Phase

What it is for

Phase is a secrets desk: you open an App environment, and Cloud Free is $0 (5 users or service accounts, 3 apps, 3 environments). Use it when the job is secrets you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Phase console (backend / Production, AWS IAM rows, DATABASE_URL) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The table itself is ops of Secrets. Phase bills users, not events.

Key features

• Secrets — a key/value you store in an environment (console still; docs). One secret. Cover AWS IAM / DATABASE_URL rows, mask, and Export as .env are ops of this.
• Apps / environments — an app with Dev / Staging / Prod (pricing Apps / Environments). An app, not a secret. Free includes 3 apps and the three default environments.
• Access control — Owner / Admin / Developer / custom policies (pricing; cover Access control). A policy, not a secret. Service accounts sit here.
• Audit logs — a trail of secret reads / writes (cover Audit logs; docs). A log, not a policy.
• Self-host / Cloud — the MIT console you run vs Phase Cloud (GitHub; pricing). A control plane, not a secret. Cloud Free is $0. Self-host is the same MIT core (ee/ paths are a separate license).

CLI / agents are install. “One-click SSO” on the cover is ops of Access control (Pro).

Who it's for

Best fit: teams who will stay on Cloud Free at $0 (5 users, 3 apps) while they store a first Production secret, then buy Pro at $10 / user / month when they need SSO.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from phase.dev/pricing. Tiles print Free $0, Pro $10 / month / user, Enterprise $25 / month / user. Annual prints as $120 billed annually on the Pro card we fetched (2 months free).

• Free — $0. 5 users or service accounts. 3 apps. 3 environments (dev / staging / prod). Google / GitHub / GitLab OAuth.
• Pro — $10 / month / user (or $120 / year billed annually on the card). 14-day trial. SSO / extra environments print here.
• Enterprise — $25 / month / user. Do not invent extra Enterprise add-on $.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 5 users and 3 apps. A second team usually wants Pro.
• Pro is per user, not per secret. A 12-seat team is $120 / month at $10.
• A secrets desk, not a CI vault-as-code. For Doppler’s configs see Doppler. For Infisical’s self-host see Infisical.
• No first-party YouTube video listed on @phasehq the day we fetched.

Alternatives

• Doppler — secrets configs when you want Doppler’s printed Cloud tiles, not Phase’s $0 / $10 / $25 user ladder.
• Infisical — OSS secrets when you want Infisical’s self-host + Cloud, not Phase’s MIT console.
• Unkey — API keys when the job is a public key, not an env secret.

Official tutorial

The @phasehq handle resolved (title: Phase) but the videos tab did not list a first-party walkthrough we could oEmbed on 2026-10-23. Use the written path. Do not embed third-party “Phase” videos.

Written path: phase.dev/pricing plus the console still.

Website

https://phase.dev

Repository

https://github.com/phasehq/console

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Phase Production secrets table from the docs still. Dollars checked on phase.dev/pricing (Free $0; Pro $10/user/mo or $120/yr; Enterprise $25/user/mo). No first-party YouTube embed.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.