quite reliable and knowledgeable. It's easy to reach them and to work with them.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup has a moderate amount of difficulty. It's neither extremely straightforward nor overly difficult.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

You do need a special agreement in order to receive technical support.

While I don't directly deal with pricing, my understanding is that it's okay, and not too expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are currently looking at other solutions in order to compare them. We are also using HashiCorp Terraform and looking into HashiCorp Vault.

What other advice do I have?

We are just a customer and an end-users. We tend to use the solution for our clients.

For those companies that want to work with the solution, I'd advise that they consider the use of and integration with Azure's pipeline.

Overall, I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've largely been quite happy with its capabilities.

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