# Best Encryption Key Management Software - Page 2 *By [Lauren Worth](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/lauren-worth)* Encryption key management software is used to handle the administration, distribution, and storage of encryption keys. Proper management will ensure encryption keys, and therefore the encryption and decryption of their sensitive information, are only accessible for approved parties. IT and security professionals use these solutions to ensure access to highly sensitive information remains secured. Encryption key management software also provides tools to protect the keys in storage, as well as backup functionality to prevent data loss. Additionally, encryption key management software includes functionality to securely distribute keys to approved parties and enforce policies related to key sharing. Certain general [encryption software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption) provide key management capabilities. Still, those solutions will only provide limited features for key management, distribution, and policy enforcement. To qualify for inclusion in the Encryption Key Management category, a product must: - Provide compliance management capabilities for encryption keys - Include key storage and backup functionality - Enforce security policies related to key storage and distribution ## How Many Encryption Key Management Software Products Does G2 Track? **Total Products under this Category:** 69 ### Category Stats (May 2026) - **Average Rating**: 4.45/5 - **New Reviews This Quarter**: 5 - **Buyer Segments**: Small-Business 50% │ Enterprise 50% - **Top Trending Product**: OpenSSH (+0.007) *Last updated: May 19, 2026* ## How Does G2 Rank Encryption Key Management Software Products? **Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:** - 30 Analysts and Data Experts - 2,200+ Authentic Reviews - 69+ Products - Unbiased Rankings G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category. ## Which Encryption Key Management Software Is Best for Your Use Case? - **Leader:** [Egnyte](https://www.g2.com/products/egnyte/reviews) - **Highest Performer:** [Akeyless Identity Security Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/akeyless-identity-security-platform/reviews) - **Easiest to Use:** [Egnyte](https://www.g2.com/products/egnyte/reviews) - **Top Trending:** [Keyfactor Command](https://www.g2.com/products/keyfactor-command/reviews) - **Best Free Software:** [Egnyte](https://www.g2.com/products/egnyte/reviews) --- **Sponsored** ### Jellyfish by Cogito Group Jellyfish is designed to simplify the creation and management of digital credentials. Jellyfish Certificate Authority is independently certified with Common Criteria and Protection Profile compliant (valid until 2031). It provides verified security for government, Defence, and critical infrastructure environments requiring the highest level of digital trust. Jellyfish enhances your security through increased visibility, greater control, stronger protection, and seamless authentication. Jellyfish is a simple, cost-effective, low-risk, complete solution for connecting identities such as users, devices, services and credentials to each other. Jellyfish allows for enhanced security, better visibility, and simplified and central control. You can improve end-user productivity through seamless authentication, digital signing and automation of processes and changes, reducing your administrative burden. Uses include those in Finance, Healthcare, Education, Defence, and Legal businesses. Really anywhere you need to manage, protect or use credential types like digital certificates, one-time passwords, electronic keys, passwords or even passkeys. Uses include everything from digitally signing documents and code, to securing websites or internet communications as well as securely authenticating to a service or system. Jellyfish is available as a service via SecureSME or as installed software on your site or preferred cloud service. It can act as a simple point solution or as an as a service component for your users, devices and systems even when installed on your site. Users have access to a comprehensive training centre and documentation hub, featuring technical guides on everything from Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) to automated enrolment workflows. 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[ManageEngine Key Manager Plus](https://www.g2.com/products/manageengine-key-manager-plus/reviews) ManageEngine Key Manager Plus is a web-based key management solution that helps you consolidate, control, manage, monitor, and audit the entire life cycle of SSH (Secure Shell) keys and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates. It provides visibility into the SSH and SSL environments and helps administrators take total control of the keys to preempt breaches and compliance issues. Benefits of Key Manager Plus 1. Gain complete visibility of all SSH keys and SSL certificates present in the organization and achieve centralized control. 2. Remove all existing public key-user trust relationships and generate new key pairs. Deploy the new public keys to users in bulk with just a couple of clicks. 3. Tighten security by periodically rotating keys and prevent their misuse. 4. Launch direct connections to remote devices by using the keys present in Key Manager Plus, saving time and enhancing productivity. 5. Delete any unwanted keys from the database, terminate access immediately, and prevent violations by obsolete accounts. 6. Get customizable, recurring notifications when the validity of an SSL certificate is about to expire. 7. Eliminate service downtime or display of error messages due to expired/invalid/rogue SSL certificates. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 **How Do G2 Users Rate ManageEngine Key Manager Plus?** - **Regional Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10) - **Scalability:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) - **API/Integrations:** 3.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10) - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind ManageEngine Key Manager Plus?