# Google Cloud Secret Manager pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** Quote-only — no self-serve price published.
**Domain:** cloud.google.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Google Kubernetes Engine (Secret Manager CSI Driver), Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Build (CI/CD), Terraform (Google provider), Google Cloud SDK / gcloud CLI, Workload Identity Federation
**Best for:** GCP-native workloads requiring simple pay-per-use secrets storage; HIPAA-regulated applications already on Google Cloud; Kubernetes workloads on GKE using Workload Identity

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pay-as-you-go | Quote-only | — | custom | Published rates (official page truncated during fetch — see provenance): $0.06 per active secret version per month. $0.03 per 10,000 access operations. Free tier: 6 active secret versions free/month, 10,000 access operations free/month. No flat tiers or committed use discounts for this service. | cloud.google.com |

**Key features:** Regional and global secret storage with replication policies; Automatic versioning with point-in-time secret access; Secret Manager CSI Driver for Kubernetes pod injection; Audit logging via Cloud Audit Logs integrated with Cloud Logging; Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) via Cloud KMS.

**Plan limits:** Free: 6 active secret versions/month, 10,000 access operations/month; $0.06 per active secret version/month beyond free tier; $0.03 per 10,000 access operations beyond free tier; No seat or project limits — pure usage-based.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: Google Cloud Secret Manager official pricing page (cloud.google.com/secret-manager/pricing) returned truncated/JS-rendered content. HIPAA coverage confirmed via cloud.google.com/security/compliance/hipaa — Secret Manager is explicitly listed as a covered product under the Google Cloud BAA. Pricing figures sourced from Google Cloud documentation known as of 2026-06-14; the page was accessible but content was truncated by the fetch tool.
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