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Azure Key Vault vs Pulumi Enterprise 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 Secrets Management Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (1st), Certificate Management Software (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (20th)
Pulumi Enterprise
Ranking in Secrets Management Tools
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
AI Infrastructure (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Secrets Management Tools category, the mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 40.8%, up from 38.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pulumi Enterprise is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Secrets Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Key Vault40.8%
Pulumi Enterprise0.4%
Other58.800000000000004%
Secrets Management Tools
 

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.
Hammed Akinwale - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps & Platform Engineer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Managing multi‑cloud infrastructure has become efficient while documentation and community still improve
Pulumi Enterprise could accept more automation, such as creating workflows or frameworks for platforms like YouTube and Spotify. Additionally, it should allow for creating resources on the cloud console with less friction. I would like the documentation feature to enable me to download the documents of my infrastructure from Pulumi Enterprise once it is written. I do not want to have to rewrite documentation after coding; once my infrastructure is written with Pulumi Enterprise, I should be able to get the documentation seamlessly. There should be more investment in building a stronger community around Pulumi Enterprise, as the Pulumi Enterprise community is not that strong compared to its capabilities.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Among the features that have helped improve our security posture are storing secrets in a secure location to create a trusted situation, trusted resources, and incorporating identity access management so that we know who has access to what."
"The platform provides straightforward integration with most of the other Azure services."
"The platform has a valuable feature for seamless integration."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Key Vault is the secret storage of data."
"Once we got Microsoft Azure Key Vault set up and injected into our code, we have had pretty good success storing our secrets and passwords for our integrations and applications."
"The most valuable feature is that you can retrieve user account details from the cloud."
"The GUI was quite easy for me to use."
"It integrates well with Azure services and is easy to use and quick to provision."
"Pulumi Enterprise positively impacts my organization as it enables us to manage stacks across different environments."
"Pulumi Enterprise increases efficiency and reliability by providing seamless automation processes and tools while considering security and making secure infrastructure easy."
 

Cons

"The solution needs to improve reliability and protection."
"I would rate the stability of Microsoft Azure Key Vault an eight out of ten."
"To make it a ten the setup should be more streamlined."
"The solution could be improved by making it accessible to more people."
"If multiple clouds are to be used it can be difficult and a third party should assist in the implementation."
"The cost of the Azure Key Vault is very high and the pricing model is based on the number of keys that you store and retrieve."
"From what I saw, it was not a full-fledged PKI solution."
"The platform's configuration process could be easier."
"I have not seen any specific outcome or benefit that I have measured so far, such as saving time, reducing errors, or helping my team in a measurable way."
"There should be more investment in building a stronger community around Pulumi Enterprise, as the Pulumi Enterprise community is not that strong compared to its capabilities."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is less expensive compared to other competitors."
"The product is inexpensive."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive."
"The price of the solution is reasonable for what we are using it for."
"We use a pay-as-you-go license for the solution, which is not very expensive."
"There are no extra costs beyond the standard fees, beyond maybe data transfer charges. It's $0.025 per 10,000 data transactions, so it is quite cheap."
"The pricing is decent. It has a pretty low price. It is a straightforward cost based on usage."
"Currently, the solution's pricing is based on the number of transactions, which is very high in some cases."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pulumi Enterprise?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that it is fair; there is not much stress regarding that, but I still believe improvements can be made.
What needs improvement with Pulumi Enterprise?
Pulumi Enterprise could accept more automation, such as creating workflows or frameworks for platforms like YouTube and Spotify. Additionally, it should allow for creating resources on the cloud co...
What is your primary use case for Pulumi Enterprise?
I use Pulumi Enterprise to manage infrastructure, specifically cloud-based infrastructure. I manage infrastructure, SSO and security, create infrastructure and secure it, manage identity and access...
 

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
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