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Google Cloud Secret Manager

GCP-native secrets storage with versioning and audit

ToolSecrets ManagementCloud

Pricing: Free tier: 6 active secret versions + 10k access operations + 3 rotation notifications/month; then $0.06 per active secret version/month and $0.03 per 10,000 access operations

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What is Google Cloud Secret Manager?

Google Cloud Secret Manager is a secure and convenient storage system for API keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data. It provides a central place to manage, access, and audit secrets across Google Cloud with automatic versioning.

Best for: Teams running workloads on Google Cloud Platform

Pros

  • Simple and intuitive API
  • Generous free tier
  • Strong GCP integration
  • Automatic versioning built-in

Things to check

  • GCP lock-in
  • Fewer rotation features than AWS
  • Smaller ecosystem
  • No self-hosted option

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

Key Features

Automatic secret versioning
IAM-based access control
Audit logging with Cloud Audit Logs
Customer-managed encryption keys
Secret rotation support
Regional and multi-regional replication
gcloud CLI integration
Pub/Sub notifications

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Key facts

Pricing
Free tier: 6 active secret versions + 10k access operations + 3 rotation notifications/month; then $0.06 per active secret version/month and $0.03 per 10,000 access operations
Model
Per-operation
Founded
2020
Cloud
Yes
Self-hosted
No
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Where Google Cloud Secret Manager appears

Guides

Certifications

SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA

In the glossary

Secrets Management