Privileged access management · October 2026 Edition
Teleport vs HashiCorp Vault
Zero of fourteen models named Teleport first on the direct prompt; zero named HashiCorp Vault. Teleport was named by nine of the fourteen models and HashiCorp Vault by twelve and Teleport carries 14 labels and HashiCorp Vault 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1422A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Teleport reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Delinea Secret Server was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Delinea Secret Server vs Teleport · Delinea Secret Server vs HashiCorp Vault · ManageEngine PAM360 vs Teleport
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 privileged access 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.
TeleportFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHashiCorp Vault
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative002 against HashiCorp Vault
Budget-constrained11
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Teleport · 2 against HashiCorp Vault
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 Teleport and HashiCorp Vault stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Teleport HashiCorp Vault first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Teleport on the left and HashiCorp Vault on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Teleport and HashiCorp Vault stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashKeeperPAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, StrongDM, Teleport
Neither was named
13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360
GPT-5.4 miniDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, ManageEngine PAM360
Perplexity SonarminiOrange PAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure
Grok 4.1 FastDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAM
Mistral SmallDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Netwrix Privilege Secure, miniOrange PAM
DeepSeek V4 FlashDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360
Llama 4 MaverickminiOrange PAM alternatives: Heimdal, OneLogin, Securden Unified PAM
Qwen 3.7 FlashBeyondTrust alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
Kimi K2Delinea Secret Server alternatives: ManageEngine PAM360
GLM 4.7 FlashXDelinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: KeeperPAM, Securden Unified PAM
MiniMax M2.5Delinea (formerly Thycotic) – Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust – PowerBroker, Microsoft Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
GPT-6 LunaKeeperPAM alternatives: BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360
Muse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret Server alternatives: Britive, ManageEngine PAM360, Netwrix Privilege Secure, Securden Unified PAM
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
Teleport leads by six points.
Teleport6%#4 of 11HashiCorp Vault0%#– of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Teleport2%#7 of 11HashiCorp Vault2%#8 of 11Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Teleport0%#7 of 10HashiCorp Vault0%#10 of 10What the models said about Teleport
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Cloud-native access tools such as Teleport, Apono, Britive, or P0 Security if your requirement is classic PAM for legacy/on-prem environments” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“JumpServer or Teleport Community provide enterprise-grade PAM capabilities at no cost” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for: SaaS-first or highly technical B2B companies whose "infrastructure" is primarily cloud-native” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
What the models said about HashiCorp Vault
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“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 · hard negative
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.