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# Keeper Security vs HashiCorp Vault

Side-by-side comparison of identity tools. Sponsored placement is disclosed where applicable.

Last updated 3 weeks ago

Quick answer

## Keeper Security vs HashiCorp Vault: which should you choose?

Short answer

Keeper Security vs HashiCorp Vault have overlapping use cases in identity and access management. The right pick depends on your company size, deployment model, integrations, and pricing tolerance — compare those attributes side-by-side below.

Best for

Keeper Security: Organizations that want to consolidate team password management and privileged access management in a single vendor, prioritize zero-knowledge encryption, and need compliance reporting for regulated industries. · HashiCorp Vault: Platform and security teams that need secrets management, dynamic credentials and machine identity at scale.

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Pick the option whose company-size fit, deployment model, and integrations most closely match your stack.

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Related tools & categories

[Keeper Security](/directory/keeper)[HashiCorp Vault](/directory/hashicorp-vault)[IAM Stack Finder](/stack-finder)[Buyer resources](/resources)

Attribute

[Keeper Security](/directory/keeper)[](https://www.keepersecurity.com)

[HashiCorp Vault](/directory/hashicorp-vault)[](https://www.vaultproject.io)

Best for

Organizations that want to consolidate team password management and privileged access management in a single vendor, prioritize zero-knowledge encryption, and need compliance reporting for regulated industries. 

Platform and security teams that need secrets management, dynamic credentials and machine identity at scale. 

Short description

Keeper Security provides enterprise password management, privileged access management (KeeperPAM), and secrets management for DevOps pipelines — with a strong focus on zero-knowledge architecture and compliance. 

Widely used secrets management and machine identity platform, available as open source, enterprise and HCP Vault Dedicated. 

Company size

SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise 

startup, smb, mid\_market, enterprise 

Deployment

SaaS / Cloud-hosted 

saas, self\_hosted, hybrid 

Source

Proprietary 

open core 

Pricing model

Per-user per month; KeeperPAM and Secrets Manager priced separately 

tiered 

Integrations

Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Terraform, Splunk 

Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Consul, PostgreSQL, MySQL 

Categories

Privileged Access Management / PAM, Secrets / API Key Management 

Machine Identity, Non-Human Identity, Secrets / API Key Management 

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