Secrets management for small business buyers
Asked as “secrets management tool”, and as “secrets vault for applications and infrastructure”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 67 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
43%
Clear leader
43Doppler27Infisical09AWS Secrets Manager21others
43% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+4Since October 2026: 39% → 43%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Doppler held the lead, +4 points on 39%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Doppler43%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 39% → 43%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
HashiCorp Vault32%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseHashiCorp Vault68%Clear leader▲+7Since October 2026: 61% → 68%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Doppler43%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 39% → 43%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketHashiCorp Vault32%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 31% → 32%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseHashiCorp Vault68%Clear leader▲+7Since October 2026: 61% → 68%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Doppler43%1%69endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 39% → 43%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.39% → 43%
Doppler43%1%69endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 39% → 43%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.39% → 43%02
Infisical27%0%63accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 28% → 27%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.28% → 27%
Infisical27%0%63accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 28% → 27%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.28% → 27%03
AWS Secrets Manager9%20%71accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 9%
AWS Secrets Manager9%20%71accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 9%04
Google Secret Manager Lab in the set6%18%45accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%
Google Secret Manager Lab in the set6%18%45accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%05
Azure Key Vault6%21%43accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%
Azure Key Vault6%21%43accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%06
1Password4%9%47accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 9% → 4%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 4%
1Password4%9%47accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 9% → 4%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 4%07
Akeyless1%7%14accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 0% → 1%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 1%
Akeyless1%7%14accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 0% → 1%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 1%08HashiCorp Vault1%74%78criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 6% → 1%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 1%
HashiCorp Vault1%74%78criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 6% → 1%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 1%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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OpenBao0%43%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
OpenBao0%43%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10SOPS0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Bitwarden Secrets Manager0%15%26accepted challenger▼−12Since October 2026: 12% → 0%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.12% → 0%
Bitwarden Secrets Manager0%15%26accepted challenger▼−12Since October 2026: 12% → 0%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.12% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Secret Manager is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models four times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
HashiCorp Vault vs Azure Key VaultHashiCorp Vault vs AkeylessHashiCorp Vault vs Google Secret ManagerDoppler vs InfisicalDoppler vs AWS Secrets ManagerDoppler vs Azure Key VaultDoppler vs AkeylessDoppler vs Google Secret ManagerInfisical vs AWS Secrets ManagerInfisical vs Azure Key VaultInfisical vs AkeylessInfisical vs Google Secret ManagerAWS Secrets Manager vs Azure Key VaultAWS Secrets Manager vs AkeylessAWS Secrets Manager vs Google Secret ManagerAzure Key Vault vs AkeylessAzure Key Vault vs Google Secret ManagerAkeyless vs Google Secret Manager
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809S10
11Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Doppler43%
Doppler43%02Infisical27%
Infisical27%03AWS Secrets Manager9%
AWS Secrets Manager9%04Google Secret Manager6%
Google Secret Manager6%05Azure Key Vault6%
Azure Key Vault6%061Password4%
1Password4%07Akeyless1%
Akeyless1%08HashiCorp Vault1%
HashiCorp Vault1%09Bitwarden Secrets Manager0%
Bitwarden Secrets Manager0%10SOPS0%
11OpenBao0%
OpenBao0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
HashiCorp Vault74%
58 of 78 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 17 hard negative
“Verdict: Avoid unless you already have a dedicated platform/security team and a clear use-case for dynamic secrets and granular policy control.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
AWS Secrets Manager20%
14 of 71 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Avoid for small teams: ... cloud-vendor ones like AWS Secrets Manager (vendor lock-in” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Azure Key Vault21%
9 of 43 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid cloud-provider-native tools, like AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, and Azure Key Vault” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Google Secret Manager18%
8 of 45 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid cloud-provider-native tools, like AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, and Azure Key Vault, as your primary secrets store” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
66 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 668 links across 137 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 45 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · G230 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
29 answers · 40 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Infisical28 answers · 60 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Pulumi26 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)16 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Safeguard15 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Akeyless14 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Railway12 answers · 12 citations · 5 models
11 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
26 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best secrets management tool”, “secrets management tool”, “secrets management tools”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doppler doppler.com | 43% | 159 | 90,500 | 11,875 | 2,255 | 12 | ||
| Infisical infisical.com | 27% | 177 | 4,400 | 40 | 4,742 | 14 | 3 | |
| AWS parent site AWS Secrets Manager 9%, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store 0% | 9% | 195 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Google Secret Manager cloud.google.com | 6% | 115 | 1,000 | 46 | 7,405,347 | |||
| Azure parent site Azure Key Vault 6% | 6% | 157 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| 1Password 1password.com | 4% | 274 | 201,000 | 3,085 | 927,263 | 120 | ||
| Akeyless akeyless.io Akeyless 1%, Akeyless Identity Security Platform 0% | 1% | 138 | 1,000 | 16 | 3,357 | $916 | 24 | 2 |
| Vaultwarden | 1% | |||||||
| HashiCorp Vault hashicorp.com | 1% | 400 | 5,400 | 317 | 173,934 | $26 | 29 | 7 |
| Bitwarden bitwarden.com Bitwarden Secrets Manager 0% | 0% | 36 | 165,000 | 2,160 | 474,514 company | $62 | 52 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akeyless.io, infisical.com, pulumi.com). The first result for “best secrets management tool” is tigergate.dev.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best secrets management tool for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secrets vault for applications and infrastructure would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top secrets management tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best secrets management tool for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a secrets management tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which secrets management tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.51Password, AWS Secrets Manageragainst: LastPassAWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerChangedagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: 1PasswordHashiCorp Vaultno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault
Two alternatives
Bitwarden Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden Secrets ManagerTwo alternatives
1Password, DopplerGPT-5.4 miniAWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manageragainst: HashiCorp Vault1PasswordChangedagainst: CyberArk Secrets ManagerDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultInfisicalno first choiceagainst: HashiCorp Vault
One alternative
DopplerFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp VaultFour alternatives
