Secrets Management · pricing · Updated September 2026
AWS Secrets Manager pricing (2026)
AWS Secrets Manager publishes no monthly price — its published figure is on another basis (annual-only, non-USD, or one-time) as checked on 2026-09-03, read from AWS Secrets Manager's own pricing page; 1 plans. Best for AWS-native workloads requiring minimal operational overhead. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: not priced monthly
- Free tier: No
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: AWS-native workloads requiring minimal operational overhead; HIPAA-regulated healthcare applications on AWS; Teams needing automatic database credential rotation without infrastructure management
As of · every figure below links to its source
AWS Secrets Manager plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | not priced monthly | — | custom | $0.40 per secret per month. $0.05 per 10,000 API calls. No upfront costs or long-term contracts. New AWS customers receive up to $200 in free tier credits (6 months, starting July 15 2025). Example: 15 secrets + typical API usage ~$6.02/month. Replicated secrets incur same per-secret charge in each replica region. | aws.amazon.com |
Last verified 2026-09-03. Official pricing page aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/pricing/ fetched directly. HIPAA eligibility confirmed via aws.amazon.com/compliance/hipaa-eligible-services-reference/ — AWS Secrets Manager is explicitly listed. AWS BAA confirmed via aws.amazon.com/compliance/hipaa-compliance/ ('AWS has a standard Business Associate Addendum (BAA) we present to customers for signature'). No flat tier exists; pure pay-as-you-go metered pricing. Re-verified 2026-09-03 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: Amazon RDS (automatic rotation), Amazon Redshift, AWS Lambda, Amazon EKS, AWS CloudTrail (audit), AWS CloudWatch / EventBridge, Salesforce (rotation), Snowflake (rotation).
Key features: Native automatic secret rotation for RDS, Redshift, DocumentDB, and third-party services without custom Lambda code; Multi-region secret replication with automatic synchronization; 40+ native AWS service integrations with zero-config access; HIPAA, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, DoD, and ISO compliance out-of-the-box; Client-side caching libraries to reduce API call costs and latency.
Plan limits: $0.40 per secret per month; $0.05 per 10,000 API calls; Replicated secrets charged per region; No free tier; new AWS accounts get $200 promotional credits (6 months, from July 2025).
Frequently asked questions
Does AWS Secrets Manager support HIPAA?
AWS Secrets Manager HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does AWS Secrets Manager have a free plan?
AWS Secrets Manager free tier: No.
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