Privileged access management
Asked as “privileged access management platform”, and as “PAM tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
37%
Contested · ManageEngine PAM360 24%
37Delinea Secret Server24ManageEngine PAM36009KeeperPAM30others
37% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▲+6Since September 2026: 30% → 35%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Delinea Secret Server held the lead, +6 points on 30%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
ManageEngine PAM36033%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ManageEngine PAM360 (29%) replaces KeeperPAM (27% then, 27% now), 2 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-market
Delinea Secret Server37%Contested▲+6Since September 2026: 30% → 35%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterprise
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager56%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 66% → 57%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
ManageEngine PAM36033%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ManageEngine PAM360 (29%) replaces KeeperPAM (27% then, 27% now), 2 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketDelinea Secret Server37%Contested▲+6Since September 2026: 30% → 35%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseCyberArk Privileged Access Manager56%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 66% → 57%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Delinea Secret Server37%5%62endorsed leader▲+6Since September 2026: 30% → 35%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.30% → 35%
Delinea Secret Server37%5%62endorsed leader▲+6Since September 2026: 30% → 35%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.30% → 35%02ManageEngine PAM36024%13%46accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 21% → 25%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.21% → 25%
ManageEngine PAM36024%13%46accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 21% → 25%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.21% → 25%03
KeeperPAM9%3%30accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 11% → 8%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 8%
KeeperPAM9%3%30accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 11% → 8%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 8%04
BeyondTrust6%35%52criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 6%
BeyondTrust6%35%52criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 6%05
miniOrange PAM4%0%13accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
miniOrange PAM4%0%13accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%06
Securden Unified PAM2%19%16accepted challenger▼−13Since September 2026: 15% → 2%, −13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.15% → 2%
Securden Unified PAM2%19%16accepted challenger▼−13Since September 2026: 15% → 2%, −13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.15% → 2%07
Teleport2%7%14accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%
Teleport2%7%14accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%08
HashiCorp Vault2%18%22accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
HashiCorp Vault2%18%22accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11CyberArk Privileged Access Manager0%60%57criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager0%60%57criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
One Identity Safeguard0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
One Identity Safeguard0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
Netwrix Privilege Secure0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Netwrix Privilege Secure0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Delinea Secret Server vs miniOrange PAMDelinea Secret Server vs Securden Unified PAMDelinea Secret Server vs TeleportDelinea Secret Server vs HashiCorp VaultManageEngine PAM360 vs KeeperPAMManageEngine PAM360 vs BeyondTrustManageEngine PAM360 vs miniOrange PAMManageEngine PAM360 vs Securden Unified PAMManageEngine PAM360 vs TeleportManageEngine PAM360 vs HashiCorp VaultKeeperPAM vs BeyondTrustKeeperPAM vs miniOrange PAMKeeperPAM vs Securden Unified PAMKeeperPAM vs TeleportKeeperPAM vs HashiCorp VaultBeyondTrust vs miniOrange PAMBeyondTrust vs Securden Unified PAMBeyondTrust vs TeleportBeyondTrust vs HashiCorp VaultminiOrange PAM vs Securden Unified PAMminiOrange PAM vs TeleportminiOrange PAM vs HashiCorp VaultSecurden Unified PAM vs TeleportSecurden Unified PAM vs HashiCorp VaultTeleport vs HashiCorp Vault
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Delinea Secret Server37%
Delinea Secret Server37%02ManageEngine PAM36024%
ManageEngine PAM36024%03KeeperPAM9%
KeeperPAM9%04BeyondTrust6%
BeyondTrust6%05miniOrange PAM4%
miniOrange PAM4%06Securden Unified PAM2%
Securden Unified PAM2%07Teleport2%
Teleport2%08HashiCorp Vault2%
HashiCorp Vault2%09Netwrix Privilege Secure0%
Netwrix Privilege Secure0%10One Identity Safeguard0%
One Identity Safeguard0%11CyberArk Privileged Access Manager0%
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager60%
34 of 57 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“What to Avoid: **CyberArk** ... overkill (and overpriced) for most mid-sized B2B companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
BeyondTrust35%
18 of 52 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Audit any BeyondTrust deployments for the known CVEs and consider alternatives” Kimi K2, negative prompt
ManageEngine PAM36013%
6 of 46 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“ManageEngine PAM360 may be a better fit for larger requirements, but not a low-budget pick: its published subscription starts at $7,995/year.” GPT-6 Luna, budget prompt
HashiCorp Vault18%
4 of 22 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“The main platforms to **avoid or scrutinize closely** are: - **Secrets-only tools** such as HashiCorp Vault when you need full PAM” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 991 links across 227 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 25 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
32 answers · 45 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Netwrix31 answers · 40 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Heimdal Security23 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Delinea21 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G220 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · One Identity19 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Securden17 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Keeper Security14 answers · 18 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
29 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best privileged access management platform”, “privileged access management platform”, “privileged access management platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delinea delinea.com Delinea Secret Server 37% | 37% | 167 | 6,600 | 218 | 85,859 company | $78 | 91 | 5 |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine PAM360 24%, ManageEngine Password Manager Pro 2% | 26% | 126 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| KeeperPAM keeper.io | 9% | 91 | 170 | 1 | 144,125 | |||
| BeyondTrust beyondtrust.com BeyondTrust 6%, BeyondTrust Password Safe 0%, BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access 0% | 6% | 181 | 6,600 | 377 | 91,200 | $1,820 | 120 | 6 |
| miniOrange PAM miniorange.com | 4% | 32 | 20 | 1 | 48,290 | 17 | ||
| JumpServer jumpserver.com | 4% | 4 | 1,900 | 15 | 3,070 | 7 | ||
