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Should I use Infisical?

Infisical is the all-in-one identity security platform for developers, machines, and AI agents. Manage identities, secrets, certs, and access. - infisical.com

Worth it. Buy if your engineering team has outgrown .env files and wants an open-source, easier Vault. Skip it if you're non-technical or just need a shared password manager.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; third-party review base is small (9 G2 reviews), so ratings skew thin.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free / Open source

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Pro~$18/identity/mo (other sites list $8–$9/mo)
EnterpriseCustom

Best for

  • Engineering teams drowning in .env files and API keys
  • Startups scaling past shared credentials
  • Teams wanting an easier Vault alternative
  • Self-hosters who value open source

Not for

  • Non-technical teams — this is developer infrastructure, full stop
  • Anyone who just needs a shared password manager
  • Enterprises wanting a battle-tested, compliance-heavy vault
  • Teams with many machine identities on a flat budget

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Per-identity Pro pricing adds up fast with service accounts and machines

medium

Code-signing certificates are priced separately from core plans

medium

Open-source users call monetization aggressive; expect paid-tier limits

low

Pricing sites disagree ($8–$9/mo vs $18/identity); confirm before budgeting

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Open source, self-hostable, with a genuinely free tier
  • Users call it much easier than HashiCorp Vault
  • Handles secrets, certificates, PAM, and AI-agent identity together
  • Named customers include Hugging Face, Airbyte, HeyGen, Mintlify
  • G2 reviewers say the team is A+ at handling feedback

Cons

  • Monetization described as aggressive by open-source users
  • Pro pricing per identity (~$18/mo) scales badly with machines
  • Code-signing certificates cost extra
  • Tiny third-party review base — nine G2 reviews

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 14 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x7security x2news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Free tier strong; per-identity paid pricing draws fire.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Repeatedly called easier than Vault.
  • Feature depth: 5/5. Secrets, certs, PAM, SSH, AI identity combined.
  • Support quality: 4/5. G2 users call team A+ at feedback.
  • Security posture: 4/5. Open source, end-to-end encrypted, public bug bounty.
  • 4.8/5 G2 rating Only 9 reviews
  • $8/mo Starting price 3 plans; Pro ~$18/identity/mo
  • Yes Free tier Open source, self-hostable
  • $16M Series A Funding Led by Elad Gil, 2025; ~$19M total

Pricing

Free / Open source

$0

  • Self-hostable, core secrets management
  • Freemium per Softwares.com review

Pro

~$18/identity/mo (other sites list $8–$9/mo)

  • Per-identity pricing
  • Paid identity and access features

Enterprise

Not disclosed

  • Custom contracts
  • Code-signing certs priced separately

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Developers widely praise Infisical as a friendlier Vault alternative, though a minority complain about aggressive paid-tier monetization.

“Verdict up front: Infisical is genuinely good.”
DevOpsBoys review
“Still using Infisical and i like it.”
Reddit, r/devops
“Infisical's monetisation is aggressive.”
Reddit, r/devops

Companies that use it

  • Hugging Face
  • Airbyte
  • HeyGen
  • Mintlify
  • Writer
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; third-party review base is small (9 G2 reviews), so ratings skew thin.

Solid open-source secrets platform developers rate highly; overkill for non-technical teams, and per-identity pricing adds up.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; third-party review base is small (9 G2 reviews), so ratings skew thin.

Sources

  1. Infisical homepageinfisical.com
    official
  2. Infisical pricing pageinfisical.com
    official
  3. Infisical on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  4. Infisical customer case studiesinfisical.com
    official
  5. G2 reviewsg2.com
    review
  6. Reddit: Infisical vs othersreddit.com
    review
  7. Reddit: infisical vs OpenBaoreddit.com
    review
  8. DevOpsBoys reviewdevopsboys.com
    review
  9. PeerSpot reviewspeerspot.com
    review
  10. EnvManager pricing teardownenvmanager.com
    review
  11. TrustRadius pricingtrustradius.com
    review
  12. Infisical security docsinfisical.com
    security
  13. FireBounty vulnerability disclosure programfirebounty.com
    security
  14. Fortune: $16M Series Afortune.com
    news

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