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.
For a daemon instead of infisical run --, and for audit logs, rotation, and unlimited machine identities on Free. Infisical is broader (certs, SSH, agent proxy) and open-source at the core. Broader is not the same as better for onboarding and F5.
Kryptic publishes everything that can see plaintext: daemon and CLI (GPL-3.0), encryption engines and SDKs (Apache-2.0). The control plane is commercial, with self-hosting on Business and Enterprise. Infisical publishes more of the platform. Kryptic publishes the trust boundary.
No. That is a different category: fake tokens swapped at an outbound HTTP boundary for untrusted autonomous agents. Kryptic keeps secrets out of files and injects them into local processes.
Kryptic Free includes SSO, audit logs, rotation reminders, CI, and the Kubernetes operator for up to 3 developers. Infisical prices paid plans per identity and lists audit logs and rotation under Pro. Kryptic Team is 12 euros and Business is 22 euros per developer per month. Machines are never seats.