| Securden securden.com Securden Unified PAM 2% | 2% | 40 | 20 | 0 | 5,748 company | $982 | 19 | 7 |
| Teleport goteleport.com | 2% | 60 | 60,500 | 18,942 | 199,418 | $157 | 11 | |
| HashiCorp Vault hashicorp.com HashiCorp Vault 2%, HashiCorp Boundary 0% | 2% | 357 | 5,400 | 317 | 173,934 | $26 | 29 | |
| JumpCloud jumpcloud.com | 2% | 321 | 12,100 | 244 | 108,479 | $8,612 | 80 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (delinea.com, securden.com). The first result for “best privileged access management platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best privileged access management platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which PAM tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top privileged access management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best privileged access management platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a privileged access management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which privileged access management platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea Secret Serverno first choiceChangedagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerManageEngine PAM360no first choiceagainst: PAM-PKCS#11 Module, Securden Unified PAM
Two alternatives
BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360Five alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault, ManageEngine PAM360, Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity ManagementThree alternatives
KeeperPAM, One Identity Safeguard, miniOrange PAMGPT-5.4 miniDelinea Secret ServerDelinea Secret ServerHeldagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access Manageragainst: Okta Privileged Access, SailPointJumpCloudno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, ManageEngine PAM360One alternative
BeyondTrustThree alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity ManagementTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, SSH PrivXGemini 3.5 FlashKeeperPAMagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerKeeperPAMHeldagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerIdiraAdmin By Request, Securden Unified PAMagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Managerno first choiceagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manageragainst: CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Delinea Secret Server, Ivanti Connect Secure / Policy Secure, ManageEngine PAM360, Symantec Privileged Access Manager
Four alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, StrongDM, TeleportThree alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, TeleportFour alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM, SaviyntThree alternatives
Bitwarden, JumpServer, TeleportFive alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM, Okta Privileged Access, StrongDM, TeleportPerplexity SonarminiOrange PAMagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerDelinea Secret Server, KeeperPAMChangedagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerManageEngine PAM360against: KeeperPAMno first choiceagainst: Apono, Britive, HashiCorp Vault, Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management, P0 Security, Teleport
Three alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege SecureOne alternative
ManageEngine PAM360Five alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault, KeeperPAM, Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity ManagementOne alternative
Microsoft Entra IDGrok 4.1 FastDelinea Secret Serveragainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerManageEngine PAM360Changedagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerHashiCorp Vault, ManageEngine PAM360against: CyberArk Privileged Access Managerno first choiceagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, One Identity Safeguard
Four alternatives
BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAMFour alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAMTwo alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret ServerTwo alternatives
KeeperPAM, TeleportMistral SmallDelinea Secret ServerDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360ChangedCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerAWS Secrets Managerno first choiceagainst: ARCON PAM, ManageEngine PAM360, WALLIX
Four alternatives
BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAMThree alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp VaultTwo alternatives
ManageEngine PAM360, SSH PrivXDeepSeek V4 FlashDelinea Secret Serveragainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerDelinea Secret ServerHeldagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access Manageragainst: HashiCorp VaultDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360against: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerBeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAMagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access Manageragainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra ID, Securden Unified PAM
Two alternatives
BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360Four alternatives
BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAMThree alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, TeleportTwo alternatives
JumpCloud, KeeperPAMTwo alternatives
ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege SecureLlama 4 MaverickminiOrange PAMno first choiceChangedno first choiceManageEngine PAM360no first choiceagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager
Three alternatives
Heimdal, OneLogin, Securden Unified PAMThree alternatives
Heimdal, KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAMQwen 3.7 FlashBeyondTrustagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerBeyondTrustHeldagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access Manageragainst: HashiCorp Vault, IBM Verify, Microsoft Entra IDManageEngine PAM360against: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Microsoft Entra IDDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine Password Manager Proagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, One Identity Safeguardagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360, OneIdentity
Two alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360Two alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAMTwo alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret ServerThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SSH PrivXOne alternative
Netwrix Privilege SecureKimi K2Delinea Secret Serveragainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerDelinea Secret ServerHeldagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerJumpServer, Teleportagainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerDelinea Secret Serveragainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manageragainst: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, ManageEngine PAM360, Securden Unified PAM, WALLIX
One alternative
ManageEngine PAM360Two alternatives
BeyondTrust, Netwrix Privilege SecureTwo alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret ServerTwo alternatives
ManageEngine PAM360, StrongDMFive alternatives
KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360, Securden Unified PAM, StrongDM, TeleportGLM 4.7 FlashXDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360against: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerManageEngine PAM360Changedagainst: CyberArk Privileged Access ManagerCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerJumpServerno first choiceagainst: ARCON PAM, Broadcom Symantec PAM, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, WALLIX