** - **Seller:** [Zoho](https://www.g2.com/sellers/zoho-b00ca9d5-bca8-41b5-a8ad-275480841704) - **Year Founded:** 1996 - **HQ Location:** Austin, TX - **Twitter:** @Zoho (137,492 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/38373/ (30,531 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Phone:** +1 (888) 900-9646 **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 33% Enterprise, 33% Mid-Market ### 2. [Alibaba Key Management Service](https://www.g2.com/products/alibaba-key-management-service/reviews) Alibaba Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) is a secure and easy-to-use service to create, control, and manage encryption keys used to secure your data **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2 **How Do G2 Users Rate Alibaba Key Management Service?** - **Regional Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10) - **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) - **API/Integrations:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10) - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Alibaba Key Management Service?** - **Seller:** [Alibaba](https://www.g2.com/sellers/alibaba) - **HQ Location:** Hangzhou - **Twitter:** @alibaba_cloud (1,186,536 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1218665/ (4,817 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Ownership:** BABA - **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $509,711 **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 67% Small-Business, 33% Mid-Market ### 3. [EncryptRIGHT](https://www.g2.com/products/encryptright/reviews) EncryptRIGHT simplifies application-level data protection, delivering robust encryption, tokenization, dynamic data masking, and key management functionality, along with role-based data access controls and a data-centric security architecture, to secure sensitive data and enforce data privacy. EncryptRIGHT is architected to deploy quickly with very little integration effort and scale from a single application to thousands of applications and servers on premises or in the cloud. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2 **How Do G2 Users Rate EncryptRIGHT?** - **Ease of Use:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind EncryptRIGHT?** - **Seller:** [Prime Factors](https://www.g2.com/sellers/prime-factors) - **Year Founded:** 1981 - **HQ Location:** Eugene, Oregon, United States - **Twitter:** @Prime_Factors (217 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/primefactors (37 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business ### 4. [Spring Labs](https://www.g2.com/products/spring-labs/reviews) Enables competitively-sensitive parties to exchange information directly, and in a fundamentally new way. **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 4 **How Do G2 Users Rate Spring Labs?** - **Ease of Use:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Spring Labs?** - **Seller:** [Spring Labs](https://www.g2.com/sellers/spring-labs) - **Year Founded:** 2025 - **HQ Location:** Marina del Rey, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/27450419 (71 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 50% Mid-Market, 25% Enterprise ### 5. [Thales Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)](https://www.g2.com/products/thales-hardware-security-modules-hsms/reviews) nShield hardware security modules (HSMs) provide a hardened, tamper-resistant environment for secure cryptographic processing, key generation and protection, encryption and more. **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2 **How Do G2 Users Rate Thales Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)?** - **Regional Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10) - **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) - **API/Integrations:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10) - **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Thales Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)?** - **Seller:** [Thales Group](https://www.g2.com/sellers/thales-group) - **HQ Location:** Austin, Texas - **Twitter:** @ThalesCloudSec (6,939 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/22579/ (1,448 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Ownership:** EPA:HO - **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $15,854 **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 67% Mid-Market, 33% Enterprise ### 6. [Enterprise Encryption Management Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/enterprise-encryption-management-platform/reviews) KAPALYA empowers organizations and their employees to securely store sensitive files at-rest and in-transit across multiple platforms through a user-friendly desktop and mobile application. This ubiquitous encryption solution protects all your corporate data by seamlessly encrypting files on: • End-points computers/mobile devices. • Corporate servers and public cloud providers. • With KAPALYA, users have the ability to share encrypted files across multiple cloud platforms. • Integrated with Box, Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure. The main problem Kapalya solves is encryption key management across any organization, regardless of where that organization’s data resides – be it on laptops, desktops, smartphones, tablets, public clouds, virtual desktop environments and enterprise file-servers, with their Encryption Management Platform (EMP). Kapalya allows enterprise organizations to consolidate to a single key management platform vendor solution that can manage millions of keys. • For file and folder encryption, Kapalya’s approach delivers a unique key served per every file and folder, whereas other legacy vendor’s point solutions only manage a single key served per user for all their files. • For encryption, Kapalya’s design for client-side is files are encrypted on the endpoint before upload. This is different from traditional server-side approach where files are encrypted after data is uploaded. • Kapalya’s Cloud Key Management architecture is all about managing your own encryption keys, and not using a cloud provider’s encryption keys; this is even more relevant for organizations that may use multiple cloud vendors. • Kapalya is a Ransomware mitigation solution to minimize data files and folders from getting breached from all enemies. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **Who Is the Company Behind Enterprise Encryption Management Platform?** - **Seller:** [Kapalya](https://www.g2.com/sellers/kapalya) - **Year Founded:** 2015 - **HQ Location:** Berkeley, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/28133448 (3 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Enterprise ### 7. [Entrust nShield as a Service](https://www.g2.com/products/entrust-nshield-as-a-service/reviews) Entrust nShield as a Service is a subscription-based solution for generating, accessing, and protecting cryptographic key material, separately from sensitive data, using dedicated FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified nShield Connect HSMs. The solution delivers the same functionality as on-premises HSMs and the benefits of a cloud service deployment, without the need to host and maintain the appliances. **Average Rating:** 3.