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Privileged access management · November 2026 Edition

KeeperPAM vs StrongDM

Zero of fourteen models named KeeperPAM first on the direct prompt; zero named StrongDM. KeeperPAM was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and StrongDM by eleven and KeeperPAM carries 40 labels and StrongDM 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

KeeperPAM

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

StrongDM

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4017A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, KeeperPAM reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ManageEngine PAM360 was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Delinea Secret Server vs KeeperPAM · Delinea Secret Server vs StrongDM · ManageEngine PAM360 vs KeeperPAM

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 privileged access 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.
KeeperPAMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsStrongDM
Direct001 against StrongDM
Paraphrase10
Comparative001 against KeeperPAM
Budget-constrained41
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against KeeperPAM · 1 against StrongDM
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, KeeperPAM and StrongDM were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 116 answers naming KeeperPAM and the 63 naming StrongDM. In those answers StrongDM took the first choice four times and KeeperPAM fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where KeeperPAM and StrongDM 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
KeeperPAM StrongDM first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, KeeperPAM on the left and StrongDM on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360, StrongDM, Teleport
Perplexity SonarDelinea Secret Server alternatives: KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360
Grok 4.20BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server alternatives: KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360, Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
Mistral SmallDelinea Secret Server alternatives: KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360
MiniMax M2.5ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: BeyondTrust, Delinea Secret Server, KeeperPAM
GPT-6 LunaDelinea Secret Server Cloud alternatives: BeyondTrust, KeeperPAM, ManageEngine PAM360

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: Netwrix Privilege Secure, One Identity Safeguard
GPT-5.4 miniManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: BeyondTrust Password Safe, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager
DeepSeek V4 FlashManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM
Llama 4 MaverickminiOrange PAM alternatives: Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vault, ManageEngine PAM360
Qwen 3.7 FlashDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust, ManageEngine PAM360, Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management
Kimi K2Delinea Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
GLM 4.7 FlashXManageEngine PAM360 alternatives: BeyondTrust PAM, Delinea Secret Server, Securden Unified PAM, miniOrange PAM
Muse Glimmer 30BDelinea Secret Server alternatives: BeyondTrust Remote, ManageEngine PAM360, miniOrange PAM

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
KeeperPAM leads by thirty-three points.
KeeperPAM39%#1 of 11
StrongDM5%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
KeeperPAM leads by eight points.
KeeperPAM10%#3 of 12
StrongDM2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
KeeperPAM leads by four points.
KeeperPAM4%#5 of 10
StrongDM0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about KeeperPAM

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

“simpler credential vaulting that scales to full PAM but lacks depth in enterprise discovery/analytics” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“emerging ones like KeeperPAM, Heimdal, or AutoElevate: These score lower in enterprise reviews” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with Keeper Security if you want transparent per-user pricing and quick deployment” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“If you need the cheapest path with a modern cloud setup, start with KeeperPAM.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“If you want a modern SaaS platform with minimal setup: Go with KeeperPAM.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about StrongDM

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

“they are more specialized than conventional enterprise PAM suites; confirm coverage for Windows administration” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Not as complete for workforce PAM, endpoint privilege, and traditional credential vaulting” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall Value (Simple & Scalable): strongDM ... widely considered the top choice for small-to-medium businesses” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose StrongDM when the central problem is secure developer and infrastructure access across cloud and databases.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
“Better suited to just-in-time access to servers, databases, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
Delinea Secret Server vs KeeperPAMDelinea Secret Server vs StrongDMManageEngine PAM360 vs KeeperPAMManageEngine PAM360 vs StrongDMKeeperPAM vs miniOrange PAMKeeperPAM vs BeyondTrustKeeperPAM vs Securden Unified PAMminiOrange PAM vs StrongDMBeyondTrust vs StrongDMSecurden Unified PAM vs StrongDMAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full PAM standing

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.