The Infisical Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Infisical in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Infisical
The Insider’s Guide
Secrets, certificate and privileged access platform for developers
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among password managers, read from Infisical’s own pages.
Made by Infisical · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Infisical’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Infisical’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 2 of the 49 other password managers we grade
Infisical is a platform for managing application secrets, certificates and privileged access, built for developers and infrastructure teams. Secrets are organized by project and environment, synced to deployment tools, and covered by access controls and audit logs. The cloud plans are priced per human or machine identity.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Infisical, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You set up projects, environments and syncs, with a command line in the mix.
- 1
Best for developer teams replacing .env files
Infisical keeps secrets by environment and syncs them to cloud and CI.
- 2
Paid plans start at $20 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $20 per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly).
- 3
There is a free plan
Up to 5 identities, unlimited projects, 3 environments, 10 secret syncs, secret sharing and 2FA.
- 4
It runs on 4 platforms
Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
- 5
Secrets by environment
Secrets live in projects with folders and environments; Free allows 3 environments, Pro 6 per project and Advanced 12.
- 6
Secret syncs and integrations
Pushes secrets to GitHub, Vercel, AWS and Kubernetes, with 100+ integrations listed; syncs are capped at 10, 25 or 50 by plan.
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Rotation and dynamic secrets
Rotates credentials on a schedule from Pro, and issues short-lived on-demand secrets from Advanced.
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A 2.0 GPA, above 2 of 49
That is against the other password managers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Infisical you would be making a password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Infisical at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $20 per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on Pro and Advanced
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, Windows, Linux
- Made by
- Infisical
- Category
- Password Managers
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for developer teams replacing .env files
Infisical keeps secrets by environment and syncs them to cloud and CI. Pricing counts every person and every machine as an identity, so a team with pipelines pays fast, and the features teams ask about next sit on the dearer plans.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Pro is $20 per identity a month billed yearly, against $5 where the category's dearest tenth begins, and machines count as identities. The free plan is the cheap way in. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free covers 5 identities, 3 environments and 10 secret syncs, and there is a 14-day trial of Pro and Advanced. You will hit those caps with a small team. |
| Features | C | Environments, syncs, rotation, access control and certificates. Dynamic secrets, custom roles and SOC 2 start at Advanced; SCIM, LDAP and approvals need Enterprise. |
| Ease of use | C | You set up projects, environments and syncs, with a command line in the mix. No store rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, Mac, Windows and Linux, with GitHub, Vercel, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and more. No phone apps are listed. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Infisical is for
- Fits if you are a developer team moving off shared .env files
- Makes sense if you sync secrets to CI and cloud services
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you have many pipelines, since every machine identity is billed like a person
- Tight if you outgrow 5 identities, 3 environments or 10 syncs on the free plan
- Watch out: dynamic secrets and custom roles start at Advanced, $40 per identity
- Watch out: SCIM, LDAP, approvals and self-hosting sit under Enterprise, quoted by sales
- Skip it if you want phone apps, as none are listed
Good to know
Good for
- Developer teams replacing .env files and shared secrets in chat
- Platform teams that sync secrets to CI and cloud services
- Organizations that want a self-hosted secrets platform
Worth knowing
- Pricing counts every human and machine identity, so CI pipelines and services add to the bill.
- Free is limited to 5 identities, 3 environments and 10 secret syncs.
- Dynamic secrets, custom roles and SOC 2 Type II start at Advanced; SCIM, LDAP and approvals need Enterprise.
- Self-hosting is listed under Enterprise, with pricing quoted by sales.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$20
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Infisical has a free plan. Paid plans start at $20 per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly).
You will hit those caps with a small team.
Free
$0
Up to 5 identities with unlimited projects, 100+ integrations, secret sharing, secret references and 2FA.
Pro
$20
per identity / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)
Adds access controls, secret rotation, SAML SSO, secret versioning, point-in-time recovery and 30-day audit logs.
Advanced
$40
per identity / month, billed annually ($46 billed monthly)
Adds dynamic secrets, custom roles, SSO and MFA enforcement, SOC 2 Type II and 90-day audit logs.
Enterprise
Custom
Adds approval workflows, LDAP, SCIM, a 99.99% SLA, SIEM log streaming, and self-hosting or dedicated infrastructure.
The free plan
Up to 5 identities, unlimited projects, 3 environments, 10 secret syncs, secret sharing and 2FA.
