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Overview
CommandK is a secrets security platform that allows you to manage your secrets end to end. We help you implement all secret management best practices, all out of the box.
Hashicorp Vault provides a secure storage system for tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets critical in modern computing.
Detailed Comparison
Architecture
Installation Modes
- Available on CommandK managed cloud or install it in your private cloud
- You can install in your premise using the open-source software or use the HCP Cloud Vault
Multi-cloud support
- Yes
- Yes
Secret Management
Onboarding
- Get started in under 5 mins by importing apps from GitHub and importing secrets from existing secret managers
- Manual
Application Management
- Yes
- No
Environment Management
- Yes
- No
Central control plane
- Yes
- Yes
Secret Catalog
- Yes
- No
Secret Rotation
- Yes
- Yes
Built-in Health Monitoring
- Yes
- No
Permission Management
RBAC Support
- Available out of the box. Create and manage from your dashboard.
- DIY via policy files
SSO login
- Yes
- Yes
Team Management
- Yes
- No
Libraries
SDKs
- Available for popular languages; support for others in progress
- Available for all major languages
APIs
- Public APIs available
- Public APIs available
CLI
- Yes
- Yes
Support for local development
- Yes
- Yes
Framework Integrations
- Available for popular frameworks; support for others in progress
- Available for major frameworks
Integrations
Kubernetes auto-import
- Yes
- No
Third-party integrations
- Built-in support for major third-party providers
- Manual set-up required for each integration
Webhooks
- Yes
- No
Secret delivery monitoring
- Yes
- No
Pricing & Support
Pricing (mid-tier considered)
- $10 / mo per app
- $1.5 / hour / cluster
Support
- Available in the package
- Additional
Restriction-free usage
- Simple pricing. All features; no restrictions.
- The cloud model can become very expensive as you setup multiple production clusters in HA mode
Architecture
Installation Modes
- Available on CommandK managed cloud or install it in your private cloud
- You can install in your premise using the open-source software or use the HCP Cloud Vault
Multi-cloud support
- Yes
- No
Secret Management
Onboarding
- Get started in under 5 mins by importing apps from GitHub and importing secrets from existing secret managers
- Manual
Application Management
- Yes
- No
Environment Management
- Yes
- No
Central control plane
- Yes
- Yes
Secret Catalog
- Yes
- No
Secret Rotation
- Yes
- Yes
Built-in Health Monitoring
- Yes
- No
Permission Management
RBAC Support
- GUI for easy management
- DIY via policy files
ABAC Support+
- Team-based & environment-based advanced ABAC controls via GUI
- DIY via policy files. Doesn't natively supports applications & environments, you have to use complex regex-patterns to set up
SSO login
- Yes
- No
Team Management
- Yes
- No
Just-in-time credentials+
- Yes
- No
Libraries
SDKs
- Available for popular languages; support for others in progress
- Available for all major languages
APIs
- Public APIs available
- Public APIs available
CLI
- Yes
- Yes
Support for local development
- Yes
- No
Framework Integrations
- Available for popular frameworks; support for others in progress
- Available for major frameworks
Integrations
Kubernetes auto-import
- Yes
- No
Third-party integrations
- Built-in support for major third-party providers
- Manual set-up required for each integration
Webhooks
- Yes
- No
Secret delivery monitoring
- Yes
- No
Pricing & Support
Pricing (mid-tier considered)
- $10 / mo per app
- $1.5 / hour / cluster
Support
- Available in the package
- Additional
Restriction-free usage
- Simple pricing. All features; no restrictions.
- The cloud model can become very expensive as you setup multiple production clusters in HA mode
