Pricing
Cloud provider pricing for Alien Vault resources.
Alien provisions Vault in your customer's cloud. The customer pays the cloud provider directly — there is no Alien markup on infrastructure costs.
Prices shown for US East regions. Last verified: April 2026.
Pricing
| Provider | Service | API calls | Per-secret cost | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | SSM Parameter Store | $0.05 per 10K (higher throughput) | Free (standard params) | Free |
| GCP | Secret Manager | $0.03 per 10K access ops | $0.06 per active version/month | Free |
| Azure | Key Vault | $0.03 per 10K operations | Free | Free |
Example: 10 Secrets + 100K API Calls/month
| Provider | API calls | Secrets | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS SSM | $0.50 | $0.00 | $0.50 |
| GCP Secret Manager | $0.30 | $0.60 | $0.90 |
| Azure Key Vault | $0.30 | $0.00 | $0.30 |
Platform Notes
- AWS SSM Parameter Store: Standard parameters with standard throughput are free (up to 10K params). Higher throughput costs $0.05 per 10K API calls. Advanced parameters cost $0.05/param/month.
- GCP Secret Manager: Charges per active secret version. Each
set()creates a new version. Avoid frequent updates to the same secret. - Azure Key Vault: Flat per-operation pricing. Rate limited to 4,000 GET/10sec and 300 CREATE/10sec — returns HTTP 429 when exceeded.
Free Tiers
- AWS SSM: Standard parameters with standard throughput are always free.
- GCP Secret Manager: 6 active secret versions free, 10K access operations free/month.
- Azure Key Vault: No free tier.