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate Entrust nShield as a Service?** - **Scalability:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) - **API/Integrations:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10) - **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Entrust nShield as a Service?** - **Seller:** [Entrust, Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/entrust-inc) - **Year Founded:** 1969 - **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, MN - **Twitter:** @Entrust_Corp (6,418 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrust/ (3,737 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Phone:** 1-888-690-2424 **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Enterprise ### 8. [EnvKey](https://www.g2.com/products/envkey/reviews) EnvKey is a software that prevent insecure sharing and config sprawl. Works as an end-to-end encrypted configuration and secrets management. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate EnvKey?** - **Regional Support:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10) - **Scalability:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) - **API/Integrations:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10) - **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind EnvKey?** - **Seller:** [Envkey](https://www.g2.com/sellers/envkey) - **HQ Location:** N/A - **Twitter:** @EnvkeyConfig (474 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Enterprise ### 9. [Lockr](https://www.g2.com/products/lockr/reviews) Lockr is the first hosted API & encryption key management for modern content management systems like Drupal and WordPress, providing an affordable and easy to deploy solution for all sites to properly manage secrets of all kinds, including API and encryption keys. Lockr's key management solution-as-a-service protects against critical vulnerabilities, delivers best-practice security to help sites comply with many industry regulations, and provides a Defense in Depth approach to securing your data. Lockr is affordable, enterprise-grade key management. **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate Lockr?** - **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Lockr?** - **Seller:** [Cellar Door Media, dba Lockr](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cellar-door-media-dba-lockr) - **Year Founded:** 2015 - **HQ Location:** N/A - **Twitter:** @KeyLockr (460 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/lockr-io/ (1 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business ### 10. [Payments Data Privacy Vault](https://www.g2.com/products/payments-data-privacy-vault/reviews) Quick, secure PCI compliance, and much more. As easy as an API. Tokenization, data governance and access control, customer key management, fully customizable data schemas, REST and SQL APIs. Runs in your own dedicated VPC — AWS, GCP or Azure. Unlike other token vaults, with Skyflow you can run search and SQL analytics on fully encrypted data, with no limits on API calls. **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate Payments Data Privacy Vault?** - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Payments Data Privacy Vault?** - **Seller:** [Skyflow](https://www.g2.com/sellers/skyflow-482fb224-3e19-415f-a1d2-d86b2966fb1c) - **Year Founded:** 2019 - **HQ Location:** Palo Alto, California, United States - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyflow (142 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market ### 11. [PK Encrypt](https://www.g2.com/products/pk-encrypt/reviews) PK Encrypt® is an enterprise-grade encryption solution designed to provide persistent data protection across IBM Systems. It ensures that sensitive information remains secure, whether at rest, in use, or in motion, by applying robust encryption that stays with the data throughout its lifecycle. This approach addresses the challenges of safeguarding data as it moves beyond the secure confines of IBM Z environments into distributed systems and cloud platforms. Key Features and Functionality: - Persistent Encryption: Utilizes AES-256 encryption standards to maintain continuous protection of sensitive data, regardless of its location or state. - Cross-Platform Compatibility: Ensures seamless data security across various platforms, facilitating encrypted data exchanges between IBM Z and non-z/OS environments. - Seamless Integration: Integrates with IBM's security frameworks, including SAF, CPACF, ICSF, and IBM Pervasive Encryption®, providing a cohesive security experience. - Flexible Encryption Options: Offers encryption using OpenPGP or X.509 certificates, catering to diverse transfer and storage requirements. Primary Value and Problem Solved: PK Encrypt addresses the critical need for robust data security in organizations relying on IBM Systems. By implementing persistent encryption, it mitigates the risks associated with data breaches, unauthorized access, and compliance violations. This solution ensures that sensitive information remains protected throughout its journey across various networks and platforms, thereby enhancing organizational integrity and trustworthiness. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate PK Encrypt?** - **Regional Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10) - **Scalability:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) - **API/Integrations:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.5/10) - **Ease of Use:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind PK Encrypt?