AWS Secrets Manager vs Infisical
A comparison of AWS Secrets Manager and Infisical built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick AWS Secrets Manager if
- Teams already deep in AWS IAM, Lambda and RDS — the integration is native rather than bolted on, and the per-secret price is simple to reason about.
- Pick Infisical if
- Teams that want per-identity pricing that treats a machine credential the same as a human one, or that value the option to self-host the same open-source engine the cloud product runs.
4 sourced criteria separate them:
- Free tier
- AWS Secrets Manager: No
- Infisical: Yes
- Entry paid plan
- AWS Secrets Manager: $0.40 per secret per month, plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls.
- Infisical: Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly.
- Pricing model
- AWS Secrets Manager: Per-secret monthly fee plus metered API calls. Rotating a secret creates a new version but is not separately charged beyond the API calls it makes.
- Infisical: Billed per identity per month. An identity is any principal that authenticates to Infisical, human or machine.
- Secret versioning
- AWS Secrets Manager: Supported — rotating a secret automatically creates a new version, at no additional per-secret charge.
- Infisical: Not included on the free tier. Included from Pro: secret versioning and point-in-time recovery.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
AWS Secrets Manager 0
Infisical 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | AWS Secrets Manager | Infisical |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Entry paid plan | $0.40 per secret per month, plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls. | Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly. |
| Pricing model | Per-secret monthly fee plus metered API calls. Rotating a secret creates a new version but is not separately charged beyond the API calls it makes. | Billed per identity per month. An identity is any principal that authenticates to Infisical, human or machine. |
| Secrets | ||
| Secret versioning | Supported — rotating a secret automatically creates a new version, at no additional per-secret charge. | Not included on the free tier. Included from Pro: secret versioning and point-in-time recovery. |
Where they differ.
Free tier
- AWS Secrets Manager
- No
- Infisical
- Yes
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Secrets Manager Pricing ↗
“New AWS customers will receive up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits, which can be applied towards eligible AWS services, including Secrets Manager [a general account-level credit, not a Secrets-Manager-specific free plan].”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“5 identities, unlimited projects, 3 environments, 10 secret syncs. No secret versioning or audit logs included.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Entry paid plan
- AWS Secrets Manager
- $0.40 per secret per month, plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls.
- Infisical
- Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Secrets Manager Pricing ↗
“Per Secret Per Month: $0.40. Per API Calls: $0.05 per 10,000 API calls.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“$20/identity/month annual, $23 monthly.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Pricing model
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Per-secret monthly fee plus metered API calls. Rotating a secret creates a new version but is not separately charged beyond the API calls it makes.
- Infisical
- Billed per identity per month. An identity is any principal that authenticates to Infisical, human or machine.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Secrets Manager Pricing ↗
“Rotating a secret creates a new version of the secret. You are not charged for creating new versions.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“Billed per identity per month. An identity is any principal that authenticates to Infisical, human or machine.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Secret versioning
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Supported — rotating a secret automatically creates a new version, at no additional per-secret charge.
- Infisical
- Not included on the free tier. Included from Pro: secret versioning and point-in-time recovery.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Secrets Manager Pricing ↗
“Rotating a secret creates a new version of the secret.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“No secret versioning or audit logs included [Free]. [Pro adds] secret versioning, point-in-time recovery.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Which should you choose?
Choose AWS Secrets Manager if…
Teams already deep in AWS IAM, Lambda and RDS — the integration is native rather than bolted on, and the per-secret price is simple to reason about.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Infisical if…
Teams that want per-identity pricing that treats a machine credential the same as a human one, or that value the option to self-host the same open-source engine the cloud product runs.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- AWS Secrets Manager: Secrets sprawl across many small values rather than a few large ones — at $0.40/secret/month, a service charging per identity or per seat instead can work out cheaper for a team with a handful of engineers and hundreds of individual secrets.
- Infisical: Dynamic secrets are needed immediately — that's an Advanced-tier feature here, two tiers above the entry paid plan.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: AWS Secrets Manager or Infisical?
AWS Secrets Manager: $0.40 per secret per month, plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls.
Infisical: Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly.
Free tier: AWS Secrets Manager or Infisical?
AWS Secrets Manager: No
Infisical: Yes
Should I choose AWS Secrets Manager or Infisical?
Pick AWS Secrets Manager if Teams already deep in AWS IAM, Lambda and RDS — the integration is native rather than bolted on, and the per-secret price is simple to reason about.
Pick Infisical if Teams that want per-identity pricing that treats a machine credential the same as a human one, or that value the option to self-host the same open-source engine the cloud product runs.