Doppler vs Infisical
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Doppler and Infisical built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose Doppler if…
Teams whose secrets access is dominated by CI/CD and service identities rather than human users — those ride free, so cost tracks headcount, not automation volume.
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…
- Doppler: Dynamic (short-lived) secrets are a requirement now — that's an Enterprise-only feature here, where a competitor may offer it lower in the plan tier.
- Infisical: Dynamic secrets are needed immediately — that's an Advanced-tier feature here, two tiers above the entry paid plan.
Neither quite fits? Every other option, ranked by iScore: Doppler alternatives · Infisical alternatives
15 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
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.
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At a glance.
| Criterion | Doppler | Infisical |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Kind of free offer | Free tier | Free tier |
| What the free plan includes | Doppler's pricing page names a free entry point and states that AI agents and non-human identities are not charged; it publishes no per-resource free limits. | A free plan for individuals and personal projects; every paid plan additionally carries a free trial with no credit card. |
| Entry paid plan | Team plan: $21/month per user, with a 14-day free trial. | Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly. |
| Pricing model | Per-seat pricing for human team members. AI agents and non-human identities are not billed. | Billed per identity per month. An identity is any principal that authenticates to Infisical, human or machine. |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Regions | All Doppler Cloud servers run in private VPCs in Google Cloud's us-central1 region, with distinct primary and failover compute infrastructure. | Infisical Cloud runs in two regions: US (us.infisical.com or app.infisical.com) and EU (eu.infisical.com), each in its own AWS account |
| Uptime SLA | 99.95%, published as an SLO on Enterprise. The Developer and Team plans publish none. | The SLA's own wording disagrees with itself: "ninety-nine and nine tenths percent (99.99%)" spells 99.9 and prints 99.99. Either way it applies only to Enterprise tier and above. |
| Auth | ||
| Audit logs | 3 days of activity log retention on Developer (free), 90 days on Team, custom retention on Enterprise. | None on Free. 30-day retention on Pro, 90-day on Advanced, custom retention on Enterprise. |
| Secrets | ||
| Secret versioning | Every version of a secret is retained for the lifetime of that secret; adding, updating and deleting secrets can be rolled back from the activity log. | Not included on the free tier. Included from Pro: secret versioning and point-in-time recovery. |
| Dynamic (short-lived) secrets | Not included on Developer or Team. Available on Enterprise. | Not included on Free or Pro. Included from Advanced: dynamic secrets. |
| Support | ||
| Support on entry paid plan | Priority support on Team; enterprise support options on Enterprise. The free Developer plan names no support level. | Community support Help from the Infisical community and team through public channels like Slack and GitHub. |
| Compliance | ||
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 certified. | SOC 2 Type 2 report listed in Infisical's Trust Center; access by request. |
| GDPR / data residency | Doppler's DPA incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum in full for EEA and UK data transfers. Contractual transfer mechanism; DPA last updated July 07, 2026. | DPA covers EU GDPR, UK GDPR and the Swiss FADP, using the SCCs, UK Addendum or Swiss modifications for transfers out of the EEA, UK or Switzerland. |
| Encryption at rest | Secrets encrypted and tokenized with AES-256-GCM. | Secrets and sensitive data encrypted with AES-256-GCM before being persisted to the storage backend. |
| Customer-managed keys | Supported on existing AWS or GCP infrastructure — data encrypted with an additional key the customer controls. | A project can be encrypted with an external KMS — AWS KMS or GCP KMS — instead of Infisical's internal KMS. |
| Role-based access control | Role based access requires the Team or Enterprise plan; workplace permissions are assigned per user in three tiers: Collaborator, Admin and Owner. | Role-based, attribute-based, and one-off additional-privilege resource constraints. |
| Dedicated infrastructure | Doppler On-prem runs entirely within customer-managed infrastructure, designed for enterprises where external SaaS platforms are restricted or prohibited. | Infisical Cloud is multi-tenant by default; dedicated cloud instances are available for enterprises with stricter isolation or regulatory needs. |
Where they differ.
What the free plan includes
- Doppler
- Doppler's pricing page names a free entry point and states that AI agents and non-human identities are not charged; it publishes no per-resource free limits.
- Infisical
- A free plan for individuals and personal projects; every paid plan additionally carries a free trial with no credit card.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“AI agents and non-human identities ride free. [...] start for free”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“Free for individuals and personal projects. [...] All paid plans include a free trial, no credit card required.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing · Report a correction
Entry paid plan
- Doppler
- Team plan: $21/month per user, with a 14-day free trial.
