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Azure Key Vault pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.3 out of 5
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PROS

Azure Key Vault offers a high level of security, allowing organizations to securely store secrets, keys, and other sensitive data.
It provides seamless integration with Azure services, enabling organizations to use secrets without direct interaction and to manage credential rotations effectively.
The system enhances security posture by storing secrets in a centralized and secure location, incorporating identity access management to ensure authorized access.
Its key management is simplified, allowing users to generate, import, and manage keys efficiently, thus enhancing data protection and compliance with regulatory requirements.
The service is highly affordable, with competitive pricing that offers a good return on investment given its extensive features and benefits.

CONS

Azure Key Vault lacks accessibility on mobile devices and needs to expand into mobile and endpoint management.
Azure Key Vault's initial setup is complex for first-time users, and additional guidance in infrastructure as code would be beneficial.
Azure Key Vault has compatibility and integration issues with third-party vendors and non-Microsoft cloud services, which could force users to rely on additional solutions.
Azure Key Vault's support service requires improvement in skill level and response times, often resulting in delayed solutions.
Azure Key Vault suffers from difficulties in password rotation and key synchronization, impacting overall security management.
 

Azure Key Vault Pros review quotes

reviewer1532262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 17, 2021
All its features are really valuable. It's really well thought-out. It's a complete turnkey solution that has all the concerns taken care of, such as access control and management. You can use it in infrastructure as code to create key vaults, APIs, PowerShells, CLIs, even Terraform.
Piyush_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
May 15, 2023
There is advanced data protection available. We're working in a highly regulated environment, and this is essential to us.
Mayur B N - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 26, 2024
The product's integration capabilities are good.
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reviewer1800207 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 1, 2022
Among the features that have helped improve our security posture are storing secrets in a secure location to create a trusted situation, trusted resources, and incorporating identity access management so that we know who has access to what.
CA
Oct 11, 2021
The best feature is the integrity of the .NET applications in our company.
AliMohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 29, 2024
With Azure Key Vault, we can generate our own keys and then import them inside the system, which provides a higher level of security than provider-managed keys.
Prince Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2024
The solution uses the encryption technique to store the secret information data that uses EPCE. There is also one feature that monitors Azure Key Vault.
CO
Jan 16, 2025
The integration management of access to Key Vault is beneficial for me.
RL
Mar 20, 2021
The security on offer seems to be quite good.
Atal Upadhyay - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 28, 2024
The solution's technical support is good. My company received support from Microsoft whenever we needed it.
 

Azure Key Vault Cons review quotes

reviewer1532262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 17, 2021
If you check the capabilities of other key management services across Amazon, HashiCorp, and Google, there are features that Key Vault doesn't have. It could be the case that when you use Key Vault, you might be forced to use a third-party solution to get certain services. If those services could be included in Key Vault, there would be diminished reasons to go for a third-party key management system.
Piyush_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
May 15, 2023
There are additional charges for data transfers. However, the pricing is mostly reasonable for the licensing overall.
Mayur B N - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 26, 2024
Currently, our company has to add the secrets manually, one by one, in Azure Key Vault, which is a tedious process.
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reviewer1800207 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 1, 2022
One of my previous clients was one of the big banks here in the Netherlands and the EU courts have stated that Microsoft Azure Key Vault is not, according to their perspective, secure due to the fact that Microsoft has access to Key Vault.
CA
Oct 11, 2021
The big problem with Azure Key Vault is key rotation. We haven't found a good way to synchronize the credentials between the databases and Key Vault.
AliMohiuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 29, 2024
It would be great if Azure allowed more third-party vendors into the ecosystem.
Prince Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2024
They should improve its policies, which sometimes reapplied but don't sync properly between the Key vault and the role-based access. When I put some roles on the user side, it sometimes misses the end data to secure.
CO
Jan 16, 2025
The whole problem of password rotation could be improved.
RL
Mar 20, 2021
While the solution already does a great job of managing keys, the solution could probably look at maybe expanding more into mobile devices and endpoints.
Atal Upadhyay - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 28, 2024
If I consider how some people complain that a solution to store information should be available at a low cost, I would say that Azure Key Vault's price should be made cheaper.