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Infisical vs Socket

Our take

Pick Infisical if app / platform teams who will stay on Secrets Free $0 (5 identities, 3 environments, 10 syncs, no card) while they store a first .env, then buy Secrets Pro at $20 per identity / month annual — and add PAM or Agent Vault only when they need a session or a brokered request. Pick Socket if app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / dev seat / month (1,000 scans) while they open a first Scans list, then

Infisical

Infisical

secrets + access desk

Socket

Socket

hosted dependency-security desk

Best for

Infisical Secrets you start at $0 (5 identities, no card)

Socket Malware and CVE alerts on the packages you install

Free plan

Infisical $0 · forever. 5 identities. Unlimited projects. 3 environments. 10 secret syncs

Socket $0 · / dev seat / month. 1,000 scans / month. 500 API requests. Attack coverage 2. 70+ risk types, auto-block malicious dependencies, AI-powered risk analysis

Lowest paid

Infisical Pro $20/user/mo

Socket Team $25

Next step up

Infisical Advanced $40/mo

Socket Business $50

Coding agent

Infisical Agent Vault

Socket

Runs where

Infisical Local; you host it

Socket Hosted

Watch out

Infisical Secrets Free is 5 identities

Socket Free is 1,000 scans / month and 500 API requests

Last checked

Infisical 2026-10-22 · infisical.com/pricing

Socket 2026-10-23 · socket.dev/pricing

Which one, then?

Pick Infisical if

app / platform teams who will stay on Secrets Free $0 (5 identities, 3 environments, 10 syncs, no card) while they store a first .env, then buy Secrets Pro at $20 per identity / month annual — and add PAM or Agent Vault only when they need a session or a brokered request.

Read the Infisical page

Pick Socket if

app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / dev seat / month (1,000 scans) while they open a first Scans list, then buy Team at $25 / seat / month when they want reachability scoring and Slack alerts.

Read the Socket page

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