** - **Seller:** [PKWARE](https://www.g2.com/sellers/pkware) - **Year Founded:** 1986 - **HQ Location:** Milwaukee, WI - **Twitter:** @PKWARE (1,123 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/23724 (158 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market ### 12. [Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager](https://www.g2.com/products/thales-ciphertrust-cloud-key-manager/reviews) CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager (CCKM) simplifies management of cloud-native, BYOK, and HYOK keys from a single unified management console. Increase efficiency and operational resilience, and securely store encryption keys, all with a single pane of glass view. CCKM protects your data across public or private cloud and on-prem architecture effortlessly. Centralized management and reporting for all cloud keys, keeping your organization and data safe while reducing complexity. Processes include: Key lifecycle management - including generation, store, management, and maintenance Data protection - encryption across cloud workloads without compromising business functionality Tools include: Straightforward UI and single management interface across all clouds Common APIs View and manage key storage and permissions from a single pane of glass. Simplify compliance: Digital sovereignty - control data, hardware, and software Data sovereignty - control encryption and data access in accordance with local laws; includes adherence and reporting for GDPR, SCHREMS II, PCI-DSS, and more. Operational sovereignty - mitigate risk (including third-party) with visibility and control over providers’ ops Software sovereignty - run workloads autonomously, without reliance on provider software **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager?** - **Ease of Use:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager?** - **Seller:** [Thales Group](https://www.g2.com/sellers/thales-group) - **HQ Location:** Austin, Texas - **Twitter:** @ThalesCloudSec (6,939 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/22579/ (1,448 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Ownership:** EPA:HO - **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $15,854 **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market ### 13. [vSEC:CMS C-Series](https://www.g2.com/products/vsec-cms-c-series/reviews) vSEC:CMS C-Series is a comprehensive Credential Management System (CMS designed to streamline the deployment and management of both physical and virtual credentials within organizations. It facilitates the entire lifecycle of smart cards, USB tokens, virtual smart cards, and Windows Hello for Business (WHfB credentials, ensuring secure authentication and access control. By integrating seamlessly with enterprise directories, certificate authorities, and various security infrastructures, vSEC:CMS C-Series enhances operational efficiency and bolsters organizational security. Key Features and Functionality: - Credential Lifecycle Management: Manages the issuance, personalization, and revocation of credentials, supporting PKI/PIV, FIDO2 device-bound passkeys, and RFID technologies. - Integration Capabilities: Connects with enterprise directories, certificate authorities, physical access control systems, email servers, and hardware security modules (HSMs to provide a cohesive security environment. - User Self-Service Portal: Empowers users to perform tasks such as PIN changes and credential issuance through a web-based interface, reducing administrative overhead. - Batch Issuance Support: Facilitates the simultaneous issuance of multiple credentials, including FIDO2 devices, enhancing scalability for large organizations. - Advanced Security Features: Supports hardware-bound passkeys, multi-factor authentication, and integrates with leading identity providers like Microsoft, Thales, and Entrust. Primary Value and Problem Solved: vSEC:CMS C-Series addresses the complexities associated with managing diverse authentication credentials across an organization. By automating and centralizing credential management processes, it reduces the risk of security breaches, minimizes administrative costs, and ensures compliance with industry standards. The system's scalability and integration capabilities make it an ideal solution for organizations seeking to enhance their security posture while maintaining operational efficiency. **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate vSEC:CMS C-Series?** - **Ease of Use:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind vSEC:CMS C-Series?** - **Seller:** [Versasec AB](https://www.g2.com/sellers/versasec-ab) - **Year Founded:** 2007 - **HQ Location:** Stockholm, SE - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/versasec (27 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business #### What Are vSEC:CMS C-Series's Pros and Cons? **Pros:** - Ease of Use (1 reviews) **Cons:** - Upgrade Difficulties (1 reviews) ### 14. [Absio Broker](https://www.g2.com/products/absio-broker/reviews) Absio moves data security to the top of the stack with application-level data security solutions and consulting services **Who Is the Company Behind Absio Broker?** - **Seller:** [Absio](https://www.g2.com/sellers/absio) - **Year Founded:** 2009 - **HQ Location:** Denver, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/absio (3 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 15. [DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager](https://www.g2.com/products/digicert-digicert-trust-lifecycle-manager/reviews) DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager is a converged public and private digital trust solution for CA-agnostic certificate management and PKI services. Trust Lifecycle Manager centralizes visibility and control over an organization’s certificate landscape, reduces risk of business disruption from certificate expiration or human error, streamlines operations with automation and configurable workflows, and increases agility for fast remediation or adaptation to changes in cybersecurity standards.​​​​​​​ DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager provides comprehensive oversight of a broad range of certificate and PKI needs within the organization: -Certificate discovery -Secure user & device management -Securing cloud workloads -Infrastructure orchestration & automation -Managed PKI -Streamlined certificate management **Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 11 **How Do G2 Users Rate DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager?** - **Ease of Use:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager?