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Secrets management · October 2026 Edition

Infisical vs 1Password

Zero of fourteen models named Infisical first on the direct prompt; zero named 1Password. Infisical was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and 1Password by fourteen and Infisical carries 43 labels and 1Password 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Infisical

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

1Password

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share15%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels4325A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Infisical reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Doppler was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. HashiCorp Vault vs Infisical · HashiCorp Vault vs 1Password · Doppler vs Infisical

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 secrets 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.
InfisicalFirst choices, of fourteen models1Password
Direct00
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained70
Scale-constrained111 against 1Password
Negative003 against 1Password
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Infisical and 1Password were named in the same answer fifty-seven times, of the 164 answers naming Infisical and the 315 naming 1Password. In those answers 1Password took the first choice three times and Infisical twenty-one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Infisical and 1Password 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
Infisical 1Password first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Infisical on the left and 1Password on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Infisical and 1Password stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Doppler, HashiCorp Vault alternatives: AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Delinea Secret Server, Infisical
Gemini 3.5 FlashDoppler alternatives: Infisical
Grok 4.1 FastDoppler alternatives: 1Password, Infisical
DeepSeek V4 FlashDoppler alternatives: Akeyless, Infisical
Qwen 3.7 FlashDoppler alternatives: 1Password Secrets Manager, Infisical
Kimi K2Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault alternatives: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager
GLM 4.7 FlashXHashiCorp Vault alternatives: AWS Secrets Manager, Doppler, Infisical
MiniMax M2.5Doppler alternatives: HashiCorp Vault, Infisical
GPT-6 LunaDoppler alternatives: AWS Secrets Manager, Infisical
Muse Glimmer 30BDoppler alternatives: AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Infisical

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniAWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault alternatives: HashiCorp Vault
Perplexity SonarDoppler alternatives: HashiCorp Vault
Mistral SmallHashiCorp Vault alternatives: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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
Infisical leads by nineteen points.
Infisical28%#2 of 11
1Password9%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Infisical leads by fourteen points.
Infisical15%#3 of 13
1Password2%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Infisical leads by six points.
Infisical6%#2 of 12
1Password0%#11 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Infisical

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

“Infisical Pro at $18/identity/month is often the best value for startups seeking affordable, developer-friendly secrets management with minimal operational overhead.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Infisical is often cited as the best open‑source choice for 2026 because it balances a generous free tier with strong features and a polished developer experience.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“My recommendation for tight budgets: Infisical or HashiCorp Vault (self-hosted)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about 1Password

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

“*Cons:* Not designed for automated machine-to-machine communication (CI/CD injection is harder/clunkier).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Standard SaaS Password Managers (e.g., LastPass, 1Password) ... The Risk: Human-Centric Design.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
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.