# HashiCorp Vault alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 575 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where HashiCorp Vault holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/hashicorp-vault/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Doppler: 52
- CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: 44
- Infisical: 42
- ManageEngine PAM360: 35
- KeeperPAM: 31
- Delinea Secret Server: 30

## Secrets management

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #6 of 11 at 6%).

- Doppler: first choice in 38 of those 70
- Infisical: first choice in 27 of those 70
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 9 of those 70
- 1Password: first choice in 6 of those 70
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Google Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 44 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #1 of 13 at 31%).

- Doppler: first choice in 9 of those 44
- Infisical: first choice in 5 of those 44
- AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store: first choice in 2 of those 44
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 2 of those 44
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 44
- HashiCorp Vault Open Source: first choice in 1 of those 44
- SOPS: first choice in 1 of those 44

**Enterprise**: 30 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #1 of 12 at 61%).

- Infisical: first choice in 2 of those 30
- 1Password Business or Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 30
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 30
- CyberArk Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 30
- Doppler: first choice in 1 of those 30
- HashiCorp Vault Enterprise or HCP Vault Dedicated: first choice in 1 of those 30
- OpenBao: first choice in 1 of those 30

## Non-human identity management

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #4 of 17 at 6%).

- JumpCloud: first choice in 11 of those 66
- Infisical: first choice in 8 of those 66
- Aembit: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Doppler: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Akeyless: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Entro Security: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Astrix Security: first choice in 2 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #5 of 16 at 7%).

- JumpCloud: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Oasis Security: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Entro Security: first choice in 3 of those 65
- GitGuardian NHI Governance: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Token Security: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Aembit: first choice in 2 of those 65
- CyberArk Identity Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Delinea: first choice in 2 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #3 of 15 at 8%).

- CyberArk Identity Security Platform: first choice in 7 of those 67
- Oasis Security: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Aembit: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Astrix Security: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Saviynt Identity Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Akeyless: first choice in 2 of those 67
- One Identity: first choice in 2 of those 67
- SailPoint: first choice in 2 of those 67

## Privileged access management

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault.

- KeeperPAM: first choice in 24 of those 81
- ManageEngine PAM360: first choice in 18 of those 81
- Delinea Secret Server: first choice in 6 of those 81
- JumpCloud: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Teleport: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Securden Unified PAM: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Devolutions Password Hub Free: first choice in 2 of those 81
- miniOrange PAM: first choice in 2 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #8 of 11 at 2%).

- Delinea Secret Server: first choice in 21 of those 76
- ManageEngine PAM360: first choice in 11 of those 76
- CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: first choice in 7 of those 76
- KeeperPAM: first choice in 5 of those 76
- BeyondTrust: first choice in 4 of those 76
- JumpServer: first choice in 2 of those 76
- miniOrange PAM: first choice in 2 of those 76
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: first choice in 37 of those 76
- ManageEngine PAM360: first choice in 6 of those 76
- BeyondTrust: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Delinea Secret Server: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Idira: first choice in 3 of those 76
- KeeperPAM: first choice in 2 of those 76
- CyberArk Enterprise PAM: first choice in 1 of those 76
- StrongDM: first choice in 1 of those 76

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