ayedo
German managed OpenBao service with a published monthly price for a dedicated cluster
Quick Overview
| Company | Ayedo Cloud Solutions GmbH |
|---|---|
| Category | Secrets Management Software |
| Headquarters | Schwalbach-Hülzweiler, Germany |
| Founded | Not stated |
| EU Presence | Yes - Germany (EU) |
| Data Location | European infrastructure (ayedo Cloud), dedicated cluster or your own infrastructure |
| Open Source | No |
| GDPR Compliant | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | Optional: bring your own cloud or on-premises |
| Main Features | Managed OpenBao, static secrets, dynamic secrets, PKI, transit encryption, External Secrets Operator, auto-unseal, audit log, OIDC login |
| Pricing | Shared platform on request; dedicated cluster €1,299.95 per month |
| Best For | Teams that want Vault semantics from a German operator without a vault on-call rota |
| Replaces | HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager |
Detailed Review
ayedo does not write its own vault. Its secrets page states that the service is OpenBao running in the platform cluster, with the operator handling auto-unseal and the Kubernetes integration, while customers only use the APIs. That keeps your policies and client libraries portable, because the engine underneath is the open source one.
The legal notice names Ayedo Cloud Solutions GmbH, registered at Amtsgericht Saarbrücken under HRB 107704, with its address in Schwalbach-Hülzweiler, Saarland. The site lists ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 and DORA among its compliance badges.
What the managed service covers
The page lists a key-value store with versioning, leases and audit log, dynamic credentials for databases, cloud IAM roles and service accounts, an internal certificate authority for mTLS, and a transit engine for encryption as a service. The External Secrets Operator pushes values into workload clusters as Kubernetes secrets or mounted files.
Three ways to run it
The pricing block offers a shared multi-tenant platform (price on request), a dedicated single-tenant cluster at €1,299.95 per month with custom namespaces, policies, disaster recovery between regions and SLAs, and a bring-your-own-cloud or on-premises variant. The dedicated figure is the only number on the page.
Fixed price versus metered pricing
The vendor's comparison tables contrast a per-instance price with per-secret and per-operation billing at the large US clouds. Whether the flat figure wins depends on how many secrets and reads you have, so run your own numbers.
Limitations to Consider
A dedicated cluster at €1,299.95 per month is a lot for a team with a few dozen secrets, and the shared option has no published price. You depend on ayedo for upgrades of the OpenBao version, so confirm the patch policy. It is a platform service, not a standalone product, so the secrets store is bought together with the wider ayedo platform. Compare it with OpenBao self-hosted if your team already runs Kubernetes operations.
Who Should Use ayedo
Platform and DevOps teams in Europe that want the OpenBao engine and API, German hosting and a named operator, and have enough workloads to justify a fixed monthly fee.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Vault-style API and engines via OpenBao
- German GmbH with a register number in the legal notice
- Published price for the dedicated option
- Kubernetes integration through External Secrets Operator
- Bring-your-own-cloud and on-premises variants
Cons
- Dedicated cluster price is high for small teams
- Shared tier has no published price
- Sold as part of a wider platform
Alternatives to ayedo
Other European secrets management software worth comparing before you decide:
Adfinis Secretz Enterprise
Switzerland · Flat-fee support subscription for running OpenBao in production
Akeyless
Israel · SaaS secrets platform with zero-knowledge key handling
Passwork
Spain · Self-hosted password and secrets vault with REST API
Scaleway
France · Paris cloud with a pay-per-version Secret Manager
See all European secrets management software or compare them directly against HashiCorp Vault on our alternatives page.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. OpenBao is the open source engine. ayedo is a company that operates it for customers and adds hosting, auto-unseal, the Kubernetes integration and support.
The dedicated cluster is listed at €1,299.95 per month. The shared multi-tenant platform has no published price and is quoted on request.
The pricing section lists a bring-your-own-cloud and on-premises variant next to the ayedo Cloud and the dedicated cluster.