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Azure Key Vault vs StorMagic SvKMS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

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 (20th), Secrets Management Tools (2nd)
StorMagic SvKMS
Ranking in Certificate Management Software
7th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Certificate Management Software category, the mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 16.8%, down from 31.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StorMagic SvKMS is 3.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Certificate Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Key Vault16.8%
StorMagic SvKMS3.6%
Other79.6%
Certificate Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

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.
SANJAY HASIJA - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at FIELDFEET CONSULTING
A scalable and easy-to-manage tool that needs to provide more integration with other applications
Something can be better because StorMagic SvKMS has not reached FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Compliance, which can only come with the hardware-encrypted card. With a whole lot of other applications that generate encryption keys, which is an ongoing process, StorMagic SvKMS has a limitation in terms of the number of applications it can integrate with or it can store their encryption key for because it has to integrate with that tool, which is generating the encryption key or the application elsewhere. StorMagic SvKMS may feel limited to certain applications since it is not fully ready to give encryption to all the applications. The feature I want in the solution is that it should provide more integration with the applications. I also want to see the solution have FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Compliance, which is the hardware card the customers look for at the end of the day.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The centralized storage and secure storage are features we like."
"We only use the basic features and those are the ones that have the ability to tie into the app, the secrets, and the passwords and encrypt them."
"In summary, this is a good product and one that I recommend."
"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."
"The access policies are the solution's most valuable aspect."
"It allows me to run applications using these certificates without directly installing them."
"It provides a secure and centralized location for managing and protecting sensitive information, making it an essential component for enhancing the security."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution, and there is no limit. With StorMagic SvKMS, one can go up to hundreds or thousands of users easily."
 

Cons

"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."
"Users should be able to segregate the passwords."
"The slow response from the support team is one of the shortcomings of the solution that needs to be improved."
"The skill level of the support staff is also questionable."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"The initial setup could be less complex for first-time users."
"There are additional charges for data transfers. However, the pricing is mostly reasonable for the licensing overall."
"Azure Key Vault is only available for Microsoft services, and it should be exposed to non-Microsoft cloud services, like GCP and Amazon."
"StorMagic SvKMS has a limitation in terms of the number of applications it can integrate with or it can store their encryption key for because it has to integrate with that tool, which is generating the encryption key or the application elsewhere."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a cheap option."
"Currently, the solution's pricing is based on the number of transactions, which is very high in some cases."
"The price of the product is okay for my company."
"You don't need to pay for a license for Azure Key Vault. It is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis."
"The product is affordable, in my opinion."
"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 pricing is decent. It has a pretty low price. It is a straightforward cost based on usage."
"The price of the solution is reasonable for what we are using it for."
"The solution is priced reasonably, making it neither cheap nor expensive. Payments have to be made on a yearly basis toward the solution's licensing costs. There are no additional costs apart from the solution's licensing costs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
6%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise27
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Questions from the Community

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...
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Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Key Vault, MS Azure Key Vault
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