Editorial take
Why it stands out
Infisical should be framed as a serious secrets platform spanning developer and infrastructure workflows.
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Tool profile
Open-source secrets management platform for developers and infrastructure teams, covering secrets distribution, machine identities, secret scanning, and secure credential workflows.
Secrets management
Infisical belongs in the database because it is one of the strongest OSS-first platforms for secrets management that still has a serious commercial path for real teams. The official site positions it as an end-to-end platform for API keys, access tokens, environment variables, machine identities, secret scanning, and secure distribution across development, CI/CD, and production environments. That makes it much more than a password vault or one-off environment-variable helper.
It also deserves inclusion because the pricing is straightforward enough to compare well. The current official pricing page shows Free at $0/month and Pro at $18/month per identity, with Enterprise custom. Just as important, the page clearly lists identity, project, environment, and integration limits, which gives buyers a realistic sense of how the product scales instead of only hiding behind feature checkmarks.
Quick fit
Editorial take
Infisical should be framed as a serious secrets platform spanning developer and infrastructure workflows.
What it does well
Primary use cases
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Pricing snapshot
Infisical currently offers Free at $0/month and Pro at $18/month per identity, with Enterprise custom pricing. The official pricing page also publishes limits for identities, projects, environments, and integrations.
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