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What does Hashicorp do?

Hashicorp sells software that helps developers manage their cloud infrastructure via code-based configuration.

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Last updated: July 4, 2025

The TL;DR

Hashicorp sells open-core software that helps developers manage their cloud infrastructure via code-based configuration and access.

  • Cloud infrastructure is constantly evolving – larger organizations need to create and modify their resources on the reg 
  • As organizations move towards multi-cloud and infrastructure breadth increases, managing this stuff is getting more annoying
  • Hashicorp provides a suite of open-core tools like Terraform and Vault to make this process easier for developers
  • The company makes money by selling packaged solutions to large enterprises (and a little via cloud)

Hashicorp is a beloved and respected (importantly) brand among developers. And since raising at a $5B valuation in March 2020 and going public in December 2021, they've grown to generate $583.1 million in revenue in 2024. [1] From Hashicorp's most recent 10-K filing: Our revenue was $583.1 million, $475.9 million, and $320.8 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, or fiscal 2024, the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023, or fiscal 2023, and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2022, or fiscal 2022, respectively, representing period-over-period growth of 23% and 48%, respectively.

Terms Mentioned

Open Source

Remote

SSH

Server

Cloud

Infrastructure

Docker

Networking

API

Metric

Analytics

Data warehouse

Deploy

Web App

Database

VPN

Kubernetes

Companies Mentioned

AWS logo

AWS

$AMZN
Docker logo

Docker

$PRIVATE
Hashicorp logo

Hashicorp

$HCP

The core Hashicorp product: simplifying cloud

You can think of Hashicorp as a layer on top of your infrastructure, cloud or otherwise, agnostic to who you’re actually using – Amazon, Google, both of them, on-prem, whatever. And they help developers create and manage that infrastructure in a simple, scale-friendly way. They have products across several categories – cloud, security, networking, and apps – that abstract the lower level details and make it easier for developers to focus on just building their apps.

Why infrastructure needs managing

To understand Hashicorp, we’ll first need to get a view of what it’s like to manage cloud infrastructure, especially for larger companies. Let’s put on our x-ray goggles and venture into the desk clump by the wall that gets no light where they put the software engineers.

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