Virgil Security
Encryption software
Confidentiality software
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
- Market presence
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What is Virgil Security
Virgil Security is a developer-focused encryption and key management platform used to add end-to-end encryption, digital signatures, and secure key storage to applications and services. It targets software teams building secure messaging, file/data protection, and encrypted workflows across web, mobile, and backend systems. The product is typically consumed via SDKs and APIs, with an emphasis on application-level cryptography rather than device management or content collaboration features.
Developer-centric SDK and APIs
Virgil Security is designed to be embedded into applications through SDKs and APIs, which fits teams that need encryption inside their own products. This approach supports custom user experiences and security models compared with packaged end-user tools. It can reduce time to implement common cryptographic workflows (encryption, signing, key exchange) when compared with building directly on low-level crypto libraries.
Application-level end-to-end encryption
The platform focuses on encrypting data at the application layer, which helps keep plaintext out of intermediate services when implemented correctly. This is useful for secure messaging, protected document exchange, and sensitive data handling in multi-tier architectures. It aligns with use cases where transport encryption alone is insufficient and where teams want cryptographic controls tied to users and devices.
Key management abstractions
Virgil Security provides higher-level primitives for key generation, storage, and distribution that can simplify key lifecycle handling in apps. This can help teams avoid common implementation pitfalls around key rotation, sharing, and access control logic. It is particularly relevant for products that need per-user or per-device keys rather than a single shared secret.
Requires engineering integration effort
The product is not a turnkey end-user application; it typically requires development work to integrate into existing systems. Security outcomes depend on correct implementation choices, threat modeling, and operational practices. Organizations without dedicated security engineering may find packaged confidentiality tools easier to deploy.
Limited out-of-box governance features
Compared with enterprise confidentiality suites, Virgil Security is more focused on cryptographic building blocks than on centralized policy enforcement, content classification, and user-facing controls. Teams may need additional tooling for audit workflows, compliance reporting, and administrative governance. This can increase the number of components required for regulated environments.
Vendor and roadmap dependency
Using a platform API/SDK introduces dependency on the vendor’s service availability, SDK maintenance, and long-term roadmap. Migration to alternative approaches can require reworking cryptographic flows and key management assumptions. Buyers typically need to validate support terms, data residency options, and operational SLAs for production use.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 — up to 250 registered users | Unlimited secure communication between users (including group chat); unlimited sensitive data sharing & backups; unlimited registered user devices with authentication; Slack community support. |
| Pro | $99 / month (covers 251–5,000 users) | Everything in Free plus guaranteed SLA, dev/staging/production environments, global geo-balancing, 24/7 support, online security best-practice audit. |
| Scale (usage-based) | $0.019 per user / month (5,000–100,000 users) | Per-user monthly billing; intended for growth apps that exceed Pro tier. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (100,000+ users) | Contact sales — enterprise entitlements listed include dedicated customer support engineer, on-premise hosted backend services, country-specific data location, Business Associate Agreement (BAA), custom SLAs and deployment options. |
Notes:
- Support offering (separate from platform subscription): Individual support at $120/hour (two-hour minimum); Team/implementation support available at custom pricing. (From Virgil Support Plans)
- Separate product (Communications Platform) shows alternative pricing on its product page: e.g., "Personal" $1 per user annually and "Personal+" $5 per user annually (bundle/volume discounts referenced), and an "Enterprise" listing at $10K per 100k users monthly — see Communications Platform page for those product-specific rates. These are distinct from the E3Kit/PureKit platform SDK pricing above.
