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"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is the management of tickets in the pipeline.""It is user-friendly and easy to implement from any application point.""The tool's dynamic rotation of the password credentials is good.""The product is free and easy to use. It is well documented with an easy implementation process.""The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applications, making it easy to set up and implement quickly. This allows you to test it easily and see good results rapidly. When you integrate an internal API or application, it quickly manages that application's secrets.""The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is that it's an open source solution. Second, it's cloud agnostic, so it's very easy to maintain and control, which is why we prefer HashiCorp.""We use the solution for secret management.""This solution is easy to use and to integrate."

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"I like Passportal's extensions. You can click the particular company you want and go through all the passwords and usernames associated with that company or the specific webpage you're on or their server or whatever. It's a whole lot faster.""Passportal is very stable."

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"The onboarding is a challenge. It should be more self-service, but it involves reviews and approvals.""I would like to see better integration of HashiCorp Vault with SAP products.""The solution's initial setup process is complicated.""The product needs to improve its customization. It should be also more like easy to plug and play.""We could use more documentation, primarily to do with integrations.""A drawback for some clients who have to be PCI compliant is that they still need to use and subscribe to an HSM (Hardware Security Module) solution.""The documentation is very general; it should have more examples and more use cases.""The solution could be much easier to implement."

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"It goes down a little too often for me to recommend it to somebody else.""In the future, I would like the ability to have diagrams, such as those created by Visio, available directly in Passportal."

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  • "I am using the open-source version of Vault and I would have to buy a license if I want to get support."
  • "The AWS version is much cheaper than HashiCorp Vault."
  • "It could do everything we wanted it to do and it is brilliant, but it is super pricey. To be fair to HashiCorp, we drove the price up with our requirements around resiliency. Because of the nature of our company, we don't really operate in the cloud."
  • "The solution's cost is reasonable."
  • "The product is expensive."
  • "In my case, the open-source version works well. It's advisable for small to medium-scale organizations, but for large-scale organizations, you should go with the enterprise version."
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  • "We pay the license fee monthly and the price is reasonable."
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    Top Answer:HashiCorp Vault was designed with your needs in mind. One of the features that makes this evident is its ability to work as both a cloud-agnostic and a multi-cloud solution. As a cloud-agnostic… more »
    Top Answer:It's stable. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.
    Top Answer:The enterprise version would require considering factors like the level of support needed, the amount of secret data being stored, and replication needs. But in my case, the open-source version works… more »
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    Overview

    HashiCorp Vault is a cloud-agnostic solution used for security and secret management. Its valuable features include integration with other HashiCorp tools, token sharing, open source nature, cloud agnosticism, and on-the-fly encryption management. 

    The solution provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications. It is free to use, and the interface is simple to navigate. HashiCorp Vault has helped organizations with its multiple authentication methods and RESTful API.

    HashiCorp Vault Features

    • Data encryption: The solution is capable of encrypting and decrypting data, and will not store it. Organizations’ security personnel define their own encryption protocols; developers can store the encrypted data where they choose and are not obligated to design specific encryption processes.

    • Robust secrets: For systems such as AWS or SQL databases, Vault is able to generate secrets automatically. HashiCorp Vault is able to generate AWS keypairs with all the appropriate permissions when necessary, and when the approved time expires, will nullify them.

    • Secure secret storage: Any type of value or key secrets can be stored in the Vault. The Vault automatically encrypts the desired secrets before recording them into persistent storage, keeping them safe and secure. Users can record data using HCP Vault’s Consul service or disk, or choose from other options.

    • Nullification: Vault is able to nullify single secrets or all secrets from a particular group or specific user. This process is integral in securing systems in the event of an attack or inappropriate access.

    Reviews from Real Users

    The greatest benefit of HashiCorp is its ability to manage encryption on the fly. It provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications, which was really attractive. The lifecycle of a key is so easy to manage in terms of rotating, revoking, and issuing. They have different auth methods, and I tried all different auth methods. It is seamless.”- Project Manager at a comms service provider.

    “The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is that it's an open source solution. Second, it's cloud-agnostic, so it's very easy to maintain and control, which is why we prefer HashiCorp. “ - Mohamed A., Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat.

    We offer credential injection, reporting, auditing, password change automation, and privileged client documentation capabilities—designed to streamline the technicians' day by placing essential documentation at their fingertips to standardize service delivery.

    Sample Customers
    Adobe, SAP Ariba, Citadel, Spaceflight, Cruise
    InfraNet Solutions, Securus Systems, Nehring Technologies, Doberman Technologies, Show Tech IT Solutions, CRC Data Technologies, Logically
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    Financial Services Firm44%
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Pharma/Biotech Company11%
    University11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Healthcare Company6%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    HashiCorp Vault is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Password Managers with 16 reviews while SolarWinds Passportal is ranked 22nd in Enterprise Password Managers. HashiCorp Vault is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Passportal is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Vault writes "Useful for machine-to-machine communication and has secret engine feature ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Passportal writes "With its extension, I can quickly access login information without opening a new browser window". HashiCorp Vault is most compared with Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, Delinea Secret Server and Keeper, whereas SolarWinds Passportal is most compared with BeyondTrust Password Safe.

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