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Doppler vs HashiCorp Vault

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-08-13.

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Verdict

Doppler offers a free tier ("Free"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for HashiCorp Vault. We could not read the page we cite for HashiCorp Vault when we last looked, on 2026-09-19. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn, a product retired — does not lapse with time. A badge carrying a date states the record it rests on; a badge with no date rests on no record in force.

Doppler

Riskstable
CategorySecrets Management
TierFree
Verified2026-08-13
Last read2026-09-18
Changes1 recorded
Secrets management — up to 3 users, 10 projects, 4 environments per project. CLI, SDKs, and integrations included

HashiCorp Vault

Risk
CategorySecrets Management
TierCommunity / HCP Free
Verified2026-04-05
Last read2026-04-05
Changes0 recorded
Self-hosted free (BSL 1.1 license). HCP Vault Secrets cloud free tier: 25 apps, 25 static secrets, 5 versions, 5 syncsWe could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-19, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Pricing Change History

Doppler

reduced discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown medium impact
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-06). The free tier is for 3 users. Retracted 2026-09-06: nothing was reduced. doppler.com/pricing, fetched 2026-09-06, prices the Developer plan at "Free for 3 users" and its comparison table gives that column "Projects 10" and "Environments 4" — the three figures our stored description carries, unchanged. The same column adds "Config syncs (5)", 5 webhooks and 5 CLI tokens per user, which our description never claimed. "The free tier is for 3 users" restates a limit we already publish. Source ↗

HashiCorp Vault

No recorded pricing changes for HashiCorp Vault.

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