HashiCorp Vault vs KeePass | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 8.5 out of 10

Based on 15 reviews and ratings

Score 9 out of 10

Based on 53 reviews and ratings

Pros

The HTTP API you use to write and read secrets is open and can be used by any application.
It keeps our sensitive data/credentials out of our GitLab repositories.
Sealing and unsealing the Vault on demand adds an additional layer of security.

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Jeffrey Severance

Senior Solutions Engineer

Erie Insurance GroupInsurance, 5001-10,000 employees

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Very secure - no worries about our passwords being stored insecurely or in the wrong place.
Easy to share access to passwords used company-wide.
Integrates with Chrome and other browsers for ease of use and speed.
Price - free to use.

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Senior Technical Writer / Client Services

Georef Systems Ltd.Computer Software, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Documentation could be better.
The multiple key unseal process can be a problem if the need arises.
It would make more sense if HashiCorp Vault combined with HashiCorp Consul to create a unique product.

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Erlon Sousa Pinheiro

DevOps Engineer

Two Hat SecurityComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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I don't believe that this is so much a negative, but be sure that you keep your password database saved in a location that is accessible (even during an outage). Failure to do so will make it hard/impossible to recover passwords in the event that your database is unreachable (such as if a network drive failure).

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

HashiCorp Vault 10.0

Based on 1 answer

HashiCorp Vault is the best there is out there, and it has become critical to our secret management use cases. It would be difficult to find anything that would suit our needs better and that would be beneficial for us to switch over to.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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KeePass 10.0

Based on 1 answer

My very good experience in the past 15 years of usage of KeePass makes it easy to decide for a renewal of this friendship. I was never disappointed and KeePass always meets my expectations. The software runs stable and if there should be a software error, it will be fixed in no time. This is customer satisfaction.

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Senior Consultant

CGI Deutschland B.V.&Co.KGInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

HashiCorp Vault 7.0

Based on 2 answers

We spent a little more time than we imagined to conceptually understand how HashiCorp Vault operates, as well as how it is configured. This is not trivial, and keep in mind that you will need to take some time to get a thorough understanding of the tool. The documentation could be more helpful in this regard.

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Erlon Sousa Pinheiro

DevOps Engineer

Two Hat SecurityComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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KeePass 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Search feature so you don't have to spend time looking for what you need. The ability to right click and save username and password, URL open options so your not locked to a particular browser were all key features we considered in the usability and adoption rate of this application. Highly recommend to any organization for credential management.

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Sam Livermore, MCP, iTIL

Lead Systems Administrator

MoneySolverFinancial Services, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

HashiCorp Vault 6.2

Based on 6 answers

Hashicorp has been very responsive to our questions and inquiries up to this point. We are currently working on them to develop a more granular permissions model within Vault. We are very close to achieving our objectives with the help of their support team. We do not seem to be in the same time zone which makes it hard for escalated issues.

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Jeffrey Severance

Senior Solutions Engineer

Erie Insurance GroupInsurance, 5001-10,000 employees

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KeePass 8.4

Based on 10 answers

I have almost never had to contact support. This product has a wide community, a very expansive documentation/forum site where generally any question/issue already has an answer/fix or explanation/workaround, or plans for improvement in a future version. On the occasions that I have reached out, answers were fairly quick, useful, and respectful.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

HashiCorp Vault is way better than Azure Key Vault; it has more features and it goes beyond a key-value secret store.

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DevOps Engineer

DigitalOnUsComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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We have tried Last Pass, while it's very nice to use, there are times where it was down and we couldn't access our passwords. There were troubles with the website or plug-in at times when it was updated. It wasn't as trusted due to these factors being out of our control due to the database not being locally based.We also tried Bit-Warden, it had most of the features we needed but the feature set was very limited, there wasn't an auto-type, and ease of entering in the password was difficult. Although we loved the user and group management features that we would have liked in KeePass.

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Web Developer

BaynamiConsumer Goods, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Helped us reach our security compliance goals.
Helped us strengthen our security position in our infrastructure by improving on poor secret management practices.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Positive. All of our usernames and passwords for service accounts are in one convenient location.
Positive. The ability to organize everything into separate locations/folders is great.
Positive. Password generator makes it easy for us to generate a secure password for our accounts.

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Junior Systems Administrator | POS Programming Specialist

AIKG LLCEntertainment, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

HashiCorp Vault Editions & Modules

Edition

Open Source	Free
Enterprise	Contact sales team
Modules	Contact sales team

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

KeePass Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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