# Smallstep: how AI models rank it, October 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-human identity management | 0% | 103 | 0% | 1 |

## In its own words

What Smallstep's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The World's First Device Identity Platform™ (https://smallstep.com/)
- For: For Enterprise IT teams; For DevOps teams; companies with sensitive resources (https://smallstep.com/)
- Price stated: Submit a pricing request👇 (https://smallstep.com/pricing/)
- Free plan or trial: Get Started for free (https://smallstep.com/signup/integrations/)
- Integrations claimed: 100 (https://smallstep.com/)
- Certifications: ACME Device Attestation
- Customers named: Verint, KCF Technologies, Kameleoon, Kenna Security

## What it publishes

Every page smallstep.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 561 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 97 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-19
- case study: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-04
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-05-19 blog: After mythos hardware bound identity https://smallstep.com/blog/after-mythos-hardware-bound-identity/
- Recent: 2026-04-30 blog: Home network eap tls wifi https://smallstep.com/blog/home-network-eap-tls-wifi/
- Recent: 2026-04-07 blog: Shadow it is an admission failure https://smallstep.com/blog/shadow-it-is-an-admission-failure/
- Recent: 2026-04-07 blog: Stryker was not ransomwared it was remotely wiped https://smallstep.com/blog/stryker-was-not-ransomwared-it-was-remotely-wiped/
- Recent: 2026-04-07 blog: Nsa zero trust device identity gap https://smallstep.com/blog/nsa-zero-trust-device-identity-gap/
- Recent: 2026-04-07 blog: Ncsc zero trust device identity https://smallstep.com/blog/ncsc-zero-trust-device-identity/

## 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.