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Non-human identity management · October 2026 Edition

Akeyless vs Delinea

Zero of fourteen models named Akeyless first on the direct prompt; zero named Delinea. Akeyless was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Delinea by eight and Akeyless carries 28 labels and Delinea 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Akeyless

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Delinea

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share7%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2812A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Akeyless reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.JumpCloud vs Akeyless · JumpCloud vs Delinea · Entro Security vs Akeyless

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the non-human identity management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AkeylessFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDelinea
Direct00
Paraphrase33
Comparative10
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Akeyless
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Akeyless and Delinea stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Akeyless Delinea first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Akeyless on the left and Delinea on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Akeyless and Delinea stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5JumpCloud alternatives: Delinea, HashiCorp Vault, Natoma, Oasis Security
GPT-5.4 miniEntro Security alternatives: Akeyless, One Identity Manager
Gemini 3.5 FlashEntro Security alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Oasis Security
Grok 4.1 FastJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security, One Identity
Qwen 3.7 FlashJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, One Identity

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarFrontegg alternatives: Descope, OneLogin, Stytch, WorkOS
Mistral SmallAembit alternatives: Entro Security, Oasis Security
DeepSeek V4 FlashToken Security alternatives: Astrix Security, Entro Security
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: One Identity
Kimi K2JumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, P0 Security
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: KeeperPAM, Oasis Security, One Identity
MiniMax M2.5JumpCloud alternatives: Oasis Security, One Identity, Saviynt Identity Cloud
GPT-6 LunaToken Security alternatives: Aembit, Astrix Security, Cisco, Cyera, Entro Security, Oasis, SailPoint
Muse Glimmer 30BEntro Security, Oasis alternatives: Aembit, AppViewX, CyberArk Identity Security Platform, Defakto, HashiCorp Vault, JumpCloud, Keyfactor, Venafi

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Akeyless leads by two points.
Akeyless4%#5 of 17
Delinea2%#11 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Akeyless7%#4 of 16
Delinea7%#6 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Akeyless leads by four points.
Akeyless4%#5 of 15
Delinea0%#– of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Akeyless

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Akeyless is noted as "Approaches NHI security from the credential layer, so estate-wide NHI discovery, ownership attribution, and posture governance are" limited.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Positioned as a secrets-management-first platform for NHIs, so it is strongest when you want centralized secret and key management at scale.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Akeyless is a strong starting point if you want a single platform focused on machine identities, secrets, and service accounts” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“start with Akeyless or Delinea Secret Server Cloud” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Delinea

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“I would recommend Delinea as the best *single-platform* starting point” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Delinea (formerly Thycotic/Centrify) is the most recommended tool.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Delinea (Secret Server Cloud)” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.