# Keywhiz: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/keywhiz/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets management | 0% | 58 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Officially deprecated and archived in late 2023, with Square explicitly recommending HashiCorp Vault as an alternative." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Secrets)
- "Keywhiz is a legacy tool... Using an unmaintained tool leaves you vulnerable to undiscovered bugs." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Secrets)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Secrets management: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 58 of 59.

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.