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AppViewX CERT+ vs Azure Key Vault comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AppViewX CERT+
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
4th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Azure Key Vault
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (19th), Secrets Management Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Certificate Management Software category, the mindshare of AppViewX CERT+ is 9.1%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 17.9%, down from 32.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Certificate Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Key Vault17.9%
AppViewX CERT+9.1%
Other73.0%
Certificate Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Francois Gotti - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at IQEQ
Automation has streamlined certificate workflows and reduced human errors significantly
We have discussed with them the need for better integration with APIs, including specific definitions and business cases. We would benefit from templates for specific APIs that need to connect with external vendors or integrate directly with our backend. This feature is currently in their development pipeline. Another improvement area is the integration with automation, specifically simplifying the ACME services they offer to work without an agent. Currently, every backend machine requires an agent for ACME services. This improvement will become crucial in the next two years when public certificates must be reduced from one year to 47 days, which presents a significant challenge for us.
Rajthilak BS - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President (Data Security & Protection - Confidential AI) at Standard Chartered Bank
Have addressed compliance challenges but still struggle with seamless integration of certificate issuance between environments
In terms of Azure Key Vault improvements, we have to compare the competitor. If we consider AWS, our bank has Microsoft PKI, which is a Microsoft product, for the entire digital certificate infrastructure. Even in the cloud, when it is AWS, the internal certificates are MS PKI. When we had a problem, users had to come to on-premise to get a certificate and import it to AWS Certificate Manager and assign it. We wondered why we could not issue the certificate directly from the cloud for cloud users. There was a simple way in AWS. They have a Private Certificate Authority (PCA) and Amazon Certificate Manager. Private Certificate Authority issues certificates to Amazon services. They also provide Amazon Certificate Manager to store and deploy certificates. These are two neat components - one is an issuer and another is storage and deployment solutions for certificates. With PCA, I can directly enable it and get certificates from AWS itself. AWS can issue SSL/TLS certificates if you enable it directly. If you consider Azure, it is not very clear. Even the naming convention, Key Vault, might not suggest that this is a PKI or certificate manager. You cannot issue certificates directly. They have app certificates and did not have a clear-cut certificate management solution in the cloud when I worked at that time. I am not sure whether they have updated Azure Key Vault as a full-fledged PKI solution now. From what I saw, it was not a full-fledged PKI solution. We are not majorly using Azure Key Vault because it is only for storing secrets. If some solutions can provide guidance on how we can maximize leverage, we can immediately look forward to doing that. We already have some business problems we want to solve. While our primary focus is AWS, many of the services such as ADO are running on Azure, and the secondary services are growing bigger.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"AppViewX CERT+ is one of the great tools based on my usage over the last three years, and it is going to definitely increase your team's operational efficiency, and you should consider this product for evaluation."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Stability is very good."
"The product's integration capabilities are good."
"It is a managed service in Azure, you do not have to worry about security other than managing your own identities."
"With Azure Key Vault you have something that is free, enterprise-level, global, and it just works."
"The integration management of access to Key Vault is beneficial for me."
"The access policy feature helps secure content and resources."
"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."
 

Cons

"However, I do not see that AppViewX CERT+ currently supports AWS public CA for certificate integration and automation, which is something they can add."
"I think the product needs upgrades in terms of access control and certification improvements."
"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."
"While it is reliable, enhancing security and protection should always be the priority."
"Sometimes, we face issues that the support team is not aware of, necessitating investigation from their end."
"We've experienced issues with configuration."
"Microsoft Azure Key Vault could improve by enhancing the security of credentials."
"The integration with Thales HSM is complex and is not out-of-the-box. Uploading the keys was quite a tedious process."
"To make it a ten the setup should be more streamlined."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is neither cheap nor expensive."
"We use a pay-as-you-go license for the solution, which is not very expensive."
"Key Vault, like every Azure service, has a cost associated with it, but you don't have to spend thousands of dollars to spin up an environment to build a key management system. It's already there."
"The product is inexpensive."
"Azure Key Vault is an affordable solution."
"Azure Key Vault is expensive."
"Currently, the tool's monthly licensing costs are around 1,800 USD for all the environments combined, including the production and pre-production environments."
"I give the price of the solution a ten out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Government
10%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise27
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppViewX CERT+?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was really good. It was defined as a project and all the mandatory dates were expected and followed correctly. We had no issues with them and t...
What needs improvement with AppViewX CERT+?
Recently, every customer must have seen that AWS has added their feature or support for public CA signed certificates, allowing you to use AWS signed certificates for your applications hosted on th...
What is your primary use case for AppViewX CERT+?
The main use case of using AppViewX CERT+ is for the automation of certificate lifecycle management for my application.
Which is better - Azure Key Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?
Azure Key Vault is a SaaS solution. You can easily store passwords and secrets securely and encrypt them. Azure Key Vault is a great solution to ensure you are compliant with security and governanc...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Key Vault?
Based on my three years of experience, I believe there have been no updates to Azure Key Vault. I think the product needs upgrades in terms of access control and certification improvements. While A...
 

Also Known As

CERT+
Microsoft Azure Key Vault, MS Azure Key Vault
 

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Sample Customers

One of the top banks in USA
Adobe, DriveTime, Johnson Controls, HP, InterContinental Hotels Group, ASOS
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