{
  "slug": "openbao",
  "name": "OpenBao",
  "description": "OpenBao is an open-source software project providing a reliable way to secure, store, and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, encryption keys, and other sensitive data. It was established as a community-led fork of HashiCorp Vault following its transition to a non-open-source license.",
  "url": "https://optimly.ai/brand/openbao",
  "logoUrl": "",
  "baiScore": 52,
  "archetype": "Phantom",
  "category": "Software",
  "categorySlug": null,
  "keyFacts": [],
  "aiReadiness": [],
  "competitors": [
    {
      "slug": "akeyless",
      "name": "Akeyless"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hashicorp-vault",
      "name": "Hashicorp Vault"
    },
    {
      "slug": "infisical",
      "name": "Infisical"
    },
    {
      "slug": "keycloak",
      "name": "Keycloak"
    }
  ],
  "inboundCompetitors": [
    {
      "slug": "hashicorp-vault-self-hosted",
      "name": "Hashicorp Vault Self Hosted"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hashicorp-vault-enterprise",
      "name": "HashiCorp Vault (Enterprise)"
    }
  ],
  "aiAlternatives": [
    {
      "slug": "cloud-native-secret-stores",
      "name": "Cloud Native Secret Stores"
    }
  ],
  "parentBrand": null,
  "subBrands": [],
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-10T09:33:30.483+00:00",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "https://openbao.org/",
    "founded": "2023",
    "headquarters": "San Francisco, CA (Linux Foundation)",
    "pricing_model": "Free (Open Source)",
    "core_products": "OpenBao Secret Management Server, OpenBao CLI, OpenBao API",
    "key_differentiator": "A community-governed, truly open-source (MPL-licensed) alternative to HashiCorp Vault that maintains the familiar API and workflow.",
    "target_markets": "DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineers, Security Operations, Cloud-Native Organizations",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Cybersecurity / Secrets Management"
  },
  "intentTags": {
    "problemIntents": [
      "Manual Secret Management/GitOps: Teams using unencrypted text files, spreadsheets, or environment variables stored in git repositories to manage secrets.",
      "Legacy Vault OSS: Remaining on the last open-source version of HashiCorp Vault (v1.15.x) without upgrading to the BSL-licensed versions."
    ],
    "solutionIntents": [
      "what is OpenBao",
      "best secrets management for kubernetes 2024",
      "enterprise secrets vault comparison",
      "Linux Foundation security projects",
      "cloud agnostic secrets management",
      "Cloud-Native Secret Stores: Using built-in secrets management provided by AWS (Secrets Manager), Azure (Key Vault), or GCP (Secret Manager)."
    ],
    "evaluationIntents": [
      "open source alternative to HashiCorp Vault"
    ]
  },
  "timestamp": 1777057155864
}