Secrets management · Comparison
Doppler vs HCP Vault Dedicated vs Infisical
3 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 | Doppler | HCP Vault Dedicated | Infisical |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Saves engineering timeOne place to store, sync and rotate app secrets across environments, billed per engineer with machine identities free. | 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 | 7.3Best | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free trial | Free plan |
| Card to start | No card needed | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $21/user/mo | $0.62/cluster-hour | $20/identity/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Usage-based | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per human user per month; no secret, API or usage fees | Per cluster-hour by tier and size, plus per client per month | Per identity (human or machine) per month |
| Free option | Developer: 3 users free, $8 per additional user up to 25; 14-day Team trial, no card | 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 | Free; service accounts from Team | Billed as clients, like people, at $72.92 a month | Billed like users; machines with identical permissions can share one |
| Audit log retention | 3 days on Developer, 90 days on Team, custom on Enterprise | 30 days for download from Essentials; none on Development | None on Free, 30 days on Pro, 90 on Advanced, custom on Enterprise |
| Dynamic secrets | Enterprise (AWS IAM, Azure Service Principal) | Every tier | Advanced ($40 per identity) |
| Database rotation | Team for GCP Cloud SQL via API; proxied AWS databases on Enterprise | Every tier (database static roles) | Pro for public databases; full rotation on Advanced |
| Kubernetes | Doppler Kubernetes Operator and External Secrets provider, all plans | Vault Secrets Operator and CSI provider | Operator, Agent Injector and CSI provider; External Secrets provider |
| SAML SSO / SCIM | SAML on Team; SCIM on Enterprise | HCP SAML or OIDC SSO and SCIM, no plan gate stated | SAML on Pro; SCIM on Enterprise |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II; 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 described | Not supported | HIPAA compliance stated; BAA by agreement, plan not stated |
| EU data storage | No EU region; GCP us-central1 | EU regions on AWS and Azure; snapshots in the US | EU cloud region (eu.infisical.com) |
| Self-hosting | Doppler On-prem, Enterprise only | Vault Community (BSL 1.1); Vault Enterprise through sales | MIT-licensed core free; enterprise features need a license |
| Secret export | CLI and API download as JSON, .env or YAML | Per path via CLI or API; no bulk export | CLI export as dotenv, CSV, JSON or YAML |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Doppler is a simple seat-priced secrets platform: machine identities are free, and Team at $21 a user adds SSO, rotation and 90-day logs. Dynamic secrets, SCIM, SIEM forwarding and customer-managed keys need Enterprise, and the cloud runs in the US only. | 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: Doppler: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; 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 Doppler review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Doppler when
- You run many machine identities and want them free, with 90 days of logs on the $21 plan.
- Pick Infisical when
- You want an MIT-licensed core you can self-host, an EU cloud region, or dynamic secrets on a self-serve plan.
From our Doppler review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Doppler when
- You want a seat-priced service at $210 a month for the scenario rather than a cluster billed by the hour.
- Pick HCP Vault Dedicated when
- You need dynamic database credentials, Vault policies and SCIM without an Enterprise contract.
From our HCP Vault Dedicated review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick HCP Vault Dedicated when
- You need dynamic credentials, Vault policies and SCIM without an Enterprise contract.
- Pick Doppler when
- You want seat pricing at $210 a month for the scenario, free machine identities and syncs on the same plan.
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 an EU region, an open-source self-host path, or dynamic secrets without an Enterprise contract.
- Pick Doppler when
- You run many machines and want them free, with 90-day logs on the $21 seat plan.
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.
- DopplerTeam$21/user/moBilled per seat per month, prorated; 14-day trial, no card; machine identities free
- SAML SSO and role-based access per project and environment
- Automatic secret rotation and 100 config syncs
- 90 days of activity logs
- Add-ons at $9/seat/mo: custom roles, user groups, 500 syncs
- 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
- InfisicalLowest pricePro$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: Doppler 2026-10-16, HCP Vault Dedicated 2026-10-16, Infisical 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- DopplerSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 3 self-serve products here (7.3/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- DopplerFree plan, no card needed, and the highest score of the 2 that skip the card (7.3/10).
- 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
- Doppler7.3/10 (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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