# JumpCloud vs Akeyless: which do AI models recommend for NHI management, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Non-human identity management. Five of fourteen models named JumpCloud first on the direct prompt; zero named Akeyless. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/identity/non-human-identity-management/jumpcloud-vs-akeyless/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JumpCloud | 14% | #1 of 16 | 8% | 12 | 8 of 14 |
| Akeyless | 7% | #4 of 16 | 4% | 28 | 11 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: jumpcloud first (first choices: JumpCloud) (alternatives: Delinea, HashiCorp Vault, Natoma, Oasis Security)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: jumpcloud first (first choices: JumpCloud) (alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Astrix Security, One Identity)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: jumpcloud first (first choices: JumpCloud) (alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, One Identity)
- Kimi K2: jumpcloud first (first choices: JumpCloud) (alternatives: Aembit, P0 Security)
- MiniMax M2.5: jumpcloud first (first choices: JumpCloud) (alternatives: Oasis Security, One Identity, Saviynt Identity Cloud)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither first, one named (first choices: Entro Security) (alternatives: Akeyless, One Identity Manager)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Entro Security) (alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless, Oasis Security)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Entro Security, Oasis) (alternatives: Aembit, AppViewX, CyberArk Identity Security Platform, Defakto, HashiCorp Vault, JumpCloud, Keyfactor, Venafi)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Frontegg) (alternatives: Descope, OneLogin, Stytch, WorkOS)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Aembit) (alternatives: Entro Security, Oasis Security)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Token Security) (alternatives: Astrix Security, Entro Security)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (alternatives: One Identity)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Microsoft Entra ID) (alternatives: KeeperPAM, Oasis Security, One Identity)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: Token Security) (alternatives: Aembit, Astrix Security, Cisco, Cyera, Entro Security, Oasis, SailPoint)

## What the models said about JumpCloud

- "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 Akeyless

- "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)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.