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Enkryptify vs AWS Secrets Manager

AWS Secrets Manager is a solid managed vault if you live inside AWS. It stores secrets, hands them out through IAM and rotates AWS databases with no code. Enkryptify is built to span every cloud, rotate the SaaS and AI keys AWS leaves to you, and revoke a leaked secret on its own. Here is an honest look at where each one fits.
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Choose Enkryptify if

  • Your stack spans more than AWS, and you want one vault across every cloud.
  • You rotate SaaS and AI keys like OpenAI or Stripe and do not want to write a Lambda for each.
  • A leaked secret should be detected and revoked automatically, in one product.
  • You want flat, predictable pricing instead of per-secret and per-call metering.

Choose AWS Secrets Manager if

  • Your workloads live entirely in AWS and authenticate with IAM.
  • You mainly rotate Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift or DocumentDB, which it does with no code.
  • You want it managed by AWS at AWS scale, in your existing account.
  • You need AWS's broad compliance coverage on the same bill.

AWS secures AWS. Enkryptify secures everything else too.

AWS Secrets Manager is a good fit for AWS-resident workloads. It stores secrets, retrieves them through IAM, integrates cleanly with Lambda, ECS and EKS, and rotates Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift and DocumentDB with no code at all. Inside AWS, it is well built and well operated.

The limits show at the edges of AWS. It lives in an AWS account and is governed by AWS IAM, so using it across other clouds means carrying AWS credentials into them. It does not watch for leaked secrets or revoke them. And for SaaS and AI providers like OpenAI or Stripe, rotation means writing and maintaining a Lambda. Enkryptify is provider-neutral, rotates those out of the box, and revokes a leaked secret on its own.

Where AWS Secrets Manager is the stronger choice

  • Inside AWS it is effortless: secrets resolve through IAM and wire straight into Lambda, ECS and EKS with no extra credentials to carry.
  • Turnkey rotation for Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift and DocumentDB, handled by AWS with no Lambda to write.
  • Compliance breadth on the bill you already have, with SOC 2, PCI DSS and FedRAMP, plus GuardDuty for anomaly detection on AWS workloads.
  • AWS-grade scale and regional reach, in the account your team already runs.

How they compare

Storage and delivery
Encrypted vault for secrets
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: yes
Runtime retrieval, no keys in code
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: yes
Works across any cloud
AWS Secrets Manager is scoped to an AWS account and IAM
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: not available
Rotation
Rotate cloud databases with no code
AWS rotates RDS, Aurora, Redshift and DocumentDB natively
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: yes
Rotate SaaS and AI keys without writing a Lambda
AWS covers six partner apps; OpenAI, Stripe and others need a custom Lambda
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerPartial
Active defense
Leak detection for secrets in code
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: not available
Automatic revoke or rotate on leak
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: not available
Anomaly detection on access
AWS uses GuardDuty, a separate, paid service
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerGuardDuty
AI agents
Scoped secrets for AI coding agents
AWS ships a plugin that hides plaintext from agents, not scoped per-agent grants
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerLeak-prevention
Compliance
ISO 27001 certified
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: yes
SOC 2 Type 2
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: not available
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: yes
Plans and pricing
Free to try
Enkryptify includes a 14-day trial; AWS offers a 30-day trial per secret, not a perpetual free tier
EnkryptifyEnkryptify: yes
AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager: not available
Pricing model
EnkryptifyPer developer seat
AWS Secrets ManagerPer secret + per API call
Included Not availableLast verified June 2026, against public AWS documentation
DATABASE_URLPostgres
in 2h 12m
OPENAI_API_KEYOpenAI
in 0:11
OPENROUTER_API_KEYOpenRouter
in 5h 43m
RESEND_API_KEYResend
in 0:44

Rotate SaaS and AI keys without writing a Lambda.

Credit where it is due: AWS rotates RDS, Aurora, Redshift and DocumentDB with no code, and it now rotates six partner SaaS apps Lambda-free. But for the providers most teams actually live on, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Stripe and the like, rotation on AWS means writing and maintaining a Lambda function per credential type.

Enkryptify rotates Postgres, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Resend and more on a schedule out of the box, and rolls the new value out everywhere it is used. No function to write, no function to maintain.

Leak detected in a public commit12:04:01.024
Secret rotated automatically12:04:01.310
Old value revoked everywhere12:04:03.002

Rotated and revoked 2.0s after the leak.

Detection and response, built in.

AWS Secrets Manager does not watch for secrets exposed in code, and it does not revoke a leaked key on its own. Anomaly detection means enabling GuardDuty, a separate service on a separate bill.

Enkryptify keeps watch and response in the product. It looks for exposed secrets and unusual access, then rotates or revokes the affected secret within seconds, with nothing extra to turn on or pay for.

One vault, every cloud.

AWS Secrets Manager lives in an AWS account and is governed by AWS IAM. Reaching it from Azure, GCP or on-prem means carrying AWS credentials into those environments, which is exactly the kind of long-lived secret you were trying to avoid.

Enkryptify is provider-neutral. One vault holds the secrets for all of your clouds and syncs to AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub and more, so you are not managing secrets in three consoles with three access models.

Coming from AWS Secrets Manager?

Most teams move because their stack outgrew a single cloud, or because they got tired of maintaining rotation Lambdas. Keep AWS Secrets Manager for AWS-native database rotation if you like, and move the cross-cloud and SaaS secrets to Enkryptify. There is no automated importer yet, so secrets move manually for a focused set.

  1. 1Create a free Enkryptify project and install the CLI with brew install enkryptify/enkryptify/enkryptify.
  2. 2Add the secrets your services and agents use, grouped by project and environment.
  3. 3Sync to AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub and more, or pull at runtime with the CLI and API.
  4. 4Turn on rotation, leak detection and automatic response across every provider you use.

Frequently asked questions

Can AWS Secrets Manager rotate secrets automatically?
Yes, for some. It rotates Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift and DocumentDB with no code, and rotates six partner SaaS apps Lambda-free. For other providers like OpenAI, OpenRouter or Stripe you write and maintain a custom Lambda. Enkryptify rotates those providers on a schedule out of the box.
Does AWS Secrets Manager detect leaked secrets and revoke them?
No. Secrets Manager itself does not scan your code for exposed secrets or revoke a leaked key. Detection in the AWS world comes from separate tools, and anomaly detection means enabling GuardDuty. Enkryptify detects exposure and revokes or rotates the secret automatically within seconds.
Can I use AWS Secrets Manager across other clouds?
It is possible but awkward. Secrets Manager is scoped to an AWS account and governed by AWS IAM, so using it from Azure, GCP or on-prem means carrying AWS credentials into those environments. Enkryptify is provider-neutral and gives you one vault across all of your clouds.
Does AWS support AI coding agents?
AWS ships a secret-safety plugin for Claude Code and Codex that blocks agents from reading plaintext secrets, which AWS itself describes as a best-effort defense rather than a security boundary. Enkryptify issues scoped runtime secrets to agents, a different and more direct model.
Which is cheaper?
It depends on your usage. AWS charges per secret per month plus per API call, and costs can stack with KMS, Lambda rotation and GuardDuty. Enkryptify uses simple per-seat pricing with a 14-day free trial. For predictable spend across many secrets and providers, flat pricing is usually easier to reason about.

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