Yes, SikkerKey has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 10 machines included, 1 month audit retention, and 20 webhook deliveries per day. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $5.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.

About

SikkerKey is a secrets management platform for storing encrypted application secrets and controlling machine access with asymmetric key authentication. It supports secret rotation, leasing, per-secret access policies, audit logging, and machine identities for servers, CI jobs, pods, and AI agents.

The pricing page lists a permanent Developer plan with 10 machines included, unlimited projects and secrets, unlimited reads and rotations, 1 month of audit retention, and 20 webhook deliveries per day. Paid plans add more machines, longer audit retention, organizations, tunnels, SSO, and custom vault roles.

  • Encrypted secrets vault
  • Ed25519 machine authentication
  • 10 machines on free plan
  • Unlimited secrets and projects
  • Unlimited reads and rotations
  • 1 month audit retention
  • 20 webhook deliveries per day
  • Per-secret access policies

Free Tier Value

51
FTV score
Est. value$5.00 / month
Credit cardNot required
Feature parity35%

This free tier is permanent and does not require a credit card, but it is clearly capped: the main practical allowance is 10 machines, plus only 1 month of audit retention and 20 webhook deliveries per day. Compared with the cheapest paid plan at $29/month, that makes it worth about $5/month in buyer terms — useful for a small setup, but well below the paid tier’s broader team and compliance features.

What's included in the free tier

Verified

  • 10 machines included
  • 1 month audit retention
  • 20 webhook deliveries per day

Paid plans

Developer

Free
machines
10
audit retention
1 month
webhook deliveries per day
20
  • 10 machines included
  • 1 month audit retention
  • 20 webhook deliveries per day
  • Unlimited applications and projects
  • Unlimited reads and rotations
  • CLI and sync agent
  • MCP server
  • SDKs

Teams

$29 / mo
machines
25
tunnels
5
audit retention
12 months
webhook deliveries per day
1,000
  • 25 machines included
  • Organizations with members, vault roles and access roles
  • Bring your own key
  • 5 tunnels into private infrastructure
  • Email alerts on audit events
  • 12 months audit retention
  • 1,000 webhook deliveries per day
  • Unlimited reads and rotations

Teams Pro

$79 / mo
machines
75
tunnels
10
audit retention
24 months
webhook deliveries per day
5,000
  • 75 machines included
  • Single sign-on against your identity provider
  • Custom vault roles you author yourself
  • 10 tunnels into private infrastructure
  • 24 months audit retention
  • 5,000 webhook deliveries per day
  • Unlimited reads and rotations
  • Direct in-dashboard support

Pricing extracted from SikkerKey's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.

Common questions

Is SikkerKey free forever?

Yes. SikkerKey has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.

Does SikkerKey require a credit card?

No. You can start on SikkerKey's free tier without entering card details.

What happens when you exceed SikkerKey's free tier?

You move to a paid plan. SikkerKey's cheapest paid plan is Teams at $29 / month.

What is SikkerKey's free tier worth?

SikkerKey's free tier is worth about $5.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 51/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.