# Non-human identity management for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "non-human identity management platform" and as "machine identity and service account security tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** CyberArk Identity Security Platform leads with 20% of first choices; verdict contested. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [CyberArk Identity Security Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyberark-identity-security-platform/index.md) | 20% | 17% | 36 |
| 2 | [SailPoint Machine Identity Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sailpoint-machine-identity-security/index.md) | 10% | 29% | 17 |
| 3 | [Aembit](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aembit/index.md) | 8% | 7% | 15 |
| 4 | [HashiCorp Vault](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/hashicorp-vault/index.md) | 8% | 32% | 38 |
| 5 | [Venafi](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/venafi/index.md) | 6% | 5% | 21 |
| 6 | [Oasis Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/oasis-security/index.md) | 6% | 9% | 23 |
| 7 | [Akeyless Identity Security Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akeyless-identity-security-platform/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 24 |
| 8 | [Astrix Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/astrix-security/index.md) | 4% | 14% | 22 |
| 10 | [Token Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/token-security/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 11 | [Saviynt Identity Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/saviynt-identity-cloud/index.md) | 2% | 15% | 13 |
| 14 | [CyberArk Conjur](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyberark-conjur/index.md) | 2% | 30% | 10 |
| 25 | [Okta](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/okta/index.md) | 2% | 33% | 18 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 91 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice; alternatives Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Astrix Security, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
- GPT-5.4 mini: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Venafi
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Akeyless Identity Security Platform; alternatives Aembit, Cisco, Clutch Security, CyberArk Identity Security Platform
- Perplexity Sonar: WorkOS; alternatives Auth0, Descope, Frontegg
- Grok 4.20: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Aembit, Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Venafi
- Mistral Small: Astrix Security, One Identity; alternatives Akeyless Identity Security Platform, SSOJet
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Astrix Security, Veza
- Llama 4 Maverick: Clutch Security
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: HashiCorp Vault, Venafi; alternatives AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless Identity Security Platform, CyberArk Conjur
- Kimi K2: CyberArk Identity Security Platform; alternatives Astrix Security, Entro Security, Microsoft Entra Workload ID, Venafi
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Aembit; alternatives HashiCorp Vault, Venafi
- MiniMax M2.5: Okta, SailPoint Machine Identity Security; alternatives Aembit, JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Oasis Security
- GPT-6 Luna: Aembit, Oasis Security; alternatives Entro Security, Token Security
- Muse Glimmer 30B: One Identity; alternatives Astrix Security, CyberArk Identity Security Platform, Entro Security, Venafi

## Sources the answers cite

80 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- expertinsights.com: 41 answers, 46 citations
- nhimg.org: 32 answers, 66 citations
- oneidentity.com: 32 answers, 47 citations
- securityboulevard.com: 28 answers, 36 citations
- startwithidentity.com: 28 answers, 36 citations
- wwt.com: 26 answers, 26 citations
- cybersecuritynews.com: 24 answers, 29 citations
- startupstash.com: 24 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-nhi-management-solutions (37 answers)
- https://oneidentity.com/learn/top-non-human-identity-and-agentic-ai-security-tools.aspx (26 answers)
- https://wwt.com/blog/non-human-identity-security-platform-assessment (26 answers)
- https://startupstash.com/top-non-human-identity-management-platforms (21 answers)
- https://scworld.com/buyers-guide/how-to-evaluate-non-human-identity-and-secrets-governance-platforms (16 answers)
- https://blog.gitguardian.com/nhi-security-tools (15 answers)
- https://majorkeytech.com/blogs/best-iam-solutions (15 answers)
- https://akeyless.io/blog/top-5-non-human-identity-management-tools-for-2026 (14 answers)
- https://oneidentity.com/learn/top-iam-solutions-for-enterprise-security.aspx (14 answers)
- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/06/top-non-human-identity-nhi-management-tools-for-2026 (14 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Entra ID: 7 of 13 labels negative. "What to Avoid ... Microsoft Entra ID: Per-user ($6-9/user/month), plus add-on modules" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)
- HashiCorp Vault: 12 of 38 labels negative. "Avoid platforms that meter by "Active Secrets," "Number of Clients," or "API calls" (such as AWS Secrets Manager or HashiCorp Vault)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)
- CyberArk Identity Security Platform: 6 of 36 labels negative. "What to Avoid ... CyberArk: Custom quote, module-based" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)
- Okta: 6 of 18 labels negative. "What to Avoid ... Okta: Per-user + modules" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.