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Non-human identity management · October 2026 Edition

JumpCloud vs Aembit

Five of fourteen models named JumpCloud first on the direct prompt; one named Aembit. JumpCloud was named by eight of the fourteen models and Aembit by nine and JumpCloud carries 12 labels and Aembit 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

JumpCloud

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

Aembit

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share14%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels1216A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, JumpCloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.JumpCloud vs Entro Security · JumpCloud vs GitGuardian NHI Governance · JumpCloud 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.
JumpCloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAembit
Direct51
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against Aembit
Budget-constrained11
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against JumpCloud
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 JumpCloud and Aembit 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
JumpCloud Aembit first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, JumpCloud on the left and Aembit on the right.

The direct prompt

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

JumpCloud first, Aembit an alternative

5 of 14 modelsAembit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5JumpCloud alternatives: Delinea, HashiCorp Vault, Natoma, Oasis Security
Grok 4.1 FastJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security, One Identity
Qwen 3.7 FlashJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, One Identity
Kimi K2JumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, P0 Security
MiniMax M2.5JumpCloud alternatives: Oasis Security, One Identity, Saviynt Identity Cloud

Aembit first, JumpCloud not the choice

1 of 14 modelsJumpCloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallAembit alternatives: Entro Security, Oasis Security

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashEntro Security alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Oasis Security
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

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniEntro Security alternatives: Akeyless, One Identity Manager
Perplexity SonarFrontegg alternatives: Descope, OneLogin, Stytch, WorkOS
DeepSeek V4 FlashToken Security alternatives: Astrix Security, Entro Security
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: One Identity
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Entra ID alternatives: KeeperPAM, Oasis Security, One Identity

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
JumpCloud leads by ten points.
JumpCloud20%#1 of 17
Aembit10%#2 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
JumpCloud leads by nine points.
JumpCloud14%#1 of 16
Aembit5%#7 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Aembit leads at enterprise.
Aembit8%#2 of 15
JumpCloud2%#– of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about JumpCloud

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

“JumpCloud is recommended for mid-market and enterprise IT teams looking to consolidate point tools, offering unified NHI lifecycle management” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Aembit

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

“Newer, smaller market share” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Aembit stands out as the best pure-play non-human identity management platform” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Aembit is my pick for low-cost managed workload access” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“Secretless workload-to-workload access—replacing static credentials rather than just cataloging them | Aembit” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.