Hashicorp Vault Discontinues Free HCP Vault Secrets Plan, Introduces New Radar Free Trial and Standard Plans
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Hashicorp's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: HCP Vault Secrets Standard plan discontinued (was $0.50 per secret per month); HCP Vault Secrets Free plan discontinued (was free up to 25 secrets); HCP Vault Secrets Plus plan discontinued (was $0.95 per secret per month); HCP Vault Radar Free Trial plan introduced (free for 30 days with product limits); HCP Vault Radar Standard plan introduced at $7.00 per active contributor per month. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed, new plan) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 7, 2026) lists HCP Vault Radar Essentials at $7, HCP Vault Dedicated Standard at $73, HCP Vault Dedicated Essentials at $73 and HCP Vault Dedicated Development at $0.62 per cluster per hour.
Hashicorp's previous recorded change was "Hashicorp Vault Unifies Pricing with New Models for Enhanced Flexibility and Support Options" (Q1 2025). Hashicorp has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Aws, Puppet, Pulumi and Google Cloud also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Vault Secrets Standard · PlanPlan removed
HCP Vault Secrets Standard plan discontinued (was $0.50 per secret per month)
- Vault Secrets Free · PlanPlan removed
HCP Vault Secrets Free plan discontinued (was free up to 25 secrets)
- Vault Secrets Plus · PlanPlan removed
HCP Vault Secrets Plus plan discontinued (was $0.95 per secret per month)
- HCP Vault Radar Free Trial · PlanNew plan
HCP Vault Radar Free Trial plan introduced (free for 30 days with product limits)
- Vault Radar Standard · PlanAdded
BeforeNo HCP Vault Radar Standard plan
AfterHCP Vault Radar Standard plan
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vault Secrets Standard | Plan | HCP Vault Secrets Standard plan discontinued (was $0.50 per secret per month) | Plan removed | |
| Vault Secrets Free | Plan | — | 25 | Plan removed |
| Vault Secrets Plus | Plan | HCP Vault Secrets Plus plan discontinued (was $0.95 per secret per month) | Plan removed | |
| HCP Vault Radar Free Trial | Plan | HCP Vault Radar Free Trial plan introduced (free for 30 days with product limits) | New plan | |
| Vault Radar Standard | Plan | No HCP Vault Radar Standard plan | HCP Vault Radar Standard plan | Added |
Values as written on Hashicorp's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Hashicorp's pricing page (hashicorp.com) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where HCP Vault Radar Standard plan now appears.
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Hashicorp, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 7, 2026packagingHashicorp Vault: Agentic IAM add-on introduced for Standard/Premium
- Apr 22, 2026packagingHashicorp Vault adds SPIFFE secrets engine and RHEL password rotation to Ente...
- Q3 2025decreaseHashicorp Vault Reduces Monthly Vault Client Cost by 35% Amid Tier Consolidation and Renaming Changes
- Q2 2025packagingHashicorp Vault Discontinues Free HCP Vault Secrets Plan, Introduces New Radar Free Trial and Standard Plans · this change
- Q1 2025packagingHashicorp Vault Unifies Pricing with New Models for Enhanced Flexibility and Support Options
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- PuppetOct 12Puppet includes standard support in all plans, adds 24x7 premium option
- PulumiSep 28Pulumi: Enterprise plan pricing revealed: 'Custom / Contact sales' replaced with self-serve $2,000/month base (2,000…
- PulumiSep 21Pulumi renames all plan tiers, adds Support tiers up to $50K/yr Platinum
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
Questions about this change
Did Hashicorp raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed, new plan.
What changed on Hashicorp's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
HCP Vault Secrets Standard plan discontinued (was $0.50 per secret per month); HCP Vault Secrets Free plan discontinued (was free up to 25 secrets); HCP Vault Secrets Plus plan discontinued (was $0.95 per secret per month); HCP Vault Radar Free Trial plan introduced (free for 30 days with product limits); Vault Radar Standard plan: No HCP Vault Radar Standard plan → HCP Vault Radar Standard plan, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Hashicorp change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Hashicorp in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hashicorp Vault Unifies Pricing with New Models for Enhanced Flexibility and Support Options" in Q1 2025; Hashicorp has been tracked since 2024-11-17.