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    IBM Vault

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Vault (formerly Hashicorp Vault) is an encryption tool for managing secrets including credentials, passwords and other secrets, providing access control, audit trail, and support for multiple authentication methods. It is available open source, or under an enterprise license.

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    IBM Vault
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    Cloud - HCP Vault
    $0.03/hr
    Open Source
    Free
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    IBM Vault
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Vault
    IBM Vault can store any type of secrets and integrations are endless
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    Compared to other tools we used for secrets management, IBM Vault is very easy and provide many features.
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    Vault is a more comprehensive product than Azure Key Vault. It's more feature-rich and supports better security protocols.
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    The cost and we don't want to have complete dependency on on provider
    Incentivized
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    Ease of integration into our current HCP stack (Terraform, Boundary etc)
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Vault
    Those products work great for their respective cloud solutions/environments, but Vault is a tool that works great with all platforms and onprem, as well as having expanded capabilities beyond basic storage management.
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    Terraform is used to manage IBM Vault infrastructure
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    I only had a brief time to use PMU but IBM Vault has covered everything that I had the time to use PMU to do.
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    Way less overhead and a much better fit for pipelines and/or automated workflows.
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    I mean it has nothing to do with Vault but I did worked on IBM MQ
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    IBM Vault handles the larger traffic of API calls compared to its similar other products.
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    Much more scalable and lot of new functionalities
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    we do avaluated other tools also but operational seamless and add pn features provided by INM is more worthy which have large scale products.ont of the best featue is short-live and on demand creential. Dynamic strenght also one of the best features where key changes / …
    Incentivized
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    More functionality and integration with eks cluster
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Vault
    HashiCorp Vault integrates with a lot of tools and systems, and the documentation was pretty robust with a lot of community help. Because HashiCorp Vault is also older than other solutions, it is already well developed with a lot of features you need for storing secrets and …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Vault
    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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    Chose IBM Vault
    We evaluated Symantec as an existing partner within our enterprise. We found that the API provided by Vault is superior and that was a critical use case in our organization. We also found that Vault has more engine types which allow different types of data to be stored. This …
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    I already used Encrypted Hiera (which is basically YAML files encrypted with a private key scheme where this key is stored in plain text on the server, which is obviously not the best option). Another solution I also used for this purpose was AWS KMS, but with Vault I don't get …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Vault
    As mentioned before, HashiCorp Vault really is the best in its class. Having used other secrets management tools, HashiCorp has really made Vault the easiest to use in a cross-compatibility function, in a multi-cloud/hybrid environment, and in multiple fashions. Many other …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    IBM Vault
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    Keeper
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    User Ratings
    IBM Vault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Vault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Vault is well-suited for all software application development. It does a great job of ensuring you have full visibility and traceability into your credentials and who checks them out. The integration is the key enabler that makes Vault a differentiator. Some of the new agent capabilities are going to be a good value-add.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • 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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    Cons
    IBM
    • It doesn't have an interface. This isn't entirely bad because of the purpose it serves, but it does make the barrier to entry a little difficult.
    • Unlike many other HashiCorp products, the documentation feels like it leaves some steps out. Step by step documentation lowers the barriers to entry a little bit, and going through even the installation documentation and setup leaves a little bit of the caveats out.
    • It needs a fair bit of supporting infrastructure. You cannot just have a Vault instance. Having a HashiCorp Vault instance means also having a consul cluster for the backend.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    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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    Usability
    IBM
    Most, if not all companies would have a use for Vault, from basic secret storage and retrieval to dynamic Cloud credentials, database management, etc., and they are all easily configurable to the specific needs/use cases of your specific company. If you can afford it/have it in your budget, Vault is definitely something worth checking out and at least demoing the open-source version.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    As with all other products provided by HashiCorp, the effort and attention that the company has in creating a complete solution ecosystem for the DevOps universe are fully apparent. Several technical lectures about products on YouTube are presented by the company's CEO.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    HashiCorp Vault integrates with a lot of tools and systems, and the documentation was pretty robust with a lot of community help. Because HashiCorp Vault is also older than other solutions, it is already well developed with a lot of features you need for storing secrets and configuration. HashiCorp Vault is also friendlier towards application build and is focused in providing security and a lot of customization for almost any use case scenario. Bitwarden is more limited to password management of enterprise accounts, but for application usage is not that great or easy to integrate. It does not scale well also. AWS Secrets Manager on the other hand is really good but more limited to AWS applications and vendor lock is problematic as well for such a critical piece of infrastructure.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Allowed better access control for credentials, passwords, and important keys.
    • After we started using HashiCorp Vault, we were able to base our environment 100% as code.
    • SSH access control that is possible using HashiCorp Vault adds an extra level of security in environments where external remote access is required.
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    IBM Vault Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of writing a secret to Vault. Secrets are always encrypted and written to backend storage.Screenshot of the secrets menu to manage integrated secrets engines. Secrets Engines are components which store, generate, or encrypt data and are enabled at a path in Vault.Screenshot of where vault identity has support for groups. A group can contain multiple entities as its members. A group can also have subgroups.Screenshot of HCP Vault, which provides all of the power and security of Vault, without the complexity and overhead of managing it yourself.Screenshot of where to view entity client and non-entity client counts.Screenshot of MFA is built on top of the Identity system of Vault.