# Enkryptify vs HashiCorp Vault

> Vault is the most powerful secrets tool there is, and running it shows. Dynamic secrets, a deep policy engine, self-hosting. Enkryptify is the turnkey trade: a managed EU service that rotates, detects leaks and revokes them on its own, with nothing to operate. Here is an honest look at where each one fits.

## When to choose which

**Choose Enkryptify if**

- You want secrets management as a managed service, with no cluster to run, unseal or upgrade.
- A detected leak should be revoked or rotated automatically, in one product.
- Your AI coding agents need scoped runtime secrets in production today.
- You want a free trial and EU hosting without standing up infrastructure.

**Choose HashiCorp Vault if**

- You need dynamic, short-lived secrets across many databases and clouds.
- You need a deep policy engine with Sentinel and namespaces.
- You want to self-host and fully control the deployment.
- You operate at large scale with HA and replication, and have a team to run it.

## Vault can do almost anything. Enkryptify just does it.

HashiCorp Vault is the heavyweight. Dynamic secrets that exist only when read, a policy engine with Sentinel and namespaces, encryption as a service and a plugin for almost every backend. For a team that can run it at scale, Vault is hard to beat, and we will not pretend otherwise.

That power has a cost: you run it. Community Edition is free but you operate the cluster, and even managed Vault is a single-tenant deployment you size and maintain. Its multi-tenant SaaS is being retired in 2026. Enkryptify is the other shape, a turnkey EU service that rotates, detects and responds with nothing to host. It does less than Vault on purpose, and the part it adds, automatic response to a leak, Vault leaves to you.

**Where HashiCorp Vault is the stronger choice**

- Dynamic secrets are its signature: short-lived credentials minted per request across databases and clouds, auto-revoked when the lease ends.
- A policy engine nothing here matches, with fine-grained ACLs, Sentinel policy-as-code and namespaces for multi-team isolation.
- Community Edition is source-available and self-hostable, so you can run and control the whole thing yourself.
- Battle-tested at large scale with HA and replication, plus SOC 2 Type 2 alongside ISO 27001 (Enkryptify holds ISO 27001).

## Feature comparison

Last verified June 2026 against public HashiCorp documentation.

### Storage and delivery

| Feature | Enkryptify | HashiCorp Vault |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Encrypted vault for secrets | Yes | Yes |
| Runtime injection, no keys in code | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamic, short-lived secrets (Vault's signature capability across databases and clouds) | No | Yes |
| Self-hostable (Vault Community is source-available (BUSL); the burden of running it is yours) | No | Yes |

### Active defense

| Feature | Enkryptify | HashiCorp Vault |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scheduled secret rotation (Vault rotates and issues dynamic secrets) | Yes | Yes |
| Leak detection for secrets in code (Vault Radar is a separate HCP add-on) | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic revoke or rotate on leak (Vault Radar alerts and guides; remediation is manual) | Yes | No |
| Anomaly detection on access (Vault logs every request; detection needs an external SIEM) | Yes | Via SIEM |

### AI agents

| Feature | Enkryptify | HashiCorp Vault |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scoped secrets for AI coding agents (Vault's MCP server is beta and not for production) | Yes | Beta |

### Operations

| Feature | Enkryptify | HashiCorp Vault |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fully managed, no cluster to operate (Vault's multi-tenant SaaS retires in 2026; managed Vault is a single-tenant cluster) | Yes | No |
| Single sign-on and audit logs (Vault's audit trail is best-in-class; SCIM and SAML are Enterprise) | Yes | Yes |

### Compliance and hosting

| Feature | Enkryptify | HashiCorp Vault |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EU data residency (Clusters can run in EU regions, but HashiCorp's EU residency offering excludes Vault) | Yes | No |
| ISO 27001 certified | Yes | Yes |
| SOC 2 Type 2 | No | Yes |

### Plans and pricing

| Feature | Enkryptify | HashiCorp Vault |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free to try (Enkryptify has a 14-day trial; Vault's free option is self-host only) | Yes | No |
| Pricing model | Per developer seat | License or usage-based |

## Coming from Vault?

Teams usually move to drop the operational weight, not because Vault lacks features. A common pattern is to keep Vault where you need dynamic secrets or deep policy, and move the secrets that mostly need storage, rotation and leak response to a service you do not have to run. There is no automated Vault importer yet, so secrets move manually for a focused set.

1. Create a free Enkryptify project and install the CLI with brew install enkryptify/enkryptify/enkryptify.
2. Add the secrets your services and agents use, grouped by project and environment.
3. Point your apps, CI and agents at Enkryptify with the CLI, API or a sync to GitHub, AWS, Azure or GCP.
4. Turn on rotation, leak detection and automatic response, and keep Vault for dynamic secrets where you need them.

## FAQ

**Does Vault rotate secrets?**

Yes, and more. Vault rotates static secrets and issues dynamic, short-lived secrets across many databases and clouds, which is more advanced than scheduled rotation alone. Enkryptify rotates on a schedule but does not issue dynamic secrets. The real difference is operations and response: Enkryptify is managed and revokes leaked secrets automatically, while Vault leaves the response to you.

**Can Vault detect a leaked secret and revoke it?**

Vault detects secrets leaked in code through Vault Radar, a separate HCP add-on, but it stops at alerts and remediation guidance. Its automatic revocation applies to dynamic-secret leases on expiry, not to a leaked key. Enkryptify detects exposure and rotates or revokes the secret automatically within seconds.

**Is Vault open source?**

Since August 2023 Vault uses the Business Source License, which is source-available rather than OSI open source. OpenBao is the open-source fork. Vault Community is free and self-hostable if you run it yourself. Enkryptify's CLI and SDKs are open source, and the platform is a managed service.

**Is there a managed Vault that works like Enkryptify?**

HCP Vault Dedicated is managed, but it is a single-tenant cluster you still size and operate, and the lightweight multi-tenant HCP Vault Secrets reaches end of life in July 2026. Enkryptify is a turnkey multi-tenant service with nothing to run.

**Does Vault support AI coding agents?**

Vault has an MCP server, but its documentation strongly discourages production use, and scoped agent identity is a build-it-yourself pattern. Enkryptify gives Cursor, Claude Code and Codex scoped runtime secrets in production today.

**Is my data kept in the EU with Vault?**

Vault clusters can run in EU cloud regions, but HashiCorp's dedicated EU data-residency offering does not currently include Vault, and some control-plane data has been stored in the US. Enkryptify hosts all data in the EU and is ISO 27001 certified.

## The defense layer, without the cluster.

Start free, no credit card. Get rotation, leak detection and automatic response as a managed EU service, and keep Vault for the deep, self-hosted work it is built for.

ISO 27001 certified · EU data residency · GDPR aligned

## Links

- This comparison: https://enkryptify.com/compare/hashicorp-vault
- Pricing: https://enkryptify.com/pricing
- All integrations and syncs: https://enkryptify.com/syncs
- Documentation: https://docs.enkryptify.com
- Start now: https://app.enkryptify.com