# Confidant

Confidant is a Secrets Management product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

A secret management service that stores encrypted secrets in DynamoDB for secure credential and sensitive data management.

Checked October 2026.

## What is Confidant?

Confidant is a secret management service that stores sensitive information in Amazon DynamoDB with encryption at rest.

The tool provides a centralized solution for managing secrets, credentials, and other confidential data within an organization's infrastructure. It leverages AWS DynamoDB as the storage backend, ensuring that all stored secrets are encrypted when not in use.

The service includes documentation for installation, configuration, and usage to help organizations implement secure secret management practices. Confidant offers community support through mailing lists, IRC channels, and Gitter for users seeking assistance or discussion.

The project maintains security practices by providing a dedicated channel for reporting security vulnerabilities and offers both discussion forums and announcement channels for user engagement.

Tags: Encryption, AWS, Secrets Management

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Protect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-protect-program-small-team): helps you prevent attacks and keep data safe.

## Quick facts

- Category: [IAM](https://cybersectools.com/categories/iam) · [Secrets Management](https://cybersectools.com/categories/secrets-management)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 1,857
- Website: github.com

## Where it ranks

No shortlist covers this product's category yet. The closest is [Best IAM Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-iam-solutions).

## Confidant FAQ

### What is Confidant?

Confidant is a product in the Secrets Management category. It covers Encryption, AWS and Secrets Management.

### What is the pricing for Confidant?

Confidant is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/lyft/confidant/.

### What are alternatives to Confidant?

Alternatives to Confidant listed on CybersecTools:

1. [AWS Secrets Manager](https://cybersectools.com/tools/aws-secrets-manager) - A fully managed service that securely stores, rotates, and manages sensitive data such as database credentials and API keys. (Commercial)
2. [HashiCorp Vault](https://cybersectools.com/tools/hashicorp-vault) - Identity-based secrets mgmt platform for credentials, certs, keys & encryption (Commercial)
3. [CipherStash Stash](https://cybersectools.com/tools/cipherstash-stash) - TypeScript secrets manager with zero-trust vault and cryptographic audit trails. (Commercial)
4. [enclaive Vault](https://cybersectools.com/tools/enclaive-vault) - Cross-cloud secrets & key mgmt with hardware-grade security and crypto-agility. (Commercial)
5. [Crypto4A QxVault™](https://cybersectools.com/tools/crypto4a-qxvaulttm) - Secrets management vault with built-in FIPS 140-3 HSM for on-prem/private cloud. (Commercial)

Compare all Confidant alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/confidant](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/confidant)

### What deployment and organization size does Confidant fit?

Confidant is available as on-premises software. It is listed for small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Confidant with similar solutions

- [Confidant vs AWS Secrets Manager](https://cybersectools.com/compare/aws-secrets-manager-vs-confidant)
- [Confidant vs HashiCorp Vault](https://cybersectools.com/compare/confidant-vs-hashicorp-vault)
- [Confidant vs CipherStash Stash](https://cybersectools.com/compare/cipherstash-stash-vs-confidant)

All alternatives to Confidant: [/alternatives/confidant](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/confidant)

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