Infisical
Windmill
| Feature | Infisical | Windmill |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $6/mo | Free / from $10/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.5 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
| Best For | development-teams, devops-engineers, startups, security-conscious-organizations | developers, devops-teams, internal-tools, data-pipelines |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 |
| Secret Management | ✓ | ✗ |
| Env Sync | ✓ | ✗ |
| Audit Logs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access Control | ✓ | ✗ |
| Auto Rotation | ✓ | ✗ |
| Integrations | ✓ | ✗ |
| Self Hostable | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflow Editor | ✗ | ✓ |
| Script To Ui | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| Approval Flows | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi Language | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Infisical Pros
- Open-source with free self-hosting option
- Syncs secrets to any platform (Vercel, AWS, K8s, etc.)
- Point-in-time secret recovery (version history)
- Auto-rotation of secrets and certificates
✗ Infisical Cons
- Younger project than HashiCorp Vault
- Self-hosted requires infrastructure management
- Enterprise features gated behind paid plans
✓ Windmill Pros
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Supports Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL natively
- Auto-generates UI from script parameters
- Excellent scheduling and workflow orchestration
✗ Windmill Cons
- Smaller community than Zapier/n8n
- Self-hosting requires infrastructure knowledge
- Less polished documentation for beginners
The Verdict
Infisical is built for development teams and devops engineers, with a focus on secret-management and env-sync. Windmill targets developers and devops teams and leads with workflow-editor and script-to-ui.
Pricing is close: Infisical starts at $6/mo versus $10/mo for Windmill — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.