AWS Secrets Manager

Native AWS secrets management service with automatic rotation

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Pricing: $0.40/secret/month + $0.05/10k API calls

Reviewed by the CyberSecTool editorial team against the public sources cited below · Last reviewed February 2026 · How we review listings

What is AWS Secrets Manager?

AWS Secrets Manager is a fully managed service that helps you protect access to your applications, services, and IT resources. It enables you to easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle.

Best for: Teams already on AWS who want native integration
Pros
  • Seamless AWS integration
  • Fully managed, zero infrastructure
  • Built-in rotation for RDS, Redshift, DocumentDB
  • Pay-per-use pricing
Considerations
  • AWS lock-in
  • Limited to AWS ecosystem
  • Can get expensive at scale
  • No self-hosted option

Reported in public reviews and vendor documentation. See sources below.

Key Features

Automatic secret rotation
Fine-grained IAM policies
Native AWS service integration
Cross-account secret sharing
CloudFormation support
Encryption with AWS KMS
VPC endpoint support
Audit with CloudTrail

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