# Google Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/google-cloud-key-management-service-kms
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/google-cloud-key-management-service-kms.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/google-cloud-key-management-service-kms/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://google.com
- **Slug:** google-cloud-key-management-service-kms
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer-tools, it-management-software, legal-technology

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Natively integrated into the global Google infrastructure with massive scale and a unified API for software, hardware, and external keys.
Source: Brand's website (https://google.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Google Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) is a managed cloud service that allows organizations to manage cryptographic keys for their cloud services similarly to how they do on-premises. It provides a centralized interface to generate, use, rotate, and destroy keys including AES256, RSA, and Elliptic Curve.
Source: Brand's website (https://google.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Key Management Service
  - Hardware Security Modules (HSM)
  - External Key Management (EKM)
Source: Brand's website (https://google.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based (Keys versions per month + API requests)
Source: Brand's website (https://google.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Enterprises, regulated industries (Finance, Healthcare, Government), and DevOps teams.
Source: Brand's website (https://google.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  - Azure Key Vault
  - HashiCorp Vault
  - Thales Cloud KMS
Source: Brand's website (https://google.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.