** - **Seller:** [digicert](https://www.g2.com/sellers/digicert) - **Year Founded:** 2003 - **HQ Location:** Lehi, UT - **Twitter:** @digicert (6,674 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/357882/ (1,907 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 45% Mid-Market, 36% Enterprise ### 16. [DuoKey Key Management](https://www.g2.com/products/duokey-key-management/reviews) DuoKey is a Swiss-based company, headquartered in Prilly, which specialises in advanced encryption and key management solutions. The company offers a comprehensive suite of key management and encryption products for various platforms like Microsoft 365, Amazon S3, Salesforce and AWS XKS, featuring Multi-Party Computation (MPC) encryption. This technology ensures secure, distributed encryption to ensure high level of control, confidentiality and security over sensitive data and encryption keys, even in the event of unauthorised access or breach. DuoKey helps businesses worldwide safeguard their confidential information and comply with ever-evolving regulations and industry standards, while maintaining full control over their encryption keys in multi-tenant and vault solutions powered by MPC or Hardware Security Module (HSM). Trusted by leading corporations in the automotive, financial and health industries, DuoKey strives in enhancing data protection, making it an ideal choice for safeguarding sensitive information and ensuring compliance with data security regulations in a simplified and scalable way. **Who Is the Company Behind DuoKey Key Management?** - **Seller:** [DuoKey](https://www.g2.com/sellers/duokey) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/duokey ### 17. [Encryptonizer](https://www.g2.com/products/encryptonizer/reviews) Transparent Data Encryption for any application or database on the Windows Platform. Physical, Virtual or Cloud. SQL Server, MySQL, Web Servers, Legacy Applications. With Centralized Key Management. No programming required. **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **How Do G2 Users Rate Encryptonizer?** - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Encryptonizer?** - **Seller:** [Netlib Security](https://www.g2.com/sellers/netlib-security) - **Year Founded:** 1992 - **HQ Location:** Stamford, US - **Twitter:** @NetLibSecurity (545 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/netlib (4 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business ### 18. [Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/entrust-cryptographic-security-platform/reviews) The Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform is a comprehensive cryptographic management solution designed to streamline and enhance the security of digital assets through the integration of various cryptographic services. This platform effectively combines the functionalities necessary for operating a robust public key infrastructure (PKI), managing certificate lifecycles, overseeing key and secrets management, and utilizing hardware security modules (HSMs) within a single, cohesive system. Targeted primarily at organizations that require stringent security measures, the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform serves a diverse audience, including enterprises, government agencies, and financial institutions. These entities often face challenges related to data protection, regulatory compliance, and the management of cryptographic keys and certificates. By offering a unified platform, the solution simplifies these complex processes, enabling users to maintain a high level of security while ensuring compliance with industry standards. Key features of the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform include a Compliance Manager that helps organizations adhere to regulatory requirements, and a Certificate Authority that facilitates the issuance and management of digital certificates. The Certificate Lifecycle Management component ensures that certificates are monitored and renewed as needed, reducing the risk of expired certificates leading to security vulnerabilities. Additionally, the Key and Secrets Management feature provides a secure environment for storing and managing sensitive information, while Enhanced PKI Services offer advanced capabilities for managing cryptographic keys. The platform also includes Enrollment Services for efficient certificate requests, a CA Gateway that provides a RESTful API for integration with other systems, and Timestamping services that ensure the integrity of data. The Validation Authority (OCSP) component allows for real-time validation of certificates, enhancing trust in digital transactions. Furthermore, the platform supports Third-Party Cryptographic Assets and provides a Vault Cluster for secure storage, ensuring that organizations can manage all their cryptographic needs in one place. Overall, the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform stands out in its category by offering a holistic approach to cryptographic management. Its integration of multiple services into a single platform not only simplifies operations but also enhances security and compliance, making it a valuable asset for organizations looking to enhance their security posture and safeguard their digital environments. **Who Is the Company Behind Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform?** - **Seller:** [Entrust, Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/entrust-inc) - **Company Website:** https://www.entrust.com/ - **Year Founded:** 1969 - **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, MN - **Twitter:** @Entrust_Corp (6,418 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrust/ (3,737 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 19. [Entrust KeyControl](https://www.g2.com/products/entrust-keycontrol/reviews) Entrust KeyControl redefines cryptographic key and secrets management by combining key lifecycle management and a decentralized vault-based architecture with a comprehensive central policy and compliance management capabilities for a wide range of use cases. The Entrust KeyControl Compliance Manager policy engine provides fine-grained control of your cryptographic keys and secrets, offering full visibility, traceability, compliance tracking, and an immutable audit trail. This can help make it possible for your organization to stay in compliance with laws and regulations around the world that govern data privacy, security, and sovereignty. Multiple KeyControl Compliance Managers can easily be configured to isolate regions or organizational locations as needed. The KeyControl platform also offers a new distributed vault architecture supporting the creation of fully isolated vaults that can help your organization meet your compliance obligations related to geographical data residency and data sovereignty mandates for cryptographic assets, while reducing attack surfaces and providing flexible arrangements for disaster recovery (DR) and contingency planning. There are KeyControl Vaults for: • KMIP • Databases • Secrets Management • SSH Key Management • Privileged Account and Session Management (PASM) • Tokenization • VM Encryption • Cloud Key Management (BYOK) • Cloud Key Management (HYOK) **Who Is the Company Behind Entrust KeyControl?