keyper vs SSH KeyBox
When comparing keyper vs SSH KeyBox, the Slant community recommends keyper for most people. In the question“What are the best managers for SSH keys?” keyper is ranked 4th while SSH KeyBox is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose keyper is:
To quote their pricing page for commercial use: "Free for up to 20 servers and 5 users. $1/month for additional servers and users." All though a bit murky what does "additional servers and users" imply (does it mean extra 20 servers covered or 2000 servers? 5 more users for 1$/month or 500 for 5000$/month?)
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Pros
Pro Low price of entry
To quote their pricing page for commercial use: "Free for up to 20 servers and 5 users. $1/month for additional servers and users." All though a bit murky what does "additional servers and users" imply (does it mean extra 20 servers covered or 2000 servers? 5 more users for 1$/month or 500 for 5000$/month?)
Pro Can audit sessions
Keybox can audit sessions on a historical basis, compared to Userify which requires that you use other tools (like auditd and greylog2) to do that.
Pro Free and open source
SSH KeyBox is free and open source. The source code is hosted on GitHub and it's released under the Apache 2.0 License.
Pro Acts as a bastion host
The ssh KeyBox server is its own bastion host.
Cons
Con Very expensive
Pricing os based on both users and servers, so you can't really control your bill very well.
Con Keybox doesn't use real SSH, so things like remote automation and scp/sftp aren't possible
You may be able to manage those out of band, however, but they're not possible directly in the browser from your OpenSSH client.
Con Runs through the browser
KeyBox is browser-based and is accessed through a web browser. This adds some insecurity and potential attack vectors to the platform.