Evervault

Evervault is a developer platform for collecting, storing, processing, and forwarding sensitive data while keeping it encrypted in your infrastructure. In its dual-custody model, customers store encrypted data and Evervault manages the keys. Relay encrypts or decrypts data in transit between clients and destination servers. Functions can decrypt data while code runs, and Enclaves provide isolated environments for Docker containers. Payment products include card collection, 3D Secure, network tokens, Card Account Updater, BIN Lookup, Card Reveal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Developers can integrate through client or server SDKs, a REST API, or CLI; listed SDKs include JavaScript, React, iOS, Android, React Native, Node, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and Go. Relay can forward encrypted card data to processors such as Stripe and Adyen. Evervault supports Datadog log and metric streaming from selected resources. A free account provides sandbox access without a credit card, sales calls, or a time limit, but sandbox and production data and access are separate. The Platform plan costs $995 a month plus usage. Evervault is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Evervault combines encrypted data workflows, developer interfaces, and payment tools. The separate sandbox and production environments and Platform cost are important to weigh.

Evervault suits developers building systems that handle sensitive data or payment details. Its sandbox and integrations may suit teams evaluating those workflows before production use.

Evervault is a developer-first platform for keeping sensitive information encrypted as applications collect, process, store, and forward it. It is aimed at engineering teams building payment or regulated-data workflows that need programmable controls and isolated execution, rather than a general-purpose file vault. The strongest reason to choose it is the combination of encrypted data paths, payment tooling, and infrastructure designed to reduce exposure; the principal drawback is the $995-per-month entry point for production use.

Overview

Evervault uses dual-custody encryption: your infrastructure holds ciphertext while Evervault manages the keys. That division can limit the damage from a compromise in your environment, and automated key rotation reduces ongoing key-maintenance work. It also means key control is vendor-managed, so organizations that require exclusive ownership of encryption keys should look elsewhere.

Relay is a configurable proxy that encrypts or decrypts sensitive values while they move between clients and destination servers. Functions decrypt data only when code runs, while Enclaves isolate Docker containers. Evervault says its Encryption Engine operates exclusively in AWS Nitro Enclaves, which have no persistent storage, interactive access, or external networking. This design is particularly relevant to workloads where execution isolation matters as much as encryption.

Key features

Payments and data flows

Payment capabilities cover 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 teams to connect payment flows without routinely exposing plaintext card numbers in their own systems. The platform also handles multiple sensitive data types beyond cards.

Developer tooling and observability

Teams can integrate through client and server SDKs, a REST API, or the CLI. Listed SDKs span JavaScript, React, iOS, Android, React Native, Node, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and Go, giving mixed mobile and backend teams several implementation paths. A Datadog integration streams compatible logs and metrics from selected Relays, Enclaves, and Functions, which is useful for monitoring those components in an existing operations stack.

Compliance posture

Evervault's Trust Center covers PCI DSS 4.0.1, SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA, with services positioned for healthcare, finance, and Web3 workloads. Its architecture can reduce PCI scope to the SAQ A control set in most cases, potentially reducing compliance work for payment teams, though the exact outcome depends on the implementation.

Pricing

Evervault is freemium. A free account provides full-platform sandbox access without a credit card, sales call, or time limit. Sandbox apps are for testing: sandbox and production data, API objects, and encryption access are separate, and production-level test data requires support to arrange a proof-of-concept environment. That makes the free tier useful for evaluating integrations, but not a substitute for production capacity.

Platform

$995 a month, billed at $995 per month plus usage, is recommended for teams under 25,000 transactions per month. It includes Card Collection, 3D Secure, Network Tokens, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and Encryption. Documentation and responsive email support are included. This is the practical entry plan for a smaller production payment or sensitive-data team, but the fixed fee makes it unsuitable for low-volume projects that only need occasional encryption.

Custom

Custom pricing is recommended for 25,000 or more transactions per month. It adds volume discounts, 24/7 support, a solutions engineer, a private Slack channel, and SAML SSO to all Platform features. Larger or regulated teams can justify the service layer and discounts; buyers need a quote before they can compare total cost.

Platforms

Evervault is delivered as SaaS and supports Android, iOS, web, and API integrations. Deployment is therefore suited to teams connecting application clients and server systems to a managed service rather than operating the encryption stack themselves.

Who it's for

Choose Evervault if you are building payment collection or another sensitive-data workflow and want SDKs, proxy-based forwarding, runtime decryption, and isolated container execution in one platform. It is especially relevant when PCI scope reduction and compliance coverage matter. It is a weaker fit for organizations demanding customer-controlled keys, self-hosted deployment, or a very low-cost production tier.

Pros and cons

• Pros: broad payment coverage, including wallets and network tokens, supports complete card workflows.
• Pros: Relay, Functions, and Nitro Enclave-backed Enclaves keep encryption and execution controls close to application code.
• Pros: extensive SDK and API options suit mixed mobile and backend teams.
• Pros: PCI DSS 4.0.1, SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA coverage supports regulated deployments.
• Cons: production starts at $995 per month plus usage, which is a substantial commitment for small workloads.
• Cons: vendor-managed keys and SaaS delivery rule out teams requiring exclusive key custody or self-hosting.
• Cons: sandbox separation means production-like testing may require a support-arranged POC environment.

Alternatives

Acra is a better fit when you want a free Community Edition, SQL request firewall, and self-hosted or Linux deployment options.

Cryptomator suits users seeking open-source client-side vault encryption across desktop, mobile, and web platforms rather than payment infrastructure.

Entrust Certificate Manager is an alternative for certificate-management needs with custom enterprise purchasing.

Skyflow is worth considering when custom pricing based on data subjects, localization regions, and feature requirements better matches your program.

MySQL is the broader database choice for SQL and NoSQL applications, replication, and connectors.

Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform offers a free Community Edition for teams seeking CipherTrust data-protection components.

Confidencial is an enterprise alternative with pricing handled through a demo.

Futurex Cloud Data Security is another custom enterprise solution.

Browse more options in Cloud Encryption Software.

Verdict

Evervault is a strong choice for engineering-led payment and regulated-data teams that value encrypted workflows, isolated execution, and reduced PCI exposure in a single managed platform. Choose it for the integrated payment and developer tooling; look elsewhere if vendor-held keys, SaaS-only deployment, or the $995 monthly production minimum conflicts with your requirements.