Secrets Management · pricing · Updated September 2026
Akeyless pricing (2026)
Akeyless lists a $0 plan (Free) and no paid price as checked on 2026-09-27, read from Akeyless's own pricing page; 2 plans. Best for Organizations requiring zero-knowledge architecture where the vendor never sees plaintext secrets. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0 (Free)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Organizations requiring zero-knowledge architecture where the vendor never sees plaintext secrets; Regulated industries needing FIPS 140-3 compliance without full self-hosting; Teams migrating from HashiCorp Vault seeking SaaS delivery with data sovereignty
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-27
Akeyless plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0 | — | Flat monthly | Limits: 5 clients, 500 static secrets, 5 dynamic/rotated secrets, 1,000 encryption transactions/day, 5 managed certificates, 3 password manager users, 3-day audit log retention. Includes 1 gateway (Hybrid SaaS model). | akeyless.io |
| Enterprise STALE · 2026-09-27 | not priced monthly | — | Custom / quote | Custom pricing via sales consultation. Usage-based metrics: clients, transactions, certificates, connectors, HSM integrations, tokenizers, cloud accounts. Overages invoiced at contract year-end. Pure SaaS and Hybrid SaaS (zero-knowledge) deployment options. | akeyless.io |
Last verified 2026-09-27. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. Every plan above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Official pricing page akeyless.io/pricing/ fetched directly. No public per-client or per-transaction pricing published. Free tier has defined usage limits; Enterprise requires contact. HIPAA/BAA not mentioned. Overage fees calculated at contract year-end.
Price changes
No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: AWS (IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager), Azure (AD, Key Vault, DevOps), GCP (IAM, KMS, Secret Manager), Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, OpenShift), GitHub Actions, Terraform, HashiCorp Vault (migration), Datadog / Splunk (log forwarding).
Key features: Zero-knowledge Distributed Fragments Cryptography (DFC) — encryption keys never exist in full on any single node; Hybrid SaaS model — gateway deployed in customer environment, control plane in Akeyless cloud; Unified platform: static secrets, dynamic secrets, certificates, encryption/KMS, SSH access, password manager; FIPS 140-3 compliant cryptographic engine; Migration tooling from HashiCorp Vault.
Plan limits: Free: 5 clients, 500 static secrets, 5 dynamic/rotated secrets, 1,000 encryption transactions/day, 5 managed certificates, 3 password manager users, 3-day audit log retention, 1 gateway; Enterprise: usage-based; overages invoiced at contract year-end.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Akeyless cost?
Akeyless lists a $0 plan (Free) and no paid price; it has 2 published plans. Verified 2026-09-27.
Does Akeyless support HIPAA?
Akeyless's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Akeyless have a free plan?
Yes — Akeyless publishes a free tier.
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