Instead of Acra
Acra alternatives
Acra protects sensitive data in SQL and NoSQL databases, web applications, and backend applications. It supports field-level and searchable encryption, tokenization, masking, intrusion detection, and signed security logging. Teams can deploy it as a transparent SQL proxy, an HTTP/gRPC encryption API, or client-side SDKs, with external KMS integrations and cloud-agnostic operation. Community Edition is free forever, while Enterprise starts at $10,000 annually and adds broader controls, policy management, DevOps/SRE tooling, and support tiers.
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Cryptomator
Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+4Encrypting files before cloud storage upload — Cryptomator encrypts files and filenames on user devices, rather than protecting database and application data like Acra.
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MySQL
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Open-source SQL and NoSQL database development — MySQL provides a database engine with replication, failover, and Document Store features, while Acra adds encryption and security controls around data.
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Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Enterprise discovery, classification, and key governance — CipherTrust combines sensitive-data discovery, classification, protection, and centralized key and policy management beyond Acra’s database-focused protection.
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Entrust Certificate Manager
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+3Automated certificate lifecycle management — Entrust Certificate Manager discovers, issues, renews, and revokes certificates across multiple CAs instead of encrypting application and database data.
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Evervault
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Developer workflows for encrypted sensitive-data processing — Evervault provides encrypted data collection, processing, forwarding, Relays, Functions, Enclaves, and payment tools, unlike Acra’s database security focus.
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PK Protect
Paid LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1Enterprise-wide sensitive-data discovery and remediation — PK Protect covers endpoints, servers, cloud, databases, data lakes, and mainframes with policy-based actions such as redaction, masking, deletion, and quarantine.
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Skyflow
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+2API-based privacy vaults for regulated data — Skyflow offers a tokenization, encryption, and masking vault with fine-grained access governance, integrations, and SaaS or dedicated deployment models.
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Cosmian Data Protection Suite
Free trial APIExtensionLinux+46.5 Visit site - 9
Baffle Data Protection
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Fortanix Data Security Manager
Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb - 11
IronCore Labs SaaS Shield
Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb - 12
Confidencial
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb - 13
Futurex Cloud Data Security
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb - 14
Protegrity Data Security Platform
Free plan Web - 15
StratoKey Cloud Data Protection Platform
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb - 16
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Ubiq Security
Paid APISelf-hostedWeb - 18
Kustodyan Data Protection Platform
Paid APIWeb - 19
Vaultree Encrypted Data Suite
Paid APISelf-hosted - 20
TAMUNIO
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IBM Guardium
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OpenText Voltage SecureData Servers
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Readers may look elsewhere when their main need is file encryption, certificate lifecycle management, centralized discovery, or a managed privacy vault. Acra’s server components run on Linux rather than Windows, and Community Edition does not support MySQL Protocol X. When switching, compare where protection occurs, which databases or data types are covered, deployment choices, key ownership, access controls, and integrations. Also match the operating systems and workflows to your team. Costs range from free plans to annual or monthly starting prices and request-based quotes, so pricing and platform fit deserve equal attention.