- Infisical
- Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“$21/mo per user. Free for 14 days.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“Pro For growing teams looking to boost their security. Start a free trial Billed annually Save 13% $20 $23 [...] /identity/month An identity is any human or machine that authenticates to Infisical.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction
Pricing model
- Doppler
- Per-seat pricing for human team members. AI agents and non-human identities are not billed.
- Infisical
- Billed per identity per month. An identity is any principal that authenticates to Infisical, human or machine.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“Per-seat pricing for your team. AI agents and non-human identities ride free.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“/identity/month An identity is any human or machine that authenticates to Infisical. Everything in Free, plus: Unlimited identities Access Controls Secret Rotation SAML SSO”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction
Regions
- Doppler
- All Doppler Cloud servers run in private VPCs in Google Cloud's us-central1 region, with distinct primary and failover compute infrastructure.
- Infisical
- Infisical Cloud runs in two regions: US (us.infisical.com or app.infisical.com) and EU (eu.infisical.com), each in its own AWS account
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Security Fact Sheet ↗
“All of Doppler's servers run within private VPCs in GCP [...] us-central1 region, with distinct primary and failover compute infrastructure.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
- Infisical Cloud - Infisical ↗
“Architecture overview of Infisical's US and EU cloud deployments [...] US cloud (us.infisical.com or app.infisical.com) [...] Each region operates in a separate AWS account, providing strong isolation boundaries for security, compliance, and operational independence.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
Uptime SLA
- Doppler
- 99.95%, published as an SLO on Enterprise. The Developer and Team plans publish none.
- Infisical
- The SLA's own wording disagrees with itself: "ninety-nine and nine tenths percent (99.99%)" spells 99.9 and prints 99.99. Either way it applies only to Enterprise tier and above.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“custom activity log retention custom rate limits 99.95% slo custom contract & invoicing enterprise support options”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Infisical Service Level Agreement ↗
“infisical will provide actual availability for at least ninety-nine and nine tenths percent (99.99%) of the total time in each calendar month during the subscription term [...] applies only to infisical cloud services at the enterprise tier or above”
Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction
Audit logs
- Doppler
- 3 days of activity log retention on Developer (free), 90 days on Team, custom retention on Enterprise.
- Infisical
- None on Free. 30-day retention on Pro, 90-day on Advanced, custom retention on Enterprise.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“Developer: 3 days of activity logs. Team: 90 Days of activity logs. Enterprise: Custom activity log retention.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“Everything in Free, plus: Unlimited identities Access Controls Secret Rotation SAML SSO 30-day Audit log retention [...] Everything in Pro, plus: Dynamic Secrets Honey Tokens SOC 2 Type II Higher Rate Limits Custom Roles SSO & MFA enforcement 90-day Audit log retention [...] Custom Audit log retention and rate limits”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction
Secret versioning
- Doppler
- Every version of a secret is retained for the lifetime of that secret; adding, updating and deleting secrets can be rolled back from the activity log.
- Infisical
- Not included on the free tier. Included from Pro: secret versioning and point-in-time recovery.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Docs - Versioning ↗
“Doppler contains a robust logging and versioning system. [...] Every version of a secret is retained for the lifetime of that secret [...] Logs that support rollbacks today are: Adding, updating, and deleting secrets”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“Everything in Free, plus: Unlimited identities Access Controls Secret Rotation SAML SSO 30-day Audit log retention Secret Versioning Point-in-time Recovery”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing · Report a correction
Dynamic (short-lived) secrets
- Doppler
- Not included on Developer or Team. Available on Enterprise.
- Infisical
- Not included on Free or Pro. Included from Advanced: dynamic secrets.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“Enterprise Tailored to your compliance and regulatory needs. Custom pricing Scales with your team Doppler On-prem or Cloud Change Request Policies Secret Health Analytics dashboard Custom permissions & roles User groups Enterprise SCIM Fully manage in Terraform Proxied Secret Rotation Enterprise Key Management (EKM) Dynamic secrets”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Infisical Pricing ↗
“Everything in Pro, plus: Dynamic Secrets Honey Tokens SOC 2 Type II Higher Rate Limits Custom Roles SSO & MFA enforcement 90-day Audit log retention Temporary Access”
Read 2026-09-13 · official pricing · Report a correction
Support on entry paid plan
- Doppler
- Priority support on Team; enterprise support options on Enterprise. The free Developer plan names no support level.
- Infisical
- Community support Help from the Infisical community and team through public channels like Slack and GitHub.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Pricing ↗
“service accounts config inheritance trusted ips priority support config syncs (100) add-on enterprise features [...] custom rate limits 99.95% slo custom contract & invoicing enterprise support options”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing · Report a correction
- Pricing | Infisical ↗
“Community support Help from the Infisical community and team through public channels like Slack and GitHub.”
