Secrets management · Comparison
HCP Vault Dedicated vs Infisical
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | HCP Vault Dedicated | Infisical |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Saves engineering timeVault run for you by HashiCorp: dynamic credentials, rotation and fine-grained policies on a single-tenant cluster you do not operate. | Saves engineering timeAn open-source secrets platform with syncs, rotation and dynamic secrets that you can use in its cloud or run yourself. |
| Overall score | 5.2 | 6.8Best |
| Free option | Free trial | Free plan |
| Card to start | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $0.62/cluster-hour | $20/identity/mo |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per cluster-hour by tier and size, plus per client per month | Per identity (human or machine) per month |
| Free option | No free tier; $500 of trial credit for 6 months, no card | Free: 5 identities, 10 syncs; 30-day trial of paid plans, no card |
| Machine identities | Billed as clients, like people, at $72.92 a month | Billed like users; machines with identical permissions can share one |
| Audit log retention | 30 days for download from Essentials; none on Development | None on Free, 30 days on Pro, 90 on Advanced, custom on Enterprise |
| Dynamic secrets | Every tier | Advanced ($40 per identity) |
| Database rotation | Every tier (database static roles) | Pro for public databases; full rotation on Advanced |
| Kubernetes | Vault Secrets Operator and CSI provider | Operator, Agent Injector and CSI provider; External Secrets provider |
| SAML SSO / SCIM | HCP SAML or OIDC SSO and SCIM, no plan gate stated | SAML on Pro; SCIM on Enterprise |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | Restricted-use SOC 2 report, type not stated; ISO 27001 and 27017 | SOC 2 Type II; no ISO 27001 stated |
| HIPAA BAA | Not supported | HIPAA compliance stated; BAA by agreement, plan not stated |
| EU data storage | EU regions on AWS and Azure; snapshots in the US | EU cloud region (eu.infisical.com) |
| Self-hosting | Vault Community (BSL 1.1); Vault Enterprise through sales | MIT-licensed core free; enterprise features need a license |
| Secret export | Per path via CLI or API; no bulk export | CLI export as dotenv, CSV, JSON or YAML |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, HCP Vault Dedicated puts the most secret-lifecycle features on its entry production tier, with SSO, SCIM and audit streaming self-serve. At $2,245.73 a month it costs the most for our scenario, and it offers no HIPAA BAA or customer-managed keys. | From its public pages, Infisical pairs broad rotation, syncs and dynamic secrets on self-serve plans with an MIT core to self-host and an EU region. Every identity is billed, audit logs start on Pro with 30 days, and SCIM and SIEM streaming need Enterprise. |
Evidence: HCP Vault Dedicated: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Infisical: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our HCP Vault Dedicated review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick HCP Vault Dedicated when
- You want Vault’s API, policies and ecosystem, with dynamic secrets on the first production tier.
- Pick Infisical when
- You want $300 a month for the scenario, syncs on the entry paid plan and an MIT core to self-host.
From our Infisical review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Infisical when
- You want $300 a month for the scenario, with syncs to CI and hosting on the entry paid plan.
- Pick HCP Vault Dedicated when
- You need dynamic secrets on the entry production tier and already use Vault policies and tooling.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- HCP Vault DedicatedDevelopment$0.62/cluster-hourExtra Small, single node; $0.61644 on IBM’s list; up to 25 clients, no per-client fee
- Dynamic and auto-rotating secrets
- No audit logging or secrets sync
- For exploring features in a limited environment
- InfisicalPro$20/identity/moBilled annually; $23 billed monthly; 30-day trial, no card
- SAML SSO and folder-level access control
- Point-in-time recovery and IP allowlisting
- Rotation for public databases; 25 syncs, 6 environments
- 30 days of audit logs
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: HCP Vault Dedicated 2026-10-16, Infisical 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- InfisicalSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (6.8/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- InfisicalFree plan, no card needed; scored 6.8/10.
- Lowest starter price
- Infisical$20/identity/mo for the Pro (billed annually; $23 month to month) plan. HCP Vault Dedicated lists no comparable paid price.
- Highest overall score
- Infisical6.8/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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