Two alternatives
KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAMFour alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAMFive alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault, ManageEngine PAM360, Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity ManagementFour alternatives
Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Boundary, Securden Unified PAM, TeleportMiniMax M2.5Delinea (formerly Thycotic) – Secret Serveragainst: CyberArk – Core Privileged Access SecurityDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360ChangedCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerManageEngine PAM360no first choiceagainst: BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
Two alternatives
BeyondTrust – PowerBroker, Microsoft Azure AD Privileged Identity ManagementTwo alternatives
BeyondTrust, JumpCloudTwo alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret ServerThree alternatives
JumpCloud, Mamori.io, Securden Unified PAMGPT-6 LunaKeeperPAMDelinea Secret ServerChangedBeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Delinea Secret ServerDevolutions Serveragainst: ManageEngine PAM360no first choiceagainst: BeyondTrust Remote Support, CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted / Conjur OSS
Three alternatives
BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360Two alternatives
BeyondTrust Password Safe, ManageEngine PAM360Four alternatives
KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360, One Identity Safeguard, StrongDMMuse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret ServerDelinea Secret ServerHeldCyberArk Privileged Access ManagerManageEngine PAM360against: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Managerno first choiceagainst: BeyondTrust Remote Support, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Idira
Four alternatives
Britive, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Securden Unified PAMTwo alternatives
ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege SecureFive alternatives
BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault, ManageEngine PAM360, Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity ManagementFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM, Microsoft Entra ID, miniOrange PAMBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 21 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 21 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 22 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:26 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 14 | 60 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:13 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:33 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:47 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:40 | yes | 21 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 12 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:51 | yes | 22 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:11 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:47 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:05 | yes | 22 | 114 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:28 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 27 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 22 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 9 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 21 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:22 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:42 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:54 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:09 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:52 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:01 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:43 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:50 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:18 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:50 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:55 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:44 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:50 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:30 | yes | 19 | 48 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:03 | yes | 15 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 20 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:45 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:30 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:07 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 21 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:36 | yes | 25 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:01 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:43 | no | 0 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:20 | yes | 24 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:51 | yes | 2 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
ARCON read as ARCON PAM
Arcon read as ARCON PAM
Broadcom read as Symantec Privileged Access Manager
CyberArk read as CyberArk Privileged Access Manager
CyberArk (Privilege Cloud) read as CyberArk Privileged Access Manager
Cyberark read as CyberArk Privileged Access Manager
Delinea read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (Secret Server & Platform) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (Secret Server + Privilege Manager) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (Secret Server Cloud) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (Secret Server) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (formerly Thycotic + Centrify) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (formerly Thycotic / Centrify) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (formerly Thycotic) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (including StrongDM) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea PAM read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea Platform read as Delinea Secret Server
Devolutions read as Devolutions Server
Keeper read as KeeperPAM
Keeper Security read as KeeperPAM
Keeper Security (KeeperPAM) read as KeeperPAM
ManageEngine read as ManageEngine PAM360
ManageEngine (PAM360) read as ManageEngine PAM360
ManageEngine (PAM360, Password Manager Pro, Access Manager Plus) read as ManageEngine PAM360
ManageEngine (Zoho) read as ManageEngine PAM360
Netwrix read as Netwrix Privilege Secure
Okta read as Okta Privileged Access
Okta Platform read as Okta Privileged Access
One Identity read as One Identity Safeguard
One Identity (Quest Software) read as One Identity Safeguard
Securden read as Securden Unified PAM
Securden (Password Vault for Enterprises) read as Securden Unified PAM
Securden (Unified PAM) read as Securden Unified PAM
Thycotic read as Delinea Secret Server
miniOrange read as miniOrange PAM
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS IAM Identity Center
BeyondTrust PAM
BeyondTrust Privilege Management
BeyondTrust – PowerBroker (Identity & Session)
Broadcom Symantec PAM (formerly CA Privileged Access Manager)
CyberArk Secrets Manager Self-Hosted / Conjur OSS
CyberArk – Core Privileged Access Security
Delinea (formerly Thycotic) – Secret Server
Devolutions Hub Personal
IBM Security Verify Privilege
Ivanti Connect Secure / Policy Secure
ManageEngine – PAM360
PAM-PKCS#11 Module
Paralus
Securden PAM
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.