** - **Seller:** [Entrust, Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/entrust-inc) - **Year Founded:** 1969 - **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, MN - **Twitter:** @Entrust_Corp (6,418 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrust/ (3,737 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Phone:** 1-888-690-2424 ### 20. [Evertrust Horizon](https://www.g2.com/products/evertrust-horizon/reviews) Evertrust Horizon is a comprehensive certificate lifecycle management and governance tool that provides centralized, automated management of digital certificates across multi-PKI environments. The platform supports all major certificate protocols (ACME, EST, SCEP, Microsoft WCCE) and integrates with both enterprise PKIs (ADCS, EJBCA, Nexus) and public certificate authorities (DigiCert, Entrust, GlobalSign). Key features include automated certificate enrollment and renewal, network-wide certificate discovery, compliance monitoring with customizable cryptographic policies, comprehensive audit trails, and native DevOps integrations for Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible environments. Horizon addresses the critical challenge of certificate sprawl and manual management that plagues modern enterprises, where certificate-related outages cost organizations millions in downtime and security incidents. Unlike traditional PKI management tools that lock organizations into specific vendors, Horizon's PKI-agnostic approach enables seamless migration between certificate authorities while maintaining unified governance and automation. The platform's emphasis on digital sovereignty helps organizations reduce geopolitical risks associated with over-dependence on foreign certificate authorities **Who Is the Company Behind Evertrust Horizon?** - **Seller:** [Evertrust](https://www.g2.com/sellers/evertrust) - **Year Founded:** 2017 - **HQ Location:** Paris, FR - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/evertrust-sas (43 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 21. [Fortanix](https://www.g2.com/products/fortanix/reviews) With Fortanix, organizations gain the freedom to accelerate their digital transformation, combine and analyze private data, and deliver secure applications that protect the privacy of the people they serve. Fortanix decouples security from infrastructure – security becomes a property of the data itself. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2 **How Do G2 Users Rate Fortanix?** - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind Fortanix?** - **Seller:** [Fortanix](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fortanix) - **Year Founded:** 2016 - **HQ Location:** Santa Clara, US - **Twitter:** @fortanix (1,031 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/fortanix/ (230 employees on LinkedIn®) **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market, 50% Small-Business ### 22. [HyTrust Key Control](https://www.g2.com/products/hytrust-key-control/reviews) HyTrust KeyControl simplifies the process of key management for applications that do not require sophisticated policy based key management – but still need to perform to scale to enterprise grade level performance. And HyTrust KeyControl does this without costly physical appliances or license fees. **Who Is the Company Behind HyTrust Key Control?** - **Seller:** [HyTrust](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hytrust) - **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - **Twitter:** @HyTrust (1,579 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/Entrust (3,812 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 23. [IBM Guardium Cryptography Manager](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-guardium-cryptography-manager/reviews) Guardium Cryptography Manager helps your organization achieve crypto-agility through discovery and inventory, risk assessment, cryptographic object lifecycle management, compliance-readiness, and protection of cryptographic objects. **Who Is the Company Behind IBM Guardium Cryptography Manager?** - **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) - **Year Founded:** 1911 - **HQ Location:** Armonk, New York, United States - **Twitter:** @IBMSecurity (709,223 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1009/ (324,553 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Ownership:** SWX:IBM ### 24. [IBM Guardium Data Encryption](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-guardium-data-encryption/reviews) IBM Guardium Data Encryption consists of an integrated suite of products built on a common infrastructure. These highly-scalable solutions provide encryption, tokenization, data masking and key management capabilities to help protect and control access to databases, files and containers across the hybrid multicloud—securing assets residing in cloud, virtual, big data and on-premise environments. Securely encrypting file and database data with such functionalities as tokenization, data masking and key rotation can help organizations address compliance with government and industry regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS and HIPAA. **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 4 **How Do G2 Users Rate IBM Guardium Data Encryption?** - **Ease of Use:** 7.1/10 (Category avg: 8.7/10) **Who Is the Company Behind IBM Guardium Data Encryption?** - **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) - **Year Founded:** 1911 - **HQ Location:** Armonk, New York, United States - **Twitter:** @IBMSecurity (709,223 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1009/ (324,553 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Ownership:** SWX:IBM **Who Uses This Product?** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market, 25% Enterprise ### 25. [Inkrypt AI](https://www.g2.com/products/inkrypt-ai/reviews) Inkrypt.ai is an enterprise-grade cryptographic security and key management platform designed to deliver automated encryption, post-quantum readiness, and centralized cryptographic governance for modern software systems. The platform enables organizations to integrate encryption and key management directly into applications through generated SDKs while maintaining full operational visibility and compliance readiness. Inkrypt.ai provides end-to-end encryption across the data lifecycle, including key generation, secure storage, rotation, and access control. Its hybrid cryptographic architecture aligns with NIST post-quantum cryptography guidance, allowing enterprises to prepare for future quantum threats without disrupting existing systems. The platform includes a web-based administration and analytics console, real-time telemetry pipelines, centralized audit logging, and policy-driven access controls. Automated key rotation, zero-downtime cryptographic operations, and real-time security analytics help reduce operational risk and human error. Inkrypt.ai is delivered as a cloud-based SaaS platform with enterprise-grade scalability and high availability. It supports modern application architectures, APIs, and microservices, making it suitable for enterprises seeking future-proof cryptographic modernization and compliance-ready security. **Who Is the Company Behind Inkrypt AI?** - **Seller:** [Inkrypt AI](https://www.g2.com/sellers/inkrypt-ai) - **Year Founded:** 2024 - **HQ Location:** Wilmington, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/inkrypt-ai/ (1 employees on LinkedIn®) ## What Is Encryption Key Management Software? [Data Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-security) ## What Software Categories Are Similar to Encryption Key Management Software? - [Encryption Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption-software) - [Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/certificate-lifecycle-management-clm) - [Secrets Management Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/secrets-management-tools) --- ## How Do You Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Software? ### What You Should Know About Encryption Key Management Software ### What is Encryption Key Management Software? Encryption key management software assists companies with protecting and managing their cryptographic keys used for encrypting data on devices and in applications. Encryption key management software manages encryption keys throughout a key pair’s lifecycle, which includes key generation, exchange, use, integrity, availability, storage, backup or archive, revocation, and deregistration or destruction. On the backend, these tools manage encryption key generation, distribution, and replacement, while on the client side, the tools inject encryption keys and store and manage them on devices. These software solutions protect the keys by ensuring that only authenticated and authorized users can access them, preventing them from being disclosed, lost, misused, or intercepted by unauthorized parties. **What Do KMS and HSM Stand For?** KMS stands for key management systems. Key management systems are centralized hubs that manage the key lifecycle, including generation, certification, storage, usage, expiration, revocation, and retirement. Centralized key management systems work in conjunction with hardware security modules (HSMs). KMS may also be known by the following acronyms: CKMS, which is cryptographic key management system, or EKMS, which stands for enterprise key management system. HSM stands for hardware security modules. Hardware security modules are servers built to be tamper-resistant or tamper-proof. HSMs generate, retrieve, share, and protect keys. These are considered the most secure key storage as these are physically built to prevent tampering by using special tamper-resistant screws and sealants. #### What Types of Encryption Key Management Software Exist? **On-premises encryption key management** Some companies opt to store their key manager on-premises using a hardware security module (HSM), which is a server built to be tamper-resistant or tamper-proof.  **Cloud-based encryption key management** Some companies have complex key management needs and need a solution that scales to meet the volume and complexity of their encryption key transaction needs. Centralized cloud-based encryption key management can assist with symmetric and asymmetric key management and work with various databases, applications, and standards. Bring your own encryption (BYOE) or bring your own key (BYOK) is akin to the bring your own device (BYOD) security models—companies bring their own encryption key management software to deploy on public cloud infrastructure. However, this security model has trade-offs as this may entail giving cloud providers access to keys, which may not meet a company’s security policies.  **Key management as a service** Some cloud providers offer their own key management as a service solution in their cloud environments. ### What are the Common Features of Encryption Key Management Software? The following are some core features within encryption key management software: **Interoperability:** For companies that use multiple types of cryptographic keys and multiple software applications, interoperability is important. Many encryption key management solutions are based on standard protocols, including Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) standard or Public Key Crypto Standard (PKCS 11). Other solutions will rely on closed-source key management. **Policy management:** Companies may have specific policies for their encryption keys, including when to expire or revoke them or methods to prevent sharing the keys. Encryption key management software will enforce these policies. **Access management:** In addition to creating and managing the keys themselves, it is important to manage who has access permissions to those keys. Many companies employ a least-privilege policy where users and systems have the least access needed to achieve their role function. Encryption key management solutions can enforce those policies, ensuring that only authorized and authenticated users or systems have access to the keys can prevent misuse. These tools will also provide access and audit logs. **Backup:** If the keys are lost, access to the encrypted data will be unrecoverable without backup. Many encryption key management solutions offer backup features. ### What are the Benefits of Encryption Key Management Software? If not properly managed, encryption keys can fall into the wrong hands and be used to decrypt sensitive data. This can risk sensitive encrypted data or disrupt critical business information access. Managing encryption keys manually can be challenging to meet today’s business needs as the scale and complexity of applications used and the encryption and keys needed to secure those have grown, which is why many companies have opted for automated management solutions. If data encryption key management is managed manually, this time-consuming task may come at the expense of speed, availability, interoperability, accuracy, and integrity.  **Security:** The main purpose of encryption and, therefore, encryption key management is security. Encryption key management software assists in managing encryption keys at scale in a secure manner and remains available to meet business needs. **Meeting regulatory compliance:** Some highly regulated industries are bound by various data protection regulations for storing and managing encryption keys. Using encryption key management software, companies can meet requirements of regulations such as PCI DSS 3.2.1, NIST 800-53, and NIST 800-57. **Scalability:** Today’s businesses rely on multiple devices and applications needing encryption, meaning they need an encryption key management solution that scales at speed to generate, distribute, and manage the keys. This can mean the ability to generate hundreds of keys per minute. Many businesses require low latency and high availability for their keys. ### Who Uses Encryption Key Management Software? **Information security professionals:** Information security professionals use encryption key management solutions which may include on-premises solutions like HSMs, centralized cloud-based solutions, or cloud-infrastructure-specific software-as-a-service solutions. **IT professionals:** If a company does not have a dedicated information security (infosec) team, the responsibility for managing encryption keys falls on information technology (IT) teams. #### Software Related to Encryption Key Management Software Related solutions that can be used together with or as an alternative encryption key management software include: [Encryption software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption) **:** Companies use encryption software to protect the confidentiality and integrity of their data. Encryption software will turn plaintext into cipher text using encryption. Keys to unencrypt the data will be stored using encryption key management solutions. [Email encryption software](https://www.g2.com/categories/email-encryption) **:** To protect the confidentiality of data in transit, companies use email encryption software. Companies can use encryption key management solutions to protect the encryption keys.  [Certificate lifecycle management (CLM) software](https://www.g2.com/categories/certificate-lifecycle-management-clm) **:** Public key infrastructure (PKI) is an asymmetric encryption key management system that utilizes digital certificates such as SSL or TLS certificates and public keys to secure assets like website traffic. [Secrets management tools:](https://www.g2.com/categories/secrets-management-tools) Developer and DevOps teams, in particular, may utilize secrets management tools to store sensitive digital assets, such as encryption keys. ### Challenges with Encryption Key Management Software **BYOE or BYOK:** Companies must carefully understand who has access to their encryption keys. When utilizing a BYOE or BYOK security model, it is important to know who has access to the keys, including providers. **Scalability and availability:** It is important to ensure that generating, managing, utilizing, and retiring encryption keys meets your company’s scale and availability requirements. **Backup:** If encryption keys are lost, companies must have a backup plan. Ensure the software solution you are evaluating meets your specific backup needs. **Regionality:** Some geographic areas have data sovereignty and data residency requirements, so encryption keys may be managed differently based on the regional requirements. **Governance:** Some data may be governed by data protection regulations, and a company’s encryption and encryption key management policies may need to meet specific regulatory compliance needs. ### How to Buy Encryption Key Management Software #### Requirements Gathering (RFI/RFP) for Encryption Key Management Software Gather your company’s specific encryption key management requirements, including if you need to manage your encryption keys on-premises, with a centralized cloud key management offering, or using an infrastructure-specific encryption key management service. It is important to determine what kind of interoperability you require. Also, consider the scale at which you need keys deployed and managed and the availability you seek. Discuss your backup needs. Authentication and access control functionality is also important. And determine which geographic areas your business needs are, and be sure to speak with vendors about these requirements. #### Compare Encryption Key Management Software Products **Create a long list** The long list should include a list of providers that meet your basic interoperability, hosting, scale, regionality, and functionality requirements. Companies can identify products by using software review sites like G2.com to review what users of those solutions like and dislike, along with rankings on six satisfaction metrics. **Create a short list** Shorten your long list by identifying must-have functionality. Factors to consider at this stage include integrations, price, and whether the solution meets your regulatory requirements. **Conduct demos** When conducting demos of each potential solution, it is important to ask questions about the user interface, the ease of use, and the skills required to operate the encryption key management solution. The company’s staff should be able to learn the functionality of the tool quickly to receive the fastest return on investment. #### Selection of Encryption Key Management Software **Choose a selection team** The selection team should include employees using the encryption key management tool in their daily duties and understand the use case. These would typically be colleagues from information security (Infosec) and information technology (IT) teams. Other parties from leadership and finance should also be included. **Negotiation** Security products such as encryption key management tools help companies manage risk. Knowing the cost of a breach or exposed keys to an organization can help your company understand the value these tools bring to your company. Understand what your budget is with this in mind.   **Final decision** Colleagues who work on defining and managing the company’s data security policies and programs are in the best position to decide which software solution fits the organization’s needs. These professionals will have the most experience with cryptography tools and can best evaluate the products.