Delinea Secret Server vs HashiCorp Vault (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Delinea Secret Server if

• Fits if you run shared admin and service accounts for a company
• Makes sense if you need session recording and audit evidence

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a password manager for yourself or your family
• Watch out: no prices are published, so you cannot budget without talking to sales
• Skip it if you need phone apps or a browser extension, as none are listed on the pages read
• Watch out: a 30-day trial is the only way to try it, and its card terms are not stated

Pick HashiCorp Vault if

• Fits if you are a platform or security team handing secrets to software
• Works for teams that mix on-premises and cloud and can run their own service

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want browser autofill for personal logins
• Skip it if nobody on your team can run and secure a server
• Watch out: Enterprise features need a licence and no prices could be read
• Too light for phones, as no mobile apps are listed

Delinea Secret Server

• No prices are published; the product page only offers a quote request.
• It is built for privileged access management, not for personal logins or family use.
• The pages read for this entry do not list apps or browser extensions, so only web access is recorded.

HashiCorp Vault

• No prices could be read: the vendor's pricing pages sit behind a bot check.
• It is infrastructure software for operators, not a personal password manager with browser autofill.
• Enterprise features need a license; the install docs now call the free edition IBM Vault Community Edition.
• A Community edition is installable on macOS, Windows and Linux, but is run and secured by you.

Delinea Secret Server

Encrypted vault

Privileged account credentials are kept in an encrypted vault with password controls, role-based access and approval workflows.

Account discovery

Finds and inventories privileged accounts across the environment so they can be brought under central management.

Password rotation

Built-in automation and templates handle password creation, rotation and expiry, including check-in and check-out of credentials.

Session monitoring

Privileged sessions are recorded and monitored, with audit trails and customizable reports for compliance evidence.

Resilient Secrets

A resiliency feature keeps credentials replicated and available when the main system is disrupted.

HashiCorp Vault

Static secrets

Stores and controls access to credentials, tokens and other sensitive data, reachable through a UI, CLI or HTTP API.

Database credentials

A database secrets engine handles the credential lifecycle for database access.

Encryption as a service

Encrypts data in transit and at rest so applications need not hold raw keys or handle encryption themselves.

Certificates and identities

The docs list certificate management and identity and authentication management among the things Vault handles.

Audit logging

Audit logging is part of the platform, supporting the compliance use cases listed in the docs.

Enterprise features

Enterprise adds items such as HSM support, namespaces, Sentinel policies and disaster recovery replication.

Delinea Secret Server

Pricing could not be confirmed. See delinea.com.

HashiCorp Vault

Pricing could not be confirmed. See developer.hashicorp.com.