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AWS Key Management Service vs Thales Luna HSM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Key Management Service
Ranking in General Purpose HSM
7th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Thales Luna HSM
Ranking in General Purpose HSM
1st
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the General Purpose HSM category, the mindshare of AWS Key Management Service is 4.8%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Thales Luna HSM is 31.3%, down from 36.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
General Purpose HSM Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Thales Luna HSM31.3%
AWS Key Management Service4.8%
Other63.9%
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.
Emad MuhammadSalem - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Misr International Systems
Has strengthened data protection by encrypting existing keys and enabling multi-platform integration
The most valuable capability for Thales Luna HSM is saving the keys, migrating and encrypting them by adding encryption above the encryption they are already encrypted with. Migrating the keys from the safe and from the databases is a huge processing task, and it works smoothly without any issues. Sometimes we face issues while integrating with new databases, but it almost works smoothly without any problems or challenges. The data encryption capabilities of Thales Luna HSM improve data security for our customers by encrypting the keys that are already encrypted in the database with multiple algorithms such as RSA, MD5, and SHA. Data encryption capabilities improve security by protecting the keys, migrating the keys to the HSM, and allowing us to take a backup from Thales Luna HSM or migrate the keys. By encrypting the keys that are already encrypted, it adds a new layer of security that can save the databases from being compromised if someone hacked it, as they will not find the keys. They will only find the database that is encrypted without any keys that can help them. They will not compromise the data and the keys in the same safe or in the same partition. This is the most valuable aspect of the HSM, specifically Thales Luna HSM, along with other capabilities such as digital signature functionality. Thales Luna HSM integrates with multiple security platforms such as F5, Palo Alto, and SIM solutions such as any syslog server we are working with. SIM solutions work smoothly with it, and it can monitor the HSMs and check their performance easily. Anyone from the security team can check Thales Luna HSM's performance.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
17%
Transportation Company
9%
University
9%
Educational Organization
9%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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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.
What needs improvement with Thales Luna HSM?
Thales Luna HSM can be improved by enhancing integration with databases because databases have multiple commands, but it works fine. If we have good knowledge of databases such as Mongo, SQL, or Or...
What is your primary use case for Thales Luna HSM?
We installed Thales Luna HSM and generated the partitions to integrate with multiple databases like Mongo, Oracle, SQL, or MySQL, and transfer the keys from the databases to the HSM to secure these...
What advice do you have for others considering Thales Luna HSM?
The user interface is not an issue because Thales Luna HSM works on CLI, so there is no web interface. It is like any command line interface, and it works smoothly when we install the Thales Luna H...
 

Also Known As

AWS KMS
SafeNet Luna, Gemalto SafeNet Luna
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Qatar Central Bank, Swedish National Board of Healthcare