Secrets management
Asked as “secrets management tool”, and as “secrets vault for applications and infrastructure”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
31%
Contested · Doppler 29%
31HashiCorp Vault29Doppler15Infisical25others
31% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HashiCorp Vault (33%) replaces Doppler (33% then, 29% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.HashiCorp Vault leads at 33%, replacing Doppler, which led at 33% and stands at 29% now: 4 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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
Doppler39%Contested▼−12Since September 2026: 46% → 34%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
HashiCorp Vault31%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HashiCorp Vault (33%) replaces Doppler (33% then, 29% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseHashiCorp Vault61%Clear leader▼−12Since September 2026: 75% → 63%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Doppler39%Contested▼−12Since September 2026: 46% → 34%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketHashiCorp Vault31%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: HashiCorp Vault (33%) replaces Doppler (33% then, 29% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseHashiCorp Vault61%Clear leader▼−12Since September 2026: 75% → 63%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. 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
01HashiCorp Vault31%34%77criticized default▲+3Since September 2026: 30% → 33%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.30% → 33%
HashiCorp Vault31%34%77criticized default▲+3Since September 2026: 30% → 33%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.30% → 33%02Doppler29%0%51accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 33% → 29%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.33% → 29%
Doppler29%0%51accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 33% → 29%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.33% → 29%03
Infisical15%0%43accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 18% → 15%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 15%
Infisical15%0%43accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 18% → 15%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 15%04
AWS Secrets Manager8%10%60accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 6%
AWS Secrets Manager8%10%60accepted 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
Azure Key Vault3%13%47accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
Azure Key Vault3%13%47accepted 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
Bitwarden Secrets Manager3%12%17accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 5% → 4%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 4%
Bitwarden Secrets Manager3%12%17accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 5% → 4%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 4%07
1Password2%16%25accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%
1Password2%16%25accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%08SOPS2%10%10accepted 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 five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13
CyberArk Secrets Manager0%18%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%
CyberArk Secrets Manager0%18%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%12
OpenBao0%18%11accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
OpenBao0%18%11accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%11
CyberArk Conjur0%17%18accepted 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 Conjur0%17%18accepted 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
Google Secret Manager Lab in the set0%10%31accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Google Secret Manager Lab in the set0%10%31accepted 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
Akeyless0%0%22accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 0%
Akeyless0%0%22accepted challenger▼−4Since September 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 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.
Google Secret Manager is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
HashiCorp Vault vs Azure Key VaultHashiCorp Vault vs Bitwarden Secrets ManagerHashiCorp Vault vs 1PasswordHashiCorp Vault vs SOPSDoppler vs InfisicalDoppler vs AWS Secrets ManagerDoppler vs Azure Key VaultDoppler vs Bitwarden Secrets ManagerDoppler vs 1PasswordDoppler vs SOPSInfisical vs AWS Secrets ManagerInfisical vs Azure Key VaultInfisical vs Bitwarden Secrets ManagerInfisical vs 1PasswordInfisical vs SOPSAWS Secrets Manager vs Azure Key VaultAWS Secrets Manager vs Bitwarden Secrets ManagerAWS Secrets Manager vs 1PasswordAWS Secrets Manager vs SOPSAzure Key Vault vs Bitwarden Secrets ManagerAzure Key Vault vs 1PasswordAzure Key Vault vs SOPSBitwarden Secrets Manager vs 1PasswordBitwarden Secrets Manager vs SOPS1Password vs SOPS
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 →
01020304050607S08
0910111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01HashiCorp Vault31%
HashiCorp Vault31%02Doppler29%
Doppler29%03Infisical15%
Infisical15%04AWS Secrets Manager8%
AWS Secrets Manager8%05Azure Key Vault3%
Azure Key Vault3%06Bitwarden Secrets Manager3%
Bitwarden Secrets Manager3%071Password2%
1Password2%08SOPS2%
09Google Secret Manager0%
Google Secret Manager0%10Akeyless0%
Akeyless0%11CyberArk Conjur0%
CyberArk Conjur0%12OpenBao0%
OpenBao0%13CyberArk Secrets Manager0%
CyberArk Secrets Manager0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B 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.
