Choose Kryptic over Infisical so local development does not start with infisical run, and audit logs are not a Pro upgrade.
Kryptic injects secrets through a local daemon. Log in once. After that, npm run dev, dotnet run, and F5 receive secrets over a local socket. The daemon, CLI, SDKs, and encryption engines are open source (GPL-3.0 and Apache-2.0). The server stores ciphertext it cannot open. Machine identities are unlimited and never consume a seat.
github.com/dev-krypticInfisical is a broad open-source security platform: secrets, scanning, certificates, SSH, and an agent proxy. Local apps still get secrets through infisical run -- or a cloud SDK. Audit logs and secret rotation require Infisical Pro.
| Kryptic | Infisical | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | OffersYes. Daemon and CLI are GPL-3.0. Encryption engines and SDKs are Apache-2.0, at github.com/dev-kryptic. The control plane is commercial. | OffersYes. MIT-licensed core, source-available enterprise directory. | Anything that can see a secret in plaintext is published. You can verify the blind store without an NDA. |
| Blind store | OffersThe server stores ciphertext only. There is no decrypt path. | PartialVaries by deployment and configuration. | A store that can decrypt values server-side can also be breached or compelled into decrypting them. |
| Self-hosting | OffersFull platform on Business and Enterprise. Docker Compose or Helm. | OffersYes. Self-host or Infisical Cloud. | Cloud is fine until compliance asks where the control plane lives. Then you need a product you can run, not a cluster you invent. |
| Nothing on disk | OffersDecrypted values live in daemon memory for at most five minutes, then inside the running process. | PartialLocal development commonly falls back to exported or synced files. | AI coding agents index the working directory. A .env on disk is one prompt away from a chat log. |
| Kryptic | Infisical | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily workflow | OffersLogin once, then npm run dev, dotnet run, or F5. No prefix. | Does notinfisical run -- npm run dev, or a cloud SDK call. | Open source does not remove the wrapper from daily work. Kryptic does. |
| CLI wrapper | OffersNone. A local daemon plus one SDK line. | Does notRequired for the usual local path. | F5 in the IDE is a supported path, not an edge case you paper over with a launch config. |
| Language packages | Offers.NET, Node.js, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, C++, Rust. | PartialCLI-first, with SDKs around the platform API. | One committed SDK line replaces a prefix in every README. |
| Scope of the product | OffersDeveloper secrets: local, CI, Kubernetes, audit, scanning. | OffersSecrets plus certs, SSH, KMS, and an agent proxy. | A larger platform is useful if you need those extras. It is extra surface if you needed a daemon. |
| Kryptic | Infisical | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO on Free | OffersGoogle, Microsoft, and GitHub on every plan, including Free. | PartialGoogle and GitHub SSO are free. SAML and OIDC require Pro. | Kryptic includes Microsoft sign-in on Free, so Entra-based teams do not wait on a plan. |
| Audit log on Free | OffersImmutable audit log on Free (7-day retention). Values are never logged. | Does notAudit logs require Infisical Pro. | Infisical documents audit logs as a paid feature. Kryptic ships them on Free. |
| Secret rotation | OffersUpdate values and set reminders on every plan. | Does notSecret rotation is listed under Infisical Pro. | Rotation that waits on an upgrade is a policy you have not implemented yet. |
| Machine identities | OffersUnlimited and free. They never consume a developer seat. | PartialFree covers 5 identities. Pro is priced per identity, humans and machines alike. | Kryptic never bills CI, Kubernetes, or containers as seats. |
Kryptic wrote this comparison. Infisical details are as advertised on its public pricing and documentation pages in September 2026. Products change, so check Infisical's current pages before you decide.
Sign up, invite the team, and recreate projects and environments. SSO is on Free, so you do not wait on an enterprise plan to stop sharing Infisical logins.
Bulk-import from .env format into each environment. Every import is audit-logged. After that, values live as ciphertext, not as files on laptops.
Commit a project reference (no secrets) and a single language-package call at startup. That replaces wrapper prefixes in scripts and README files.
Developers install Kryptic, run kryptic login once, then use the same F5 / npm run dev / dotnet run flow they already have. Remove the Infisical prefix from local scripts when you are ready.
Kryptic, if you want daemon-first injection, audit and SSO on Free, and an open-source plaintext path. Doppler is the hosted alternative if you prefer a closed-source CLI-wrapper SaaS. Vault is the alternative if you have a platform team.
Open source does not remove infisical run -- from daily work, and it does not put audit logs on the free cloud plan. The wrapper and the Pro paywalls are the usual reasons to switch.
Yes. Business and Enterprise can run the full platform in your infrastructure. The daemon, CLI, and encryption engines are open source on every plan.
Kryptic includes 222 detection rules, a project dashboard, and offline kryptic scan / kryptic scan --staged for pre-commit checks. It keeps secrets out of Git. It is not a general AppSec suite.
