TL;DR - AWS Secrets Manager
- AWS Secrets Manager helps you securely store and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets
- It integrates natively with AWS services and supports automatic rotation for RDS and other databases
- Pricing is $0.40/secret/month plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls
Pricing: Paid only
Best for: Enterprises & professionals
Score: 86/100
Pricing Plans
30-day free trialMost Popular
Per Secret
$0.4/month per secret
Secret storage
- Automatic rotation
- Fine-grained policies
- Audit with CloudTrail
- Cross-region replication
API Calls
$0.05/per 10,000 calls
Access pricing
- GetSecretValue
- All API operations
- SDK integration
About AWS Secrets Manager
Secrets Manager stores sensitive information—API keys, database credentials, certificates—and rotates them automatically. Applications retrieve secrets at runtime instead of baking them into config files.
Automatic rotation changes credentials on a schedule without application changes. Audit logs show who accessed what. Encryption at rest and in transit is handled automatically.
Production applications that take security seriously use Secrets Manager to keep credentials out of code and configuration files.
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AWS Secrets Manager FAQ
No free tier. $0.40 per secret per month plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls. Can add up with many secrets but generally affordable.
Secrets Manager stores and retrieves secrets like database credentials and API keys. Automatic rotation, encryption, and fine-grained access control.
Parameter Store is cheaper (free tier) for simple config. Secrets Manager has automatic rotation and is designed for secrets. Use Secrets Manager for credentials.
Secrets Manager can automatically rotate secrets on a schedule. Built-in rotation for RDS and some services. Custom Lambda functions for other systems.
SDK call to retrieve secret at runtime. IAM policies control access. Can cache secrets in memory. Better than env vars or config files.