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AWS Key Management Service vs Entrust nShield HSM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Key Management Service
Ranking in General Purpose HSM
2nd
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Entrust nShield HSM
Ranking in General Purpose HSM
3rd
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the General Purpose HSM category, the mindshare of AWS Key Management Service is 4.9%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Entrust nShield HSM is 11.8%, down from 16.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
General Purpose HSM Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
AWS Key Management Service4.9%
Entrust nShield HSM11.8%
Other83.3%
General Purpose HSM
 

Featured Reviews

Daanial Farrukh - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Special Communications Organization SCO
Strong key management has protected data at rest and now supports compliant integrations
I assess audit logging through AWS CloudTrail as having all our event history and all the API calls made to AWS. We can search using filters, but it's a bit messy. To improve this, we can create a trail for specific services and store the logs in an S3 bucket. From there, we can export it to CloudWatch or anywhere we want for analysis. AWS Key Management Service is used to encrypt data at rest, and we have gone through AWS Key Management Service in detail. I leverage the bring your own key feature from AWS Key Management Service. Customers can upload their keys through either the CLI or the portal. Automatic key rotation feature significantly helps with compliance. Admins just have to specify how often they require rotation, with a minimum of seven days, up to whatever frequency they need; 365 days is the standard, or they can opt for more frequent rotation. Automatic rotation is one of the very cool features.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
17%
Transportation Company
10%
University
10%
Educational Organization
10%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with AWS Key Management Service?
The architecture is very beautiful and good for AWS Key Management Service, so there isn't much to change. The area related to the issue I faced was about multi-region keys; it was during exam prep...
What is your primary use case for AWS Key Management Service?
AWS Key Management Service's major use case is to encrypt data, specifically encrypting data at rest. We have two options: either we can go with AWS-managed keys or we can use customer-managed keys...
What advice do you have for others considering AWS Key Management Service?
The only problem that I once faced was connected with multi-region keys. I would rate this review as 10 out of 10.
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Also Known As

AWS KMS
nShield, nCipher nShield, Thales nShield, nShield General Purpose HSM, nShield Connect, nShield Solo, nShield Edge
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Con-way, Delta Dental, Cadence Design Systems