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Azure Key Vault vs DigiCert CertCentral comparison

 

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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

Azure Key Vault
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (20th), Secrets Management Tools (2nd)
DigiCert CertCentral
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Certificate Management Software category, the mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 15.3%, down from 30.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DigiCert CertCentral is 7.8%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Certificate Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Key Vault15.3%
DigiCert CertCentral7.8%
Other76.9%
Certificate Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Rajthilak BS - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President (Data Security & Protection - Confidential AI) at Standard Chartered Bank
Have addressed compliance challenges but still struggle with seamless integration of certificate issuance between environments
In terms of Azure Key Vault improvements, we have to compare the competitor. If we consider AWS, our bank has Microsoft PKI, which is a Microsoft product, for the entire digital certificate infrastructure. Even in the cloud, when it is AWS, the internal certificates are MS PKI. When we had a problem, users had to come to on-premise to get a certificate and import it to AWS Certificate Manager and assign it. We wondered why we could not issue the certificate directly from the cloud for cloud users. There was a simple way in AWS. They have a Private Certificate Authority (PCA) and Amazon Certificate Manager. Private Certificate Authority issues certificates to Amazon services. They also provide Amazon Certificate Manager to store and deploy certificates. These are two neat components - one is an issuer and another is storage and deployment solutions for certificates. With PCA, I can directly enable it and get certificates from AWS itself. AWS can issue SSL/TLS certificates if you enable it directly. If you consider Azure, it is not very clear. Even the naming convention, Key Vault, might not suggest that this is a PKI or certificate manager. You cannot issue certificates directly. They have app certificates and did not have a clear-cut certificate management solution in the cloud when I worked at that time. I am not sure whether they have updated Azure Key Vault as a full-fledged PKI solution now. From what I saw, it was not a full-fledged PKI solution. We are not majorly using Azure Key Vault because it is only for storing secrets. If some solutions can provide guidance on how we can maximize leverage, we can immediately look forward to doing that. We already have some business problems we want to solve. While our primary focus is AWS, many of the services such as ADO are running on Azure, and the secondary services are growing bigger.
Eva Kimathi - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Database Administrator at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Has improved certificate lifecycle management while offering reliable security and insightful monitoring features
DigiCert has been changing many things frequently, and they could improve communication about those changes. It can be complex, and if you're not using it daily, you might miss changes or not understand them, especially if you interact with it only towards the end of a billing cycle. They could improve how they move clients from the legacy setup to the new setup. Red Hat handles this better by giving options to try new features and communicating a cutoff period for legacy system retirement. As an NGO, we need extensive documentation around expenditure. It would be useful to get proforma invoices because we need those approved before making any purchase. DigiCert previously offered this when requesting renewal, resulting in an intermediate invoice instead of just a cart purchase system. This feature matched our internal processes and made purchases easier. Currently, they use an e-commerce mode, which can be difficult for bureaucratic organizations. The pricing for DigiCert CertCentral rates about a three. It has a learning curve, especially considering its evolution to DigiCert CertCentral. It's improving but isn't quite intuitive yet. Making mistakes can be costly if you're not owning the business.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I am satisfied with the product overall."
"With Azure Key Vault, we can generate our own keys and then import them inside the system, which provides a higher level of security than provider-managed keys."
"I would say it's granular controller who can access them."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It only took a few minutes."
"It is a managed service in Azure, you do not have to worry about security other than the access, and the vaults themselves are inherently secure."
"It helps me increase my security posture and assists with regulatory and compliance requirements."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Azure Key Vault allows only identified users to get the credentials and rotates the keys automatically."
"This automation is very useful and is my favorite feature on DigiCert CertCentral."
 

Cons

"I would like more code examples."
"The big problem with Azure Key Vault is key rotation. We haven't found a good way to synchronize the credentials between the databases and Key Vault."
"There's room for improvement in cross-platform compatibility."
"If the region where the Azure Key Vault data center is hosted goes down, it would be a cumbersome task since our company will have to come up with a different Azure Key Vault and migrate all the secrets or keys into it."
"To make it a ten the setup should be more streamlined."
"We've experienced issues with configuration."
"Sometimes, we face issues that the support team is not aware of, necessitating investigation from their end."
"Currently, our company has to add the secrets manually, one by one, in Azure Key Vault, which is a tedious process."
"The technical support is somewhat challenging. They've automated many interactions, making it difficult to get technical support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the solution's pricing a four out of ten."
"The product has good pricing."
"Azure is cheaper than CyberArk... CyberArk is good, but it's quite expensive."
"The price of the solution is reasonable for what we are using it for."
"It is a cheap option."
"Azure Key Vault is expensive."
"Currently, the tool's monthly licensing costs are around 1,800 USD for all the environments combined, including the production and pre-production environments."
"The product is inexpensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise27
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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Azure Key Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?
Azure Key Vault is a SaaS solution. You can easily store passwords and secrets securely and encrypt them. Azure Key Vault is a great solution to ensure you are compliant with security and governanc...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Key Vault?
Based on my three years of experience, I believe there have been no updates to Azure Key Vault. I think the product needs upgrades in terms of access control and certification improvements. While A...
What needs improvement with DigiCert CertCentral?
DigiCert has been changing many things frequently, and they could improve communication about those changes. It can be complex, and if you're not using it daily, you might miss changes or not under...
What is your primary use case for DigiCert CertCentral?
We use DigiCert CertCentral as a platform where you're a client for DigiCert, consuming their SSL certificates. That's where you manage all the certificates you're able to load on your websites and...
What advice do you have for others considering DigiCert CertCentral?
I use DigiCert CertCentral dashboard for tracking certificate expiration. I really appreciate DigiCert CertCentral and what they have to offer. I use it to support banking integration with various ...
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Key Vault, MS Azure Key Vault
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Sample Customers

Adobe, DriveTime, Johnson Controls, HP, InterContinental Hotels Group, ASOS
IBM, Verizon, Cloudflare
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