1Password Secrets Management, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, SOPSGemini 3.5 FlashDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultDopplerHeldagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, BeyondTrust Password Safe, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Delinea Secret Server, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao
Five alternatives
1Password Developer Secrets, AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalSix alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, Infisical, SOPSSeven alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, Bitnami Sealed Secrets, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, SOPSThree alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden Secrets ManagerPerplexity SonarDoppleragainst: HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoDopplerHeldagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp Vaultno first choiceagainst: HashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao
Four alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, InfisicalFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, WorkOS VaultFive alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalFive alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerOne alternative
OpenBaoGrok 4.20DopplerAWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerChangedagainst: HashiCorp Vault1Password, DopplerAWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manageragainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: CyberArk Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SOPSagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Astrix, Azure Key Vault, BigID, Confidant, CyberArk Solutions, Delinea Secret Server, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Keywhiz, Oasis Security, Okta, SailPoint, Varonis
Three alternatives
1Password, HashiCorp Vault, InfisicalThree alternatives
1Password, Doppler, InfisicalFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Keeper SecurityTwo alternatives
Doppler, InfisicalFour alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, InfisicalMistral SmallDoppleragainst: HashiCorp Vaultno first choiceChangedDoppler, Infisicalagainst: Bitwarden Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SOPSDoppler, Infisicalno first choiceagainst: CyberArk Secrets Manager, Delinea Secret Server, HashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault
Two alternatives
Bitwarden Secrets Manager, InfisicalFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, InfisicalTwo alternatives
1Password, AkeylessTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultDeepSeek V4 FlashInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultDopplerChangedagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: 1Password, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Ansible Vault, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault
Five alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerOne alternative
InfisicalTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, SOPSFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerOne alternative
AWS Secrets ManagerLlama 4 MaverickDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultDopplerHeldInfisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vaultno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
Three alternatives
1Password Secrets Management, AWS Secrets Manager, InfisicalThree alternatives
1Password, HashiCorp Vault, HypervaultTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, DopplerOne alternative
DopplerQwen 3.7 FlashDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, InfisicalChangedagainst: AWS, HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: HashiCorp Vault1Password, Akeyless, Doppleragainst: HashiCorp Vaultagainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault
Four alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalOne alternative
Bitwarden Secrets ManagerTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret ManagerKimi K2DopplerDopplerHeldagainst: AWS, HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultInfisicalagainst: CyberArk Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: AWS, HashiCorp Vaultagainst: BeyondTrust Password Safe, CyberArk Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, LastPass
Two alternatives
1Password, InfisicalTwo alternatives
1Password, InfisicalThree alternatives
1Password, Akeyless, Bitwarden Secrets ManagerFour alternatives
Arca Secrets, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, OpenBao, SOPSOne alternative
1PasswordGLM 4.7 FlashXDoppler, InfisicalDopplerChangedagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, InfisicalInfisical, Vaultwardenno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, KeePassXC
Two alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultOne alternative
InfisicalSix alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, Keeper Secrets ManagerSix alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, GitHub Actions SecretsEight alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Infisical, OpenBaoMiniMax M2.5Doppler, InfisicalDoppler, InfisicalHeldagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: AWS Secrets Managerno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
Two alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultOne alternative
AkeylessTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, GitHub Actions SecretsTwo alternatives
Bitwarden Secrets Manager, HashiCorp VaultGPT-6 LunaDopplerAWS Secrets ManagerChangedagainst: HashiCorp Vault1PasswordInfisicalagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, OpenBaono first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, InfisicalThree alternatives
Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, Doppler, InfisicalOne alternative
1PasswordThree alternatives
AWS, Google Cloud, HashiCorp VaultMuse Glimmer 30BDoppleragainst: HashiCorp VaultDopplerHeldagainst: HashiCorp VaultDoppler, Infisicalagainst: HashiCorp VaultInfisicalDoppleragainst: HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
Three alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, InfisicalOne alternative
InfisicalFour alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp VaultFive alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:13 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:41 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:21 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:16 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:18 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:40 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 10 | 56 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:38 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 4 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:42 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:24 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:38 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:18 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:22 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:47 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:26 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:07 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:45 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:46 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 7 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:24 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:15 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 18 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:06 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 12 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:21 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:16 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:06 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:33 | yes | 9 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:37 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:31 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:17 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:36 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:55 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:04 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 17 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:32 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 15 | 59 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:36 | no | 0 | 85 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:45 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:29 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:17 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:45 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 22 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 11 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:31 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
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BeyondTrust read as BeyondTrust Password Safe
Bitwarden read as Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Bitwarden (Self-Hosted) read as Bitwarden Secrets Manager
CyberArk read as CyberArk Secrets Manager
CyberArk (Conjur/DAