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page_title: Vault vs. Custom Solutions
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sidebar_title: Custom Solutions
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description: Comparison between Vault and writing a custom solution.
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# Vault vs. Custom Solutions
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Many organizations resort to custom solutions for storing secrets,
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whether that be Dropbox, encrypted disk images, encrypted SQL columns,
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etc.
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These systems require time and resources to build and maintain.
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Storing secrets is also an incredibly important piece of infrastructure
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that must be done correctly. This increases the pressure to maintain
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the internal systems.
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Vault is designed for secret storage. It provides a simple interface
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on top of a strong security model to meet your secret storage needs.
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Furthermore, Vault is an open source tool. This means that the tool is
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as good as the entire community working together to improve it. This
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isn't just features and bug fixes, but finding potential security holes.
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Additionally, since it is open source, your own security teams can
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review and contribute to Vault and verify it meets your standards
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for security.
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