Google Cloud Secret Manager

GCP-native secrets storage with versioning and audit

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Pricing: Free tier: 6 active secret versions + 10k access operations + 3 rotation notifications/month; then $0.06 per active secret version/month and $0.03 per 10,000 access operations

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

What is Google Cloud Secret Manager?

Google Cloud Secret Manager is a secure and convenient storage system for API keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data. It provides a central place to manage, access, and audit secrets across Google Cloud with automatic versioning.

Best for: Teams running workloads on Google Cloud Platform
Pros
  • ✓ Simple and intuitive API
  • ✓ Generous free tier
  • ✓ Strong GCP integration
  • ✓ Automatic versioning built-in
Considerations
  • • GCP lock-in
  • • Fewer rotation features than AWS
  • • Smaller ecosystem
  • • No self-hosted option

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

Key Features

→Automatic secret versioning
→IAM-based access control
→Audit logging with Cloud Audit Logs
→Customer-managed encryption keys
→Secret rotation support
→Regional and multi-regional replication
→gcloud CLI integration
→Pub/Sub notifications

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Google Cloud Secret Manager Comparisons

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Sources & references

Where the information on this listing comes from. Always verify pricing and capabilities against the vendor before a purchasing decision.

Google Cloud Secret Manager — official websitePrimary source
Google Cloud Secret Manager questions on Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow
Secret Manager pricing
Google Cloud (vendor pricing page)
GCP Secret Manager: Pricing & Cost Optimization Best Practices
Economize Cloud (independent)
Secret Manager compliance
Google Cloud Documentation

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Quick Info
PricingFree tier: 6 active secret versions + 10k access operations + 3 rotation notifications/month; then $0.06 per active secret version/month and $0.03 per 10,000 access operations
ModelPer-operation
Founded2020
CloudYes
Self-HostedNo
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Last updated: Feb 20, 2026

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