PCI Vault

What PCI Vault is

PCI Vault is a cloud-deployed web service for storing payment data as tokens in a vault hosted by the vendor. It supports network tokenization for credit cards and bank accounts, then provides a detokenization API for systems that need to work with the tokenized information. Webhook support is included for integration events. PCI Vault offers Growing, Business and Enterprise plans, all billed monthly with API usage charged separately. Each plan lists unlimited data storage. Growing charges 2 cents per API operation and includes a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Business charges 1 cent per API operation with the same 99.9% guarantee. Enterprise lists 0–250,000 API operations, charges 1 cent per operation and specifies a 100% uptime SLA. Monthly subscription prices are not provided in these plan details. The service is intended for organizations integrating payment-data handling into their own systems, using hosted token storage, APIs and webhooks rather than maintaining the vault themselves. PCI Vault is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, and has no free plan.

Who it suits

PCI Vault suits organizations that need vendor-hosted token storage for card or bank-account data. It is geared toward teams integrating tokenization, detokenization APIs and webhooks into cloud-based systems.

Limits

Growing includes unlimited storage but charges 2 cents per API operation; Business charges 1 cent, and API usage is billed separately on both. Enterprise lists 0–250,000 API operations and charges 1 cent per operation.

Getting started

1. Open the PCI Vault website
2. Choose Growing, Business or Enterprise
3. Deploy the service in the cloud
4. Integrate the detokenization API
5. Configure webhook support
6. Send credit-card or bank-account data for tokenization

Verdict

Pick PCI Vault when your system needs cloud tokenization, a hosted vault and API-based access to payment data. Look elsewhere if you need a free tier or want monthly subscription prices stated upfront.