HashiCorp Vault34%
26 of 77 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“for a mid-sized B2B company, it is generally **no longer recommended** unless you have a dedicated platform team” Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Kubernetes Secrets100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“HashiCorp warns against using them in non-trivial cases because Kubernetes Secret data is base64-encoded and stored as plaintext in etcd by default.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
AWS Secrets Manager10%
6 of 60 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“GitGuardian cautions that AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, and Azure Key Vault can create fragmentation if you operate in multi-cloud setups.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Azure Key Vault13%
6 of 47 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“⚠️ **Configuration-Dependent Risks** ... Common misconfiguration: Public network access enabled” Kimi K2, 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
76 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. 1004 links across 201 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 14 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.
vendor site · Infisical36 answers · 54 citations · 12 models
vendor site · GitGuardian36 answers · 37 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Guideflow35 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
34 answers · 49 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Doppler27 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
26 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
vendor site · CyberPress20 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cycode17 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
vendor site · EnvManager16 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Safeguard16 answers · 19 citations · 10 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.
36 answers · 12 models
35 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 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 secrets management tool”, “secrets management tool”, “secrets management tools”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp Vault hashicorp.com | 31% | 357 | 5,400 | 317 | 173,934 | $26 | 29 | 7 |
| Doppler doppler.com | 29% | 163 | 90,500 | 11,875 | 2,255 | 12 | ||
| Infisical infisical.com | 15% | 159 | 4,400 | 40 | 4,742 | 14 | 3 | |
| AWS parent site AWS Secrets Manager 8%, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store 3% | 12% | 191 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure Key Vault 3% | 3% | 136 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Bitwarden bitwarden.com Bitwarden Secrets Manager 3% | 3% | 59 | 165,000 | 2,160 | 474,514 company | $62 | 52 | |
| 1Password 1password.com 1Password 2%, 1Password Secrets Manager 0% | 2% | 281 | 201,000 | 3,085 | 927,263 | 120 | ||
| SOPS | 2% | 74,000 | 8,602 | |||||
| Delinea delinea.com Delinea Secret Server 2% | 2% | 167 | 6,600 | 218 | 85,859 company | $78 | 91 | |
| HashiCorp Vault Open Source | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (blog.gitguardian.com, cycode.com, dev.to, infisical.com). The first result for “best secrets management tool” is tigergate.dev.
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 secrets management tool for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secrets vault for applications and infrastructure would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top secrets management tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best secrets management tool for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a secrets management tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which secrets management tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Doppler, HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: Google Secret Managerno first choiceagainst: 1Password, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Dashlane, LastPass
Four alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Delinea Secret Server, InfisicalFive alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, TeleportThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, InfisicalThree alternatives
Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Chamber, InfisicalGPT-5.4 miniAWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultAWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vault Open SourceAWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vaultagainst: HashiCorp Vault
One alternative
HashiCorp VaultTwo alternatives
Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Secret ManagerGemini 3.5 FlashDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultDopplerHeldagainst: HashiCorp Vaultno first choiceAWS Systems Manager Parameter Storeagainst: HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp Vaultagainst: Ansible Vault, Chef Vault, Confidant, GitHub Actions Secrets, GitLab CI/CD variables, Keywhiz, Knox, Kubernetes Secrets, blackbox, git-crypt, git-secret
One alternative
InfisicalFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, InfisicalSeven alternatives
Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Doppler, EnvManager, Google Secret Manager, Infisical, SOPSFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoPerplexity SonarDopplerHashiCorp VaultChangedno first choiceDoppleragainst: HashiCorp Vaultno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, Kubernetes Secrets
One alternative
HashiCorp VaultFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, InfisicalThree alternatives
Google Secret Manager, OpenBao, SOPSGrok 4.1 FastDoppleragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Secrets
Two alternatives
1Password, InfisicalThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerThree alternatives
1Password, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, DopplerThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, DopplerMistral SmallHashiCorp VaultAzure Key Vault, HashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vault, Infisicalno first choiceagainst: HashiCorp Vault
Two alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultOne alternative
AWS Secrets ManagerThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerOne alternative
DopplerDeepSeek V4 FlashDoppleragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp VaultInfisicalno first choiceagainst: HashiCorp Vaultagainst: CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault, Heroku, Kubernetes Secrets, Netlify, Vercel, gopass, pass
Two alternatives
Akeyless, InfisicalFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalSix alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalFour alternatives
Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Doppler, HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceBitwarden Secrets Managerno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Keeper Secrets ManagerQwen 3.7 FlashDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultDopplerHeldHashiCorp VaultBitwarden Secrets Manageragainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, HashiCorp Vaultagainst: 1Password, Bitwarden Secrets Manageragainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, LastPass
Two alternatives
1Password Secrets Manager, InfisicalFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, InfisicalSix alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerKimi K2Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp VaultDoppler, InfisicalChangedagainst: HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp Vault1Password, Doppleragainst: CyberArk Conjur, CyberArk Secrets Manageragainst: Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
Two alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, OpenBaoSeven alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, InfisicalOne alternative
VaultwardenOne alternative
HashiCorp VaultGLM 4.7 FlashXHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldno first choiceInfisical, SOPSagainst: HashiCorp Vaultno first choiceagainst: Keywhiz, Kubernetes Secrets
Three alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Doppler, InfisicalThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerThree alternatives
Bitwarden Secrets Manager, External Secrets Operator, OpenBaoMiniMax M2.5DopplerHashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp Vaultagainst: CyberArk Secrets Manager, GitGuardianHashiCorp Vault, Infisicalno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault
Two alternatives
HashiCorp Vault, InfisicalThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Delinea Secret ServerTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultOne alternative
Bitwarden Secrets ManagerGPT-6 LunaDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultAWS Secrets ManagerChangedagainst: HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultAWS Systems Manager Parameter Storeagainst: OpenBaono first choiceagainst: Bitnami Sealed Secrets, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Secrets, Plain `.env` files or credentials in source control, SOPS
Two alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, InfisicalTwo alternatives
Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerSeven alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalTwo alternatives
Doppler, InfisicalMuse Glimmer 30BDopplerAWS Secrets ManagerChangedHashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault
Six alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, InfisicalTwo alternatives
Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp VaultFive alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, InfisicalThree alternatives
Doppler, OpenBao, SOPSFive alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, InfisicalBold 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 10:06 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:49 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 26 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:05 | yes | 14 | 56 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:48 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:00 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:30 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:41 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:38 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:09 | yes | 29 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:07 | yes | 13 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:42 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:05 | yes | 3 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 4 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 12 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 26 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:10 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:38 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:09 | yes | 14 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:53 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:12 | no | 0 | 42 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:39 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:51 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:32 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 21 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:01 | yes | 17 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:21 | yes | 8 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:25 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:09 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 24 | 110 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:03 | yes | 15 | 73 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:45 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:41 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 4 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 25 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 15 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:43 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:47 | yes | 19 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:50 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:38 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 1 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:16 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:05 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:31 | yes | 15 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:44 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 24 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:55 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:20 | yes | 21 | 28 s |
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Bitwarden read as Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Bitwarden Enterprise read as Bitwarden Secrets Manager
CyberArk read as CyberArk Secrets Manager
Delinea read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (Thycotic) read as Delinea Secret Server
Delinea (formerly Thycotic/Centrify) read as Delinea Secret Server
Unresolved, counted raw
Bitnami Sealed Secrets
Chamber
Chef Vault
Doppler SecretOps Platform
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HashiCorp Vault Open Source
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ggshield
gopass
pass
Discontinued, still offered
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