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HashiCorp Boundary

Session broker from HashiCorp, pairs with Vault for JIT credential injection

ToolPrivileged Access ManagementCloud, Self-hosted, Open source

Pricing: Free and open source; paid tiers on the vendor site.

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

What is HashiCorp Boundary?

HashiCorp Boundary is an identity-aware session broker for remote access to infrastructure. It pairs naturally with HashiCorp Vault to provide just-in-time credential brokering: users authenticate with Boundary using their identity provider, Boundary requests short-lived credentials from Vault, and injects them into the session without exposing them. Boundary is open source (MPL 2.0) with a commercial HCP Boundary cloud offering.

Best for: Teams already invested in HashiCorp tooling who want unified secrets + session access

Pros

  • Natural fit for teams already running HashiCorp Vault
  • Open source core with no license cost
  • Terraform-native workflow for declarative access policies
  • HCP option removes operational overhead

Things to check

  • Younger product; smaller community than Teleport
  • Session recording requires Enterprise tier
  • Best value comes bundled with Vault. Less compelling standalone
  • Fewer enterprise integrations than legacy PAM

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

Key Features

Identity-aware session brokering for SSH, RDP, databases
Credential injection via HashiCorp Vault integration
Targets and host catalogs for dynamic discovery
Role-based access with SSO integration
Session recording (Enterprise/HCP tier)
Works across multi-cloud and on-premises
Terraform provider for infrastructure-as-code auth policies
HCP Boundary managed cloud offering
Ingress workers for private network access
Audit events and session telemetry

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Key facts

Pricing
Free and open source; paid tiers on the vendor site.
Model
Open Source + HCP cloud tiers
Founded
2020
Cloud
Yes
Self-hosted
Yes
Open source
Yes
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