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Non-human identity management · October 2026 Edition

Entro Security vs Akeyless

Three of fourteen models named Entro Security first on the direct prompt; zero named Akeyless. Entro Security was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Akeyless by eleven and Entro Security carries 24 labels and Akeyless 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Entro Security

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Akeyless

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share9%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate25%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2428A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Entro Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.JumpCloud vs Entro Security · JumpCloud vs Akeyless · Entro Security vs GitGuardian NHI Governance

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.
Entro SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAkeyless
Direct301 against Entro Security
Paraphrase131 against Entro Security
Comparative11
Budget-constrained002 against Entro Security
Scale-constrained001 against Entro Security
Negative001 against Entro Security · 1 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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Entro Security and Akeyless were named in the same answer thirty-two times, of the 69 answers naming Entro Security and the 166 naming Akeyless. In those answers Akeyless took the first choice two times and Entro Security three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Entro Security and Akeyless 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
Entro Security Akeyless first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Entro Security on the left and Akeyless on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Entro Security first, Akeyless an alternative

3 of 14 modelsAkeyless was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniEntro Security alternatives: Akeyless, One Identity Manager
Gemini 3.5 FlashEntro Security alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Oasis Security
Muse Glimmer 30BEntro Security, Oasis alternatives: Aembit, AppViewX, CyberArk Identity Security Platform, Defakto, HashiCorp Vault, JumpCloud, Keyfactor, Venafi

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.
Grok 4.1 FastJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security, One Identity
Mistral SmallAembit alternatives: Entro Security, Oasis Security
DeepSeek V4 FlashToken Security alternatives: Astrix Security, Entro Security
Qwen 3.7 FlashJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, One Identity
GPT-6 LunaToken Security alternatives: Aembit, Astrix Security, Cisco, Cyera, Entro Security, Oasis, SailPoint

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5JumpCloud alternatives: Delinea, HashiCorp Vault, Natoma, Oasis Security
Perplexity SonarFrontegg alternatives: Descope, OneLogin, Stytch, WorkOS
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

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 four points.
Akeyless4%#5 of 17
Entro Security0%#15 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Entro Security leads at mid-market.
Entro Security9%#2 of 16
Akeyless7%#4 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Akeyless leads at enterprise.
Akeyless4%#5 of 15
Entro Security0%#12 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Entro Security

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

“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget ... Entro Security | Enterprise-only; ~$50K/yr” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“unlike enterprise NHI tools (e.g., CyberArk, SailPoint, Entro) that start at tens of thousands annually” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“CyberArk / Entro | Enterprise-grade, rotation/privileges | Higher cost” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · soft negative
“SaaS sprawl + CI/CD + API keys / tokens → Entro Starter Pack or Oasis Starter Pack via AWS Marketplace is the most frequently cited mid-market entry point.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for Heavy CI/CD, Code, & Multi-Cloud Environments: Entro Security ... love Entro's ease of onboarding and intuitive UI” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Start with Entro Security if your main objective is to inventory, secure, and govern NHIs quickly.” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice

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
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.