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AWS Secrets Manager

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What is AWS Secrets Manager?

Easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets through their lifecycle

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Awards & Recognition

AWS Secrets Manager won the following awards in the Privileged Access Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

AWS Secrets Manager Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS Secrets Manager?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Access Control

Privileged Password Management

Password Vaulting

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Compliance Reporting

Audit, Reporting & Compliance

Privileged Account Life Cycle Management

Privileged Account Discovery

IP address Restrictions

PAM as a Service Option (PAMaaS)

Forensic Investigation Capability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

AWS Secrets Manager Reviews

Vivek M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2024

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS Secrets Manager from other similar products?

integration with aws services

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

versioning of secrets

What do you dislike most about this product?

no cross account availability

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You can go ahead with this if you needs secrets manager for kubernetes

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Caring

Sahil Y.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2024

Great feature with very secure infrastructure

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Secrets Manager from other similar products?

Centralised access provision to the user , much scalable to store and manage secrets along with secure access to application and It services

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security and scalability

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of open source versions along with unpredictable pricing for components

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Useful and beneficial for cloud architecture also great with respect to the security aspect

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Abhishek M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Sep 2024

amazing product for secrets and endpoints

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS Secrets Manager from other similar products?

working with SDK, CLI and CDK

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

stores all the credentials securely

What do you dislike most about this product?

customisations using IAM policies

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

good product, store all the endpoints

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

AWS Secrets Manager

What is AWS Secrets Manager?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

AWS Secrets Manager Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AWS Secrets Manager?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Access Control Can provide fine-grained control to end user permission assignment. Supports RBAC, web password filler or other password hiding techniques.

Privileged Password Management Allow the organization to automate and control the whole process of giving access and passwords to privileged accounts.

Password Vaulting Regulatory compliance, good security posture, and best practice prevent privileged users from knowing the passwords to critical systems and resources.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Supports multi-factor device and app authentication for Administrators.

Compliance Reporting By design auditing reporting metrics data feature by industries/compliance e.g. SOC2, SOX, PCI DSS 3.2, HIPAA, NERC CIP, ISO 27001, etc.

Audit, Reporting & Compliance IT and Administrators will have the ability to record/report on the actions of any user while they access your password-protected servers in real time.

Privileged Account Life Cycle Management Ability to manage the life cycle of privileged accounts IE. Provisioning/De-provisioning of Privileged Access, session management, etc.

Privileged Account Discovery Can discover roles for local and distributed accounts for on-prem or cloud environments.

IP address Restrictions Implement IP address restrictions to the PAM console.

PAM as a Service Option (PAMaaS) PAM is offered as a managed service.

Forensic Investigation Capability PAM solution is able to give a 360° view of when the privileged account password was checked out and by whom, including all the actions that were taken.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

AWS Secrets Manager Reviews

Vivek M.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sahil Y.

Great feature with very secure infrastructure

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Abhishek M.

amazing product for secrets and endpoints

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Access Control

Privileged Password Management

Password Vaulting

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Compliance Reporting

Audit, Reporting & Compliance

Privileged Account Life Cycle Management

Privileged Account Discovery

IP address Restrictions

PAM as a Service Option (PAMaaS)

Forensic Investigation Capability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features