Secrets & keys
HashiCorp Vault
The secrets manager, now under IBM.
open source self-hostable HashiCorp · USSelf-host the source-available edition; the licence changed away from open source in 2023.
Website ↗ Source ↗ Plan “Secrets & keys” with it
How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted outside Europe | servers outside Europe | usage | red — Hosted outside Europe: your data sits under non-European jurisdiction. |
Facts
| Company / project | HashiCorp (US), part of IBM |
|---|---|
| Licence | BUSL-1.1 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 256 MB RAM · 0.25 vCPU · 1 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Alternatives to it here | OpenBao |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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