We performed a comparison between HashiCorp Vault and LastPass based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Password Managers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution is easy to use and to integrate."
"The product is free and easy to use. It is well documented with an easy implementation process."
"The interface is very simple to navigate."
"The tool's dynamic rotation of the password credentials is good."
"The solution is stable. It has been working perfectly without any problem."
"It can still be configured by a separate team other than developers. That's why I think it's more secure."
"It is a good product to consider for companies who are looking to build on-premise or hybrid infrastructure."
"The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applications, making it easy to set up and implement quickly. This allows you to test it easily and see good results rapidly. When you integrate an internal API or application, it quickly manages that application's secrets."
"The most valuable feature is the liberty of keeping encrypted passwords and elevated information in a sealed vault."
"One feature that is really important to us is the ability to create secure notes."
"It's always hard to put a value on return on investment. You avoid one breach and it's paid for a million times over. We got a penetration test company internally, just to see how secure our network is, and there happened to be one bit of software that had been overlooked by an external company that managed it. It hadn't been upgraded so that managed to get them into the network. They would've been able to access through the test thing a file that we had previously. If that was a real-life scenario they would have been able to get into our network and get full access to our organization's passwords. If they did get in, they would have gotten access to the cloud. The ROI we see is that we are completely secured compared to what we had previously where there was a vulnerability."
"Reduction in number of sensitive passwords stored insecurely on local systems."
"Until now, I haven't found anything like the dashboard. It gives you a security score. I find that to be really great. The Sharing Center is really great as well. And the Security Challenge is really great too."
"The initial setup for this process is straightforward and extremely easy. It just works."
"The stability has been rock solid. A couple of years ago, they were breached. However, if you had two-factor authentication enabled, it didn't affect you. We did, so it has been good."
"Scalability is fine, no issues with that, especially now that they have added different user-level permissions. That has made it a lot easier to delegate out certain features to have other people do."
"In my opinion, HashiCorp Vault could improve its user interface. Right now, they don't offer much in terms of a graphical interface, which means you usually have to manage things manually through API calls. I think CyberArk has a better approach because it provides a UI that integrates features across all its components, making it easier, especially for new users or those from organizations with strict licensing policies."
"In terms of features, the only thing that I found a little bit hinky was that there was no revocation or deletion on the model we were using. Once in a financial year, a client interacts, and you pay for that client for the year. So, there are just little things like that in the pricing. There should be more clarity around the end of the key. I know there is no system like this. They all are the same. I tested Microsoft, Google, and some others, and none of them really want you to delete a key, which makes sense. You delete a key, and you lose everything that it has wrapped or encrypted, but it's actually just a language. Deletion isn't really deletion. It's really revocation, but overall, HashiCorp Vault ticked all the boxes for us, and I couldn't fault it."
"The onboarding is a challenge. It should be more self-service, but it involves reviews and approvals."
"The solution could be much easier to implement."
"I would rate the stability a six out of ten. There are some bugs and glitches. We are in touch with the vendor to resolve them."
"The product is complicated to install."
"I would like to see better integration of HashiCorp Vault with SAP products."
"There could be a plugin for the database to change the secret automatically. It would be an efficient feature for password security."
"The ability to set up an account expiration limit/date would be very useful."
"I struggle a little bit with the mobile app. As a browser extension, it works really well, and we are able to get to what we need to. However, on the phone, it's not quite as easy to navigate."
"We have issues from time to time where, for some reason, it just keeps auto logging-out the user and then, the next day, they'll come in and it will work just fine."
"Our biggest issue over the years was around the stability of the LDAP sync to AD."
"The management through the plugin is poor. It consumes tons of client resources especially as an administrator."
"One thing I wish LastPass had is an integration with Active Directory, not for synchronizing users but to actually manage, in some way, privileged accounts by replacing the password of LastPass itself."
"LastPass has a problem syncing the passwords to all of the users."
"I also don't like the add-in for Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, because when you do the add-in, you can actually save that to your credentials in your IE, and the problem is, if I left my screen open, or any of the IT people leave their screen open someone could come up and access all their credentials in LastPass without having to put a password in within your own network. I don't like that functionality. We've banned that from any of our staff adding that as an add-in because we see that as a security risk."
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HashiCorp Vault is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Password Managers with 16 reviews while LastPass is ranked 17th in Enterprise Password Managers. HashiCorp Vault is rated 8.2, while LastPass is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of HashiCorp Vault writes "Useful for machine-to-machine communication and has secret engine feature ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of LastPass writes "Straightforward to set up, good support, intuitive to use, and offers good value for the cost". HashiCorp Vault is most compared with Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault, Keeper and 1Password, whereas LastPass is most compared with Azure Key Vault, BeyondTrust Password Safe, Keeper, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault and OneLogin by One Identity. See our HashiCorp Vault vs. LastPass report.
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