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Free planWeb
Best Key Management Software in 2026
Managing cryptographic keys involves considering both the keys themselves and the controls around them. Compare supported key types, key import, and automatic key rotation to see which listed capabilities address key handling. Audit logs, customer-managed keys, and HSM-backed keys add further dimensions, while deployment model helps distinguish operating approaches. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing offer…
26.5
Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) centralizes cryptographic key administration across on-premises and cloud environments.
WebAPILinux
36.1
OpenStack Barbican is a key management service for securely storing, provisioning, and managing secrets such as keys, certificates, passwords, and binary data.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
- 4
Cryptsoft KMIP Server
Cryptsoft KMIP Server is a C and Java software development kit for adding key-management server capability to other products.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0 - 5
Kleopatra
Kleopatra is a free, open-source certificate manager and graphical interface for cryptographic services, with a focus on OpenPGP and S/MIME certificates.
Free planLinuxWindows6.0Free plan - 6
AWS Key Management Service
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) creates and manages cryptographic keys for encrypting data and digitally signing it.
WebAPI5.9From $1 a month - 7
Fornetix Key Orchestration Platform
Fornetix Key Orchestration Platform centers on VaultCore, which automates enterprise encryption key management and key lifecycle work across an organization.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.9 - 8
KeyRack
KeyRack is an open-source key management coordination layer that runs in infrastructure you deploy and operate, rather than as a hosted cloud KMS.
Free planAPISelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 9
Eviden KMS
Eviden KMS centralizes encryption and decryption, cryptographic key management and certificate management.
WebAPILinuxmacOS5.7 - 10
Fortanix Data Security Manager
Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) gives DevOps and security teams a way to keep secrets, credentials, certificates, API keys, and tokens outside source code.
WebAPISelf-hosted5.7 - 11
Futurex CryptoHub
Futurex CryptoHub is an encryption platform that brings together HSMs, key management, PKI and certificate authority, and data protection.
WebAPISelf-hosted5.7 - 12
OpenKCM (Open Key Chain Manager)
OpenKCM (Open Key Chain Manager) is an open-source service for governing encryption keys and protecting data at rest.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.5 - 13
QuintessenceLabs Trusted Security Foundation
QuintessenceLabs Trusted Security Foundation (TSF) centrally manages cryptographic keys and policies across the key lifecycle.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.5 - 145.3From $500 a month
- 155.2
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Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for managing keys, secrets, and certificates through the web.
Web5.0 - 17
IBM Guardium
Web4.9 - 184.9
- 19
Azure Managed HSM
Azure Managed HSM is a cloud service for managing HSM-backed cryptographic keys through the web.
Web4.7 - 204.7
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- 234.7
- 244.7
- 254.6