We compared AWS Certificate Management and Azure Key Vault based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, AWS Certificate Management offers simplicity, comprehensive security, and efficient automation, with a focus on excellent customer service. On the other hand, Azure Key Vault is praised for its security measures, ease of use in managing secrets, and favorable pricing structure. However, users suggest improvements in access management, user interface, and error handling for Azure Key Vault.
Features: AWS Certificate Management is praised for its simplicity, comprehensive security measures, and seamless integration with other services. In contrast, Azure Key Vault is known for its excellent security measures, ease of use in managing secrets and certificates, and efficient key management capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: The setup costs for AWS Certificate Management and Azure Key Vault products are described as reasonable by users. AWS provides flexible licensing options, while Azure Key Vault offers a straightforward deployment and configuration process. Both products offer transparent pricing structures and favorable experiences with licensing., AWS Certificate Management has been reported to provide favorable ROI with cost savings and improved security. Its automated certificate renewal stands out. Azure Key Vault enhances ROI through secure storage, seamless integration, increased efficiency, and convenience.
Room for Improvement: AWS Certificate Management could improve the user interface intuitiveness, managing multiple certificates, flexibility in certificate options, integration with AWS services, and documentation. Azure Key Vault could enhance access management, user interface, error handling, and access permissions control.
Deployment and customer support: The reviews suggest that the duration required to establish a new tech solution with AWS Certificate Management varies among users, with some requiring a longer timeframe. In contrast, user feedback for Azure Key Vault indicates a similar variation in duration, but with some users mentioning separate timeframes for deployment and setup., AWS Certificate Management consistently receives high praise for its exceptional customer service and support. Users appreciate the prompt, reliable, and knowledgeable assistance they receive, and the support team is commended for their problem-solving skills and willingness to go the extra mile. On the other hand, Azure Key Vault is also known for its effective and reliable customer service, with users expressing satisfaction with the level of assistance and responsiveness provided by the team.
The summary above is based on 22 interviews we conducted recently with AWS Certificate Management and Azure Key Vault users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The solution has an import dashboard where we can import the certificates or create new certificates."
"The solution's technical support is good. My company received support from Microsoft whenever we needed it."
"The GUI was quite easy for me to use."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to store secrets securely and encrypt them. It is pretty easy and straightforward to use."
"All its features are really valuable. It's really well thought-out. It's a complete turnkey solution that has all the concerns taken care of, such as access control and management. You can use it in infrastructure as code to create key vaults, APIs, PowerShells, CLIs, even Terraform."
"Azure Key Vault is very affordable, with charges of less than a dollar for over ten thousand keys."
"We use Azure Key Vault for securing secret connection streams, like API secrets, Azure services Secret Key, and AD Client Secret."
"It allows me to run applications using these certificates without directly installing them."
"The access policy feature helps secure content and resources."
"The AWS Certificate Manager's technical support team is sometimes unavailable."
"The solution does not allow you to integrate with XML parties if it is not inside Azure itself."
"Azure Key Vault is only available for Microsoft services, and it should be exposed to non-Microsoft cloud services, like GCP and Amazon."
"Microsoft Azure Key Vault could improve by enhancing the security of credentials. Without the security or the use of key vaults, we would have to configure our credentials into the source code as plain text without the encryption or security."
"Currently, our company has to add the secrets manually, one by one, in Azure Key Vault, which is a tedious process."
"Sometimes it takes too long to retrieve the keys. The authentication process takes time."
"The product must provide AI features."
"While it is reliable, enhancing security and protection should always be the priority."
"There are additional charges for data transfers. However, the pricing is mostly reasonable for the licensing overall."
AWS Certificate Manager is ranked 2nd in Certificate Management Software with 1 review while Azure Key Vault is ranked 1st in Certificate Management Software with 46 reviews. AWS Certificate Manager is rated 10.0, while Azure Key Vault is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Certificate Manager writes "Used to import and manage the SSL and TLS certificates". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Key Vault writes "Allows us to securely store our keys to prevent unauthorized access to unwanted users". AWS Certificate Manager is most compared with DigiCert CertCentral and Jetstack cert-manager, whereas Azure Key Vault is most compared with AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, Delinea Secret Server and 1Password.
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