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Non-human identity management · November 2026 Edition

JumpCloud vs Aembit

Six of fourteen models named JumpCloud first on the direct prompt; three named Aembit. JumpCloud was named by ten of the fourteen models and Aembit by fourteen and JumpCloud carries 24 labels and Aembit 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.

JumpCloud

accepted challenger

Named in twelve categories this edition.

Aembit

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share22%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 18; printed, not drawn.
Labels2435A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, JumpCloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.JumpCloud vs Akeyless Identity Security Platform · JumpCloud vs Oasis Security · JumpCloud vs HashiCorp Vault

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 non-human identity 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.
JumpCloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAembit
Direct63
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained311 against Aembit
Scale-constrained01
Negative101 against JumpCloud · 1 against Aembit
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 November 2026 Edition, JumpCloud and Aembit were named in the same answer forty-one times, of the 407 answers naming JumpCloud and the 95 naming Aembit. In those answers Aembit took the first choice nine times and JumpCloud fifteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where JumpCloud and Aembit stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
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
JumpCloud Aembit first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, JumpCloud on the left and Aembit on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where JumpCloud and Aembit stood in it.

JumpCloud first, Aembit an alternative

6 of 14 modelsAembit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5JumpCloud alternatives: Entro Security, Natoma, Oasis Security
Perplexity SonarJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Astrix Security, Defakto, Entro Security, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta
Mistral SmallCakewalk, JumpCloud alternatives: Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Defakto
DeepSeek V4 FlashJumpCloud alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Clutch Security, Natoma
MiniMax M2.5JumpCloud alternatives: Cakewalk, Defakto, Entro Security, Identity Confluence
Muse Glimmer 30BJumpCloud alternatives: Cakewalk, Entro Security, GitGuardian NHI Governance

Aembit first, JumpCloud not the choice

3 of 14 modelsJumpCloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Aembit alternatives: Astrix Security, Entro Security, Oasis Security
Kimi K2Aembit alternatives: Clutch Security, Entro Security, SSOJet, WorkOS
GLM 4.7 FlashXAembit alternatives: Defakto, One Identity, Saviynt Identity Cloud

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniOasis Security alternatives: Aembit, Rig, SailPoint Machine Identity Security, Veza
Gemini 3.5 FlashOasis Security alternatives: Aembit, Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Entro Security
Llama 4 MaverickCakewalk alternatives: Identity Confluence, JumpCloud, Saviynt Identity Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashAkeyless Identity Security Platform, Cakewalk alternatives: Astrix Security, JumpCloud
GPT-6 LunaToken Security alternatives: Aembit

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
JumpCloud leads by ten points.
JumpCloud20%#1 of 17
Aembit10%#4 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
JumpCloud leads by twelve points.
JumpCloud22%#1 of 18
Aembit10%#3 of 18
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
JumpCloud leads by eight points.
JumpCloud8%#6 of 19
Aembit0%#13 of 19
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about JumpCloud

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

“General IAM or Cloud-Native Tools Repurposed for NHI (e.g., Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint, JumpCloud)” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“consider those with higher acceptance rates and fewer criticisms, such as JumpCloud, Aembit, Infisical, and GitGuardian NHI Governance” Mistral Small · negative prompt · first choice
“JumpCloud and GitGuardian are often highlighted as strong, cost-effective options for non-human identity (NHI) management.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Aembit

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

“also strong but may be better suited for engineering-led teams or those with more complex needs, as they tend to have enterprise-focused pricing models” Mistral Small · budget prompt · soft negative
“brilliant in AWS/Azure, but if you have on-prem, multi-cloud, or legacy environments, integration depth varies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“look especially at Aembit, Oasis Security, and Astrix — they've been noted as particularly well-suited for mid-market/cloud-first teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Aembit stands out as the strongest overall choice for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, I'd recommend starting with Aembit” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
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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.