AWS Secrets Manager

Name: AWS Secrets Manager
Rating: 4

Native AWS secrets management service with automatic rotation

ToolSecrets ManagementCloud

Pricing: $0.40/secret/month + $0.05/10k API calls

Reviewed by the Cyber Vendor Guide editorial team against the public sources cited below · Last reviewed September 2026 · How we review listings

What is AWS Secrets Manager?

AWS Secrets Manager is a fully managed service that helps you protect access to your applications, services, and IT resources. It enables you to easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle.

Best for: Teams already on AWS who want native integration

Pros

Seamless AWS integration
Fully managed, zero infrastructure
Built-in rotation for RDS, Redshift, DocumentDB
Pay-per-use pricing

Things to check

AWS lock-in
Limited to AWS ecosystem
Can get expensive at scale
No self-hosted option

Reported in public reviews and vendor documentation. See sources below.

Key Features

Automatic secret rotation

Fine-grained IAM policies

Native AWS service integration

Cross-account secret sharing

CloudFormation support

Encryption with AWS KMS

VPC endpoint support

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