Compare Google Secret Manager and HashiCorp Vault free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

Google Secret Manager vs HashiCorp Vault

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-11-06.

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Verdict

Google Secret Manager offers a free tier ("Always 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 2026-11-08. 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180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn and not restored, a product retired — does not lapse with time.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.

Google Secret Manager

Riskstable
CategorySecrets Management
TierAlways Free
Verified2026-11-06
Last read2026-11-06
Changes0 recorded
Always Free: 6 active secret versions, 10K access operations/month, 3 rotation notifications/month. Centralized secrets storage with IAM-based access control

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 2026-11-08, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Pricing Change History

Google Secret Manager

No recorded pricing changes for Google Secret Manager.

HashiCorp Vault

No recorded pricing changes for HashiCorp Vault.

Watch Both Vendors for Pricing Changes

We do not push notifications. Every change we record is readable the moment it lands, and the JSON answer carries an ETag — send it back as If-None-Match and an unchanged answer costs one 304.

curl https://agentdeals.dev/api/changes?vendor=Google%20Secret%20Manager curl https://agentdeals.dev/pricing-changes/feed.xml?vendor=Google%20Secret%20Manager curl https://agentdeals.dev/api/changes?vendor=HashiCorp%20Vault curl https://agentdeals.dev/pricing-changes/feed.xml?vendor=HashiCorp%20Vault

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