AWS Secrets Manager may look similar to AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store. Let's quickly compare Secrets Manager with Parameter Store:
- Secrets Manager is primarily used for storing database credentials, API keys, and SSH keys. Parameter Store is primarily used for storing license codes, configuration data, user-defined parameters, and database strings, and is less commonly used for passwords too.
- Secrets Manager has built-in integration with RDS databases.
- Secrets Manager supports the built-in rotation of secrets for RDS. It also supports the rotation of non-RDS databases using custom Lambdas.
- The parameter store is integrated with AWS Systems Manager.
- AWS Secrets Manager is charged per secret per month and per API call. ...