Read 2026-09-22 · official site · Report a correction
SOC 2
- Doppler
- SOC 2 certified.
- Infisical
- SOC 2 Type 2 report listed in Infisical's Trust Center; access by request.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Security ↗
“Doppler is SOC 2 certified, ensuring your API keys, credentials, and secrets are stored with industry-leading security standards.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official site · Report a correction
- Infisical Trust Center ↗
“Infisical's Trust Center Request access [...] Infisical Inc. – SOC 2 Type 2 Report”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction
GDPR / data residency
- Doppler
- Doppler's DPA incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum in full for EEA and UK data transfers. Contractual transfer mechanism; DPA last updated July 07, 2026.
- Infisical
- DPA covers EU GDPR, UK GDPR and the Swiss FADP, using the SCCs, UK Addendum or Swiss modifications for transfers out of the EEA, UK or Switzerland.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Data Processing Addendum ↗
“Doppler agrees to abide by and process such data in compliance with the EU SCCs and UK International Data Transfer Addendum, as applicable, which are incorporated herein in full and form an integral part of this Addendum. [...] Last Updated: July 07, 2026”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction
- Data Processing Agreement | Infisical ↗
“the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) ( “EU GDPR” ), the UK General Data Protection Regulation [...] Company will comply using a recognized mechanism, including the SCCs, the UK Addendum, the Swiss modifications to the SCCs, or any other lawful transfer mechanism recognized under Applicable Privacy Law”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction
Encryption at rest
- Doppler
- Secrets encrypted and tokenized with AES-256-GCM.
- Infisical
- Secrets and sensitive data encrypted with AES-256-GCM before being persisted to the storage backend.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Security ↗
“Doppler encrypts and tokenizes all customer secrets. Encryption via AES-256-GCM.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official site · Report a correction
- Security — Infisical Docs ↗
“any sensitive data (e.g. secrets, certificates entering the server), where applicable, is encrypted using a 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher in the Galois Counter Mode (GCM) with 96-bit nonces prior to being persisted in the storage backend.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction
Customer-managed keys
- Doppler
- Supported on existing AWS or GCP infrastructure — data encrypted with an additional key the customer controls.
- Infisical
- A project can be encrypted with an external KMS — AWS KMS or GCP KMS — instead of Infisical's internal KMS.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Security ↗
“Leveraging your existing AWS or GCP infrastructure, we encrypt your data with an additional key you control.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official site · Report a correction
- Key management service (KMS) configuration - Infisical ↗
“Infisical supports the use of external KMS solutions to enhance security and compliance. [...] You can configure your project to use services like AWS Key Management Service or GCP Key Management Service for managing encryption.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
Role-based access control
- Doppler
- Role based access requires the Team or Enterprise plan; workplace permissions are assigned per user in three tiers: Collaborator, Admin and Owner.
- Infisical
- Role-based, attribute-based, and one-off additional-privilege resource constraints.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler Docs - Team Management ↗
“Workplace permissions are assigned at the user level with three tiers of access: [...] Role based access is available with our Team and Enterprise plans.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
- Security — Infisical Docs ↗
“The access control policies are configured by operators of Infisical ahead of time and may involve role-based, attribute-based, and one-off "additional privilege" resource constraints.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction
Dedicated infrastructure
- Doppler
- Doppler On-prem runs entirely within customer-managed infrastructure, designed for enterprises where external SaaS platforms are restricted or prohibited.
- Infisical
- Infisical Cloud is multi-tenant by default; dedicated cloud instances are available for enterprises with stricter isolation or regulatory needs.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Doppler On-prem ↗
“Run Doppler entirely within customer-managed infrastructure while preserving the developer experience teams already know and trust. [...] Doppler On-prem is designed for enterprises operating in environments where external SaaS platforms are restricted or prohibited.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction
- Deployment models: Cloud or self-hosted - Infisical ↗
“By default, Infisical Cloud is a secure, multi-tenant service. For enterprises with stricter isolation or regulatory needs, dedicated cloud instances are available.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
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 — except where we say we read the other provider's own page on a given date and it does not state it. Those rows lean, and the provider can correct them with a link.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Doppler or Infisical?
Doppler: Team plan: $21/month per user, with a 14-day free trial.
Infisical: Pro tier: $20/identity/month billed annually, or $23/identity/month billed monthly.
Should I choose Doppler or Infisical?
Pick Doppler if Teams whose secrets access is dominated by CI/CD and service identities rather than human users — those ride free, so cost tracks headcount, not automation volume.
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.
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