External Secrets Operator + age — #4 Alternative to HashiCorp Vault
CNCF Kubernetes operator synchronizing external KMS stores into native K8s Secrets
Eliminates vendor lock-in across AWS/GCP/Azure KMS, OpenBao, and Bitwarden Secrets Manager using declarative Kubernetes CRDs.
License: Apache-2.0 · Pricing: Free & Open Source · Compare all HashiCorp Vault alternatives · Official Website