Azure Key Vault is Microsoft's managed service for storing and managing secrets, keys, and certificates with access control, including HSM-backed key protection on its premium tier. It is aimed at teams securing secrets within the Azure ecosystem and supports rotation as part of its managed lifecycle. The service carries an extensive compliance posture including SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS. It is delivered as an Azure-native managed service, priced on usage, and is not self-hostable. Its native Azure integration makes it the default secrets store for workloads on the platform.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2015
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Secrets management
- Dynamic secrets
- Yes
- Managed service
- Yes
- Free tier
- No
- Open-source
- No
- Self-hostable
- No