HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorp Vault secures, stores, and tightly controls access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets in modern computing. Vault handles leasing, key revocation, key rolling, and auditing. Through a unified API, users can access an encrypted Key/Value store and network encryption-as-a-service, or generate AWS IAM/STS credentials, SQL/NoSQL databases, X.509 certificates, SSH credentials, and more.
HashiCorp Vault publishes 28 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including AppRole API, Audit API, Auth API, and 25 more. Tagged areas include Encryption, Identity, Infrastructure, Secrets Management, and Security.
The HashiCorp Vault catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
HashiCorp Vault’s developer surface includes authentication and 25 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 28
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
HashiCorp Vault AppRole API
AppRole auth method for machine-to-machine authentication
HashiCorp Vault Audit API
Audit device management
HashiCorp Vault Auth API
Auth method management
HashiCorp Vault AWS API
AWS dynamic credentials secrets engine
HashiCorp Vault Configuration API
General Vault configuration
HashiCorp Vault Database API
Database dynamic credentials secrets engine
HashiCorp Vault Entity Alias API
Identity entity alias management
HashiCorp Vault Entity API
Identity entity management
HashiCorp Vault GitHub API
GitHub auth method for organization-based authentication
HashiCorp Vault Group Alias API
Identity group alias management
HashiCorp Vault Group API
Identity group management
HashiCorp Vault Health API
Health and status endpoints
HashiCorp Vault Init API
Vault initialization
HashiCorp Vault JWT/OIDC API
JWT/OIDC auth method for identity provider authentication
HashiCorp Vault Kubernetes API
Kubernetes auth method for pod authentication
HashiCorp Vault KV V2 API
Key/Value version 2 secrets engine
HashiCorp Vault LDAP API
LDAP auth method for directory-based authentication
HashiCorp Vault Leader API
HA leader status
HashiCorp Vault Lookup API
Identity lookup operations
HashiCorp Vault Mounts API
Secrets engine mount management
HashiCorp Vault OIDC API
OIDC identity provider operations
HashiCorp Vault PKI API
PKI certificate management secrets engine
HashiCorp Vault Policy API
Policy management
HashiCorp Vault Seal API
Seal and unseal operations
HashiCorp Vault SSH API
SSH certificate signing secrets engine
HashiCorp Vault Token API
Token auth method for token lifecycle management
HashiCorp Vault Transit API
Transit encryption-as-a-service secrets engine
HashiCorp Vault Userpass API
Username and password auth method
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Open Collections 32
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
HashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole API
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OPEN COLLECTIONHashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole PKI API
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OPEN COLLECTIONHashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole Seal API
OPEN COLLECTIONHashiCorp Vault Vault Secrets Engines API
OPEN COLLECTIONHashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole SSH API
OPEN COLLECTIONHashiCorp Vault Vault System Backend API
OPEN COLLECTIONHashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole Token API
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HashiCorp Vault API pricing
Not yet checked against HashiCorp Vault's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 from www.hashicorp.com/products/vault; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Vault Community Edition freemium | Free |
| Vault Enterprise (Self-Managed) enterprise | — |
| HCP Vault Dedicated usage-based | — |
| HCP Vault Secrets usage-based | Free |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Resource Quota (rate-limit) - token bucket: operator-configured (no default) requests per second
- Lease Count Quota (Enterprise): operator-configured active leases
- Maximum request size: 33554432 bytes per request
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against HashiCorp Vault's documentation. All 5 limits →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Hvault Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Hvault Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Hvault Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Hvault Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
HashiCorp Vault — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 6
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Vault Entity Alias
JSON SCHEMAVault Identity Entity
JSON SCHEMAVault Identity Group
JSON SCHEMAVault ACL Policy
JSON SCHEMAVault Secret
JSON SCHEMAVault Token
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Documentation 8
Reference material describing how the API behaves
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Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
HashiCorp Vault API — frequently asked questions
Does HashiCorp Vault have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 28 APIs from HashiCorp Vault, including HashiCorp Vault AppRole API, HashiCorp Vault Audit API and HashiCorp Vault Auth API, and 25 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the HashiCorp Vault API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 28 OpenAPI specifications for HashiCorp Vault, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the HashiCorp Vault API?
HashiCorp Vault uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Hvault Authentication.
How much does the HashiCorp Vault API cost?
APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for HashiCorp Vault, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the HashiCorp Vault API ready for AI agents?
HashiCorp Vault has a Kin Score of 31.0 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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