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Should I use Akeyless?

Identity security for machines, AI agents, and humans — SaaS secrets management platform. - akeyless.io

Depends. Buy if you're a multi-cloud org with heavy machine-identity load that wants SaaS secrets management instead of running HashiCorp Vault. Small teams and solo devs should pick Doppler, Infisical, or plain env files and skip the quote-based sales process.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~25 public sources; most review snippets truncated, so verbatim quotes unavailable; pricing not public.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support-quality evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Multi-cloud enterprises
  • Machine-identity-heavy DevOps teams
  • Teams replacing self-managed Vault
  • Regulated fintechs

Not for

  • Solo devs and side projects
  • Small teams needing a simple shared-secrets store
  • Buyers wanting self-serve, transparent pricing
  • Strict self-hosting or air-gapped mandates

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

CVE-2026-86465: Airflow provider team-scope guard bypass in multi-team deployments

medium

Pricing is quote-based — no numbers until a sales call

medium

Plan limits are tied to 'clients' (identities/workloads); check tier caps before scaling

Pros and cons

Pros

  • True SaaS: no vault cluster to operate or patch
  • Zero-knowledge encryption using DFC key fragments
  • Positions itself as lower-cost HashiCorp Vault alternative
  • Covers secrets, rotation, certificates, and machine identities
  • Third-party review praises intuitive DevOps workflow

Cons

  • No public pricing; quote-based sales process
  • 2026 authorization-bypass CVE in its Airflow integration
  • Modest review base (92 G2 reviews) versus larger competitors

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/30/2026 - 12 sources - No platform breaches found in sources reviewed; one 2026 authorization-bypass CVE affects its Apache Airflow provider integration.

official x7review x3security x1news x1
  • CVE-2026-86465 — Airflow Akeyless provider authorization bypass, Sep 2026: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope guard could be bypassed in multi-team Airflow deployments.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Claims lower TCO than Vault; vendor-sourced
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Third-party review calls it intuitive for DevOps
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Secrets, rotation, certificates, machine identity combined
  • Support quality. No support-quality evidence found
  • Security posture: 3/5. Zero-knowledge design; one 2026 Airflow-provider CVE
  • $84M Funding raised PitchBook; incl. $65M Series B (2022)
  • 92 G2 reviews Seller-page review count
  • Quote-based Public pricing No public tiers; contact-sales form

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No platform breaches found in sources reviewed; one 2026 authorization-bypass CVE affects its Apache Airflow provider integration.

  • CVE-2026-86465 — Airflow Akeyless provider authorization bypassSep 2026: the Akeyless secrets backend's team-scope guard could be bypassed in multi-team Airflow deployments.⁹

What users say

User reviews are limited but lean positive; a third-party review calls it intuitive for DevOps workflows.

Companies that use it

  • Constant Contact11
  • Progress Software12
  • Stash
Full analysis

Based on ~25 public sources; most review snippets truncated, so verbatim quotes unavailable; pricing not public.

Enterprise SaaS secrets platform. Right for multi-cloud scale; overkill and quote-priced for small teams.

Methodology

Based on ~25 public sources; most review snippets truncated, so verbatim quotes unavailable; pricing not public.

Sources

  1. Akeyless homepageakeyless.io
    official
  2. Akeyless pricing pageakeyless.io
    official
  3. Contact us — Pricingakeyless.io
    official
  4. Support Tiers and Plans Limitsakeyless.io
    official
  5. Akeyless Vault Review — FAUNfaun.pub
    review
  6. Akeyless G2 seller reviewsg2.com
    review
  7. Is anyone here using akeyless? — r/devopsreddit.com
    review
  8. Akeyless vs HashiCorp Vault cost comparisonakeyless.io
    official
  9. CVE-2026-86465 — NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  10. Akeyless $65M Series B — SecurityWeeksecurityweek.com
    news
  11. Constant Contact case studyakeyless.io
    official
  12. Progress case studyakeyless.io
    official

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