Trying it first
14-day free trial on Pro and Advanced
Read from infisical.com on Nov 13, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save 13% with annual billing
The pricing page shows $20 per identity per month billed annually against $23 billed monthly on Pro, and $40 against $46 on Advanced.
Stated on infisical.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows and Linux
Secrets, certificate and privileged access platform for developers. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, self-hostable, public API, password manager, reports.
Environments, syncs, rotation, access control and certificates.
- Secrets by environment
- Secrets live in projects with folders and environments; Free allows 3 environments, Pro 6 per project and Advanced 12.
- Secret syncs and integrations
- Pushes secrets to GitHub, Vercel, AWS and Kubernetes, with 100+ integrations listed; syncs are capped at 10, 25 or 50 by plan.
- Rotation and dynamic secrets
- Rotates credentials on a schedule from Pro, and issues short-lived on-demand secrets from Advanced.
- Access control and SSO
- Role-based permissions from Pro, SAML single sign-on from Pro, custom roles and SSO enforcement from Advanced.
- Certificates and privileged access
- Separate products cover private certificate authorities and session-recorded privileged access; each has its own plans on the pricing page.
- Secret sharing
- Share a secret by an expiring link limited by time or views instead of pasting it into chat or email.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux
What it works with
- GitHub
- Vercel
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- GitLab
- CircleCI
Infisical is made by Infisical.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
2/49
Other password managers it is graded above
Infisical's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 49 other password managers we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 49) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $20 a month for each person, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 29 of the 29 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 21 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 password managers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Infisical’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 49
- CFree plan and trialAbove 6 of 49
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 49
- CEase of useAbove 9 of 49
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 49
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 38 password managers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Infisical is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Infisical you would be making a password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 41 of the 49 other password managers grade higher. It costs $240 a year. Infisical is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, GitHub, Vercel and AWS among them, and has an API.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on, audit logs and roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Infisical’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
HashiCorp Vault, Akeyless, Passbolt, Psono and Delinea Secret Server
The 5 tools Infisical is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
HashiCorp Vault
Paid
Secrets and encryption management for infrastructure teams.
- Infisical has a free plan. HashiCorp Vault does not.
- Infisical is open source, according to its own site.
- Infisical also covers reports.
- 2.2GPA
Akeyless
Free plan
Workforce password manager inside a secrets platform.
- Only Infisical lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Only Akeyless lists a browser extension.
- Infisical is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- 2.2GPA
Passbolt
Free plan · from $4.90/mo
Open-source password manager for teams, self-hosted or cloud.
- Only Infisical lists macOS and Linux apps.
- Only Passbolt lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Passbolt lists a browser extension.
- 2.6GPA
Psono
Free plan · from $3/mo
Open-source password manager that a company runs on its own servers.
- Only Psono lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Psono lists a browser extension.
- Infisical also covers reports.
- 2.0GPA
Delinea Secret Server
Free trial
Enterprise vault for privileged accounts and secrets.
- Infisical has a free plan. Delinea Secret Server does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Infisical lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Infisical is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Infisical free?
Infisical has a free plan. Up to 5 identities, unlimited projects, 3 environments, 10 secret syncs, secret sharing and 2FA.
How much does Infisical cost?
Infisical lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Infisical work on?
Infisical is available on Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does Infisical offer any discounts?
Infisical publicly lists the following: Save 13% with annual billing.
Does Infisical have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Infisical is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does Infisical have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Infisical is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is Infisical open source?
Yes. Infisical is open source, according to its own site.
Does Infisical have an API?
Yes. Infisical offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Infisical integrate with?
Infisical's listing names GitHub, Vercel, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitLab and CircleCI.
Does Infisical have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day free trial on Pro and Advanced.
Who makes Infisical?
Infisical is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to Infisical?
The closest alternatives to Infisical in our directory are HashiCorp Vault, Akeyless, Passbolt, Psono and Delinea Secret Server.
How does Infisical compare with other password managers?
Infisical's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 49 other password managers we grade, and level with 6.
Is Infisical good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Infisical D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $20 a month for each person, against a middle price of $2.50 for the category: 29 of the 29 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Infisical?
To replace Infisical you would be making a password vault, the last thing anyone should make for themselves.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Infisical’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Infisical's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Infisical. Prices change, so check infisical.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Infisical, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/infisical
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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