But, if you're using vault for only Secrets Management on AWS you are using a nuclear warhead to destroy an ant-hill. It's quite frankly not a good experience

But, if you're using vault for only Secrets Management on AWS you are using a nuclear warhead to destroy an ant-hill. It's quite frankly not a good experience and really challenging to automate running Vault in a modern environment, all something that is very simple with SSM. You note this, but I have 2-3 people reaching out to me per week stuck/struggling with vault, who find chamber/SSM and have solved the problem with 1 day of work.