Akeyless Identity Security Platform
Certificate lifecycle management (CLM) software
Encryption key management software
Secrets management tools
Password managers
Privileged access management (PAM) software
Confidentiality software
Data security software
Identity management software
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What is Akeyless Identity Security Platform
Akeyless Identity Security Platform is a cloud-based secrets and key management platform used to store, rotate, and broker access to credentials, API keys, certificates, and encryption keys across cloud and on-prem environments. It targets security and platform teams that need centralized control over machine and human secrets, with integrations for CI/CD, Kubernetes, and major cloud providers. The platform emphasizes identity-based access, dynamic secrets, and support for multiple secret backends (including cloud KMS/HSM services) to reduce direct exposure of long-lived credentials.
Broad secrets and key coverage
The platform manages multiple secret types, including application secrets, SSH keys, database credentials, and certificates, which helps consolidate tooling for common secret-management use cases. It also supports encryption key management and can integrate with external KMS/HSM services, which is useful in hybrid environments. This breadth aligns with organizations that otherwise split responsibilities across separate certificate, key, and secret systems.
Dynamic secrets and rotation
Akeyless supports generating and rotating credentials (for example, database and cloud access credentials) to reduce reliance on static, long-lived secrets. This approach can improve operational security by limiting credential lifetime and scope. It also supports automated workflows via APIs and integrations, which helps teams embed rotation into deployment pipelines.
Hybrid and multi-cloud integration
The product is designed to work across cloud and on-premises environments, with connectors and integrations for common infrastructure and DevOps platforms. It can act as a control plane while using existing secret stores or key services as backends, which can ease migration. This is relevant for enterprises that need consistent policy and auditing across multiple environments.
Not a full PAM suite
While it covers privileged credential storage and brokering, it does not replace all privileged access management capabilities found in dedicated PAM platforms (for example, full session recording, endpoint privilege elevation, or extensive vaulting workflows). Organizations with mature PAM requirements may still need separate tooling. Fit depends on whether the primary need is secrets brokering versus end-to-end privileged session governance.
Certificate management depth varies
The platform supports certificate-related workflows, but organizations with large-scale PKI operations may require specialized certificate lifecycle management features (such as advanced CA operations, complex certificate policy hierarchies, or deep discovery across heterogeneous estates). Dedicated CLM/PKI products often provide more purpose-built reporting and lifecycle controls. Buyers should validate discovery, renewal automation, and CA integration requirements against their PKI complexity.
Operational complexity for teams
Deploying and governing secrets across many apps and environments requires careful policy design, identity integration, and ongoing operational ownership. Teams may need time to standardize how applications authenticate and retrieve secrets, especially in legacy environments. The learning curve can be higher than simpler single-cloud secret stores when implementing cross-environment governance.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 (permanently free) | Included: 5 clients; 500 static secrets; 5 dynamic secrets; 5 rotated secrets; 3 targets; 5 managed certificates; basic plugins, browser extensions, 1 OIDC app, 1 SSH/PKI cert issuer; 1 gateway cluster; 3 days audit log retention. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Custom / scalable quotas (clients, static secrets up to 100K or custom, dynamic secrets up to 10K or custom); HSM integration support; Hybrid SaaS with on-prem gateways and zero-knowledge mode; SLA/support tiers (Silver/Gold/Platinum); connectors, KMIP/TDE, tokenizers, Cloud KMS orchestration. Contact Akeyless for a tailored quote. |
Seller details
Akeyless Security
Palo Alto, CA, USA
2018
Private
https://www.akeyless.io/
https://x.com/akeylesssec
https://www.linkedin.com/company/akeyless-security/
