# Non-human identity management for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "non-human identity management platform" and as "machine identity and service account security tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/identity/non-human-identity-management/enterprise/

**Standing:** CyberArk Identity Security Platform leads with 20% of first choices; verdict contested. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CyberArk Identity Security Platform | 20% | 17% | 36 |
| 2 | Aembit | 8% | 7% | 15 |
| 3 | HashiCorp Vault | 8% | 32% | 38 |
| 4 | Venafi | 6% | 5% | 21 |
| 5 | Akeyless | 4% | 9% | 23 |
| 6 | Astrix Security | 4% | 14% | 22 |
| 7 | Oasis Security | 4% | 11% | 18 |
| 8 | SailPoint | 4% | 36% | 14 |
| 9 | Saviynt Identity Cloud | 2% | 15% | 13 |
| 10 | CyberArk Conjur | 2% | 30% | 10 |
| 11 | Okta | 2% | 33% | 18 |
| 12 | Entro Security | 0% | 6% | 17 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice; alternatives Akeyless, Astrix Security, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
- GPT-5.4 mini: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Akeyless, Venafi
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Akeyless; alternatives Aembit, Cisco, Clutch Security, CyberArk Identity Security Platform
- Perplexity Sonar: WorkOS; alternatives Auth0, Descope, Frontegg
- Grok 4.1 Fast: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Aembit, Akeyless, Venafi
- Mistral Small: Astrix Security, One Identity; alternatives Akeyless, SSOJet
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Astrix Security, Veza
- Llama 4 Maverick: Clutch Security
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: HashiCorp Vault, Venafi; alternatives AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, CyberArk Conjur
- Kimi K2: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Astrix Security, Entro Security, Microsoft Entra Workload ID, Venafi
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Aembit; alternatives HashiCorp Vault, Venafi
- MiniMax M2.5: Okta, SailPoint; alternatives Aembit, JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Oasis
- GPT-6 Luna: Aembit, Oasis Security; alternatives Entro Security, Token Security
- Muse Glimmer 30B: One Identity; alternatives Astrix Security, CyberArk Identity Security Platform, Entro Security, Venafi

## Sources the answers cite

80 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- expertinsights.com: 41 answers, 46 citations
- nhimg.org: 32 answers, 66 citations
- oneidentity.com: 32 answers, 47 citations
- securityboulevard.com: 28 answers, 36 citations
- startwithidentity.com: 28 answers, 36 citations
- wwt.com: 26 answers, 26 citations
- cybersecuritynews.com: 24 answers, 29 citations
- startupstash.com: 24 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-nhi-management-solutions (37 answers)
- https://oneidentity.com/learn/top-non-human-identity-and-agentic-ai-security-tools.aspx (26 answers)
- https://wwt.com/blog/non-human-identity-security-platform-assessment (26 answers)
- https://startupstash.com/top-non-human-identity-management-platforms (21 answers)
- https://scworld.com/buyers-guide/how-to-evaluate-non-human-identity-and-secrets-governance-platforms (16 answers)
- https://blog.gitguardian.com/nhi-security-tools (15 answers)
- https://majorkeytech.com/blogs/best-iam-solutions (15 answers)
- https://akeyless.io/blog/top-5-non-human-identity-management-tools-for-2026 (14 answers)
- https://oneidentity.com/learn/top-iam-solutions-for-enterprise-security.aspx (14 answers)
- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/06/top-non-human-identity-nhi-management-tools-for-2026 (14 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Entra ID: 7 of 13 labels negative. "What to Avoid ... Microsoft Entra ID: Per-user ($6-9/user/month), plus add-on modules" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)
- HashiCorp Vault: 12 of 38 labels negative. "Avoid platforms that meter by "Active Secrets," "Number of Clients," or "API calls" (such as AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- CyberArk Identity Security Platform: 6 of 36 labels negative. "What to Avoid ... CyberArk: Custom quote, module-based" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)
- Okta: 6 of 18 labels negative. "What to Avoid ... Okta: Per-user + modules" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.