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## TL;DR
_Vaults_ and _secrets managers_ are centralized solution that manage secrets.<br/>
_Secrets managers_ (A.K.A. _vaults_ or _secrets stores_) are centralized solution that manage secrets.<br/>
Examples: [HashiCorp Vault], [OpenBao], [Bitwarden Secrets Manager], [1Password Secrets Automation], [CyberArk Conjur],
[Akeyless].
_Secrets orchestration platforms_ offer a transparent access point for users while being a vault itself and/or syncing
secrets between multiple other vaults and secrets managers.<br/>
Examples: [Doppler], [Infisical], [Pulumi ESC].
_Secrets orchestration platforms_ offer a transparent access point for users while being a secrets manager itself and/or
syncing secrets between multiple other secrets managers.<br/>
Examples: [Doppler], [Infisical], [Phase], [Pulumi ESC].
Solutions should be easy to use and get **out** of their users' way, so that they can be more easily adopted.
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Having a centralized solution to manage secrets can come to the rescue, as long as it is adopted profusely.<br/>
The only way this can happen is if that solution is easy to use and manage, and get **out** of the way of
developers.<br/>
_Vaults_ and _secrets managers_ usually do a good job for this.
_Secrets managers_ usually do a good job for this.
Tools might also integrate with or support only one or a small set of solutions, limiting the choice of platforms.<br/>
It would be good to have a way to sync secrets between multiple platforms. Even better, to use a single access point to
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[CyberArk Conjur]: https://www.conjur.org/
[Doppler]: https://www.doppler.com/
[OpenBao]: https://openbao.org/
[Phase]: https://phase.dev/
[Secrets Management Tools: The Complete 2025 Guide]: https://www.pulumi.com/blog/secrets-management-tools-guide/