Secrets Management · pricing · Updated September 2026
Google Cloud Secret Manager pricing (2026)
Google Cloud Secret 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 Google Cloud Secret Manager's own pricing page; 1 plans. Best for GCP-native workloads requiring simple pay-per-use secrets storage. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: not priced monthly
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- 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
As of · every figure below links to its source
Google Cloud Secret Manager plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | not priced monthly | — | 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 |
Last verified 2026-09-03. 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. 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: 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Does Google Cloud Secret Manager support HIPAA?
Google Cloud Secret Manager HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Google Cloud Secret Manager have a free plan?
Google Cloud Secret Manager free tier: Yes.
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