We compared AWS Certificate Management and Azure Key Vault based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, AWS Certificate Management offers simplicity, comprehensive security, and efficient automation, with a focus on excellent customer service. On the other hand, Azure Key Vault is praised for its security measures, ease of use in managing secrets, and favorable pricing structure. However, users suggest improvements in access management, user interface, and error handling for Azure Key Vault.
Features: AWS Certificate Management is praised for its simplicity, comprehensive security measures, and seamless integration with other services. In contrast, Azure Key Vault is known for its excellent security measures, ease of use in managing secrets and certificates, and efficient key management capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: The setup costs for AWS Certificate Management and Azure Key Vault products are described as reasonable by users. AWS provides flexible licensing options, while Azure Key Vault offers a straightforward deployment and configuration process. Both products offer transparent pricing structures and favorable experiences with licensing., AWS Certificate Management has been reported to provide favorable ROI with cost savings and improved security. Its automated certificate renewal stands out. Azure Key Vault enhances ROI through secure storage, seamless integration, increased efficiency, and convenience.
Room for Improvement: AWS Certificate Management could improve the user interface intuitiveness, managing multiple certificates, flexibility in certificate options, integration with AWS services, and documentation. Azure Key Vault could enhance access management, user interface, error handling, and access permissions control.
Deployment and customer support: The reviews suggest that the duration required to establish a new tech solution with AWS Certificate Management varies among users, with some requiring a longer timeframe. In contrast, user feedback for Azure Key Vault indicates a similar variation in duration, but with some users mentioning separate timeframes for deployment and setup., AWS Certificate Management consistently receives high praise for its exceptional customer service and support. Users appreciate the prompt, reliable, and knowledgeable assistance they receive, and the support team is commended for their problem-solving skills and willingness to go the extra mile. On the other hand, Azure Key Vault is also known for its effective and reliable customer service, with users expressing satisfaction with the level of assistance and responsiveness provided by the team.
The summary above is based on 22 interviews we conducted recently with AWS Certificate Management and Azure Key Vault users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The solution has an import dashboard where we can import the certificates or create new certificates."
"With Azure Key Vault, we can generate our own keys and then import them inside the system, which provides a higher level of security than provider-managed keys."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Key Vault are the security and convenience of changing passwords in multiple places."
"I would say it's granular controller who can access them."
"There is advanced data protection available. We're working in a highly regulated environment, and this is essential to us."
"We use Azure Key Vault for securing secret connection streams, like API secrets, Azure services Secret Key, and AD Client Secret."
"The best feature is the integrity of the .NET applications in our company."
"I am satisfied with the product overall."
"Azure Key Vault allows only identified users to get the credentials and rotates the keys automatically."
"The AWS Certificate Manager's technical support team is sometimes unavailable."
"The integration with Thales HSM is complex and is not out-of-the-box. Uploading the keys was quite a tedious process."
"The big problem with Azure Key Vault is key rotation. We haven't found a good way to synchronize the credentials between the databases and Key Vault."
"The voucher access policy can be improved by configuring it based on groups, rather than just applications or users."
"Currently, our company has to add the secrets manually, one by one, in Azure Key Vault, which is a tedious process."
"The platform's configuration process could be easier."
"Azure needs to provide versions of Key Vault that are suitable for different sizes of companies."
"The slow response from the support team is one of the shortcomings of the solution that needs to be improved."
"The solution does not allow you to integrate with XML parties if it is not inside Azure itself."
AWS Certificate Manager is ranked 2nd in Certificate Management Software with 1 review while Azure Key Vault is ranked 1st in Certificate Management Software with 46 reviews. AWS Certificate Manager is rated 10.0, while Azure Key Vault is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Certificate Manager writes "Used to import and manage the SSL and TLS certificates". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Key Vault writes "Allows us to securely store our keys to prevent unauthorized access to unwanted users". AWS Certificate Manager is most compared with DigiCert CertCentral and Jetstack cert-manager, whereas Azure Key Vault is most compared with AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, Delinea Secret Server and 1Password.
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