Evervault

Evervault is a developer-first service for handling sensitive information through encrypted collection, processing, storage and forwarding. It is best suited to engineering teams building payment or other regulated-data workflows that need SDKs, APIs and isolated runtime environments. The main attraction is tighter control over exposure and PCI obligations; the main drawback is the $995 monthly starting point for production use.

Overview

Evervault uses dual-custody encryption: your infrastructure keeps encrypted data while Evervault manages the keys. This split can limit the impact of a breach in your own systems, and automated key rotation reduces manual key-maintenance work. It is not a fit for organizations that require exclusive control of encryption keys, because key management is vendor-managed.

Relay is a configurable proxy that encrypts or decrypts sensitive values as they move between clients and destination servers. Functions decrypt data only while code is running, while Enclaves provide isolated environments for Docker containers. Evervault says its Encryption Engine runs solely in AWS Nitro Enclaves, which have no persistent storage, interactive access or external networking. That combination suits workloads where execution isolation is as important as encryption.

Key features

Payments and data flows

Payment features include card collection, 3D Secure, network tokens, Card Account Updater, BIN Lookup, Card Reveal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Relay can forward encrypted card data to processors such as Stripe and Adyen, allowing payment flows without exposing plaintext card details in your infrastructure. These tools make Evervault more practical for payment teams than a storage-only encryption service.

Developer access and operations

Teams can integrate through client and server SDKs, a REST API or the CLI. Listed SDKs cover JavaScript, React, iOS, Android, React Native, Node, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP and Go, giving polyglot teams several implementation paths. A Datadog integration streams compatible logs and metrics from selected Relays, Enclaves and Functions, which helps teams monitor those resources in an existing observability workflow.

Compliance and support

Evervault's Trust Center covers PCI DSS 4.0.1, SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA, with services positioned for healthcare, finance and Web3 workloads. The architecture can reduce PCI scope to the SAQ A control set in most cases, a meaningful benefit for teams trying to limit card-data compliance work. Platform includes documentation and responsive email support; Custom adds 24/7 support, a solutions engineer and a private Slack channel.

Pricing

Free sandbox

You can create a free account to test the full platform in a sandbox without a credit card, sales call or time limit. Sandbox apps have separate data, API objects and encryption access from production. Production-level test data requires contacting support for a proof-of-concept environment, so the free access is useful for integration work but does not reproduce every production condition.

Platform

$995 a month, billed at $995/mo plus usage. It is recommended for workloads below 25,000 transactions per month and includes card collection, 3D Secure, network tokens, Apple Pay and Google Pay, plus encryption. This is the practical choice for smaller production teams that need the payment stack and can absorb a substantial fixed monthly cost; usage charges mean the headline fee is not the complete bill.

Custom

Custom pricing, recommended for 25,000 or more transactions per month. It includes all Platform features, volume discounts, 24/7 support, a solutions engineer, a private Slack channel and SAML SSO. High-volume organizations gain commercial and support terms that Platform does not provide, but must negotiate the price.

Platforms

Evervault is offered as a SaaS service with Android, iOS and web support, alongside its API. Its broad SDK list supports both mobile and server applications, while Enclaves target Docker-based deployments.

Who it's for

Choose Evervault if your team builds payment journeys or other sensitive-data services and wants encryption, runtime isolation and developer tooling in one platform. It is particularly relevant where reducing PCI scope and keeping plaintext out of application infrastructure are priorities. Look elsewhere if you need self-managed keys, a lower-cost production entry point or a general-purpose consumer vault.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Payment coverage spans cards, 3D Secure, tokens and major wallet options, reducing the number of separate services a payment team may need.
• Pros: Nitro Enclave execution without persistent storage, interactive access or external networking provides a strong isolation model for sensitive code.
• Pros: SDKs, REST API and CLI support many common languages and client platforms.
• Cons: Platform starts at $995 per month plus usage, which makes production adoption expensive for small projects.
• Cons: Vendor-managed keys do not satisfy teams that require sole custody of encryption keys.
• Cons: Sandbox separation means production-like test data requires a support-led POC environment.

Alternatives

For file-focused, open-source encryption across desktop and mobile platforms, consider Cryptomator. MySQL is the broader database option when SQL, replication and high availability matter more than Evervault's payment workflow. Choose Acra for a free-forever community edition with encryption, masking and a SQL request firewall. Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform offers a free community edition for data-protection deployments. Entrust Certificate Manager is an alternative for certificate-management needs. PK Protect is a paid option for Linux, macOS, Windows and self-hosted environments. Pick Skyflow when custom pricing based on platform fees, data subjects, regions and feature requirements fits your program. Kustodyan Data Protection Platform is another paid API and web-based option.

Browse more options in Cloud Encryption Software.

Verdict

Evervault is a strong choice for payment and regulated-data teams that need encrypted data flows, isolated execution and tools to reduce PCI exposure. Choose it for the integrated payment capabilities and developer access; look elsewhere if the $995-per-month Platform commitment, usage billing or vendor-controlled keys conflict with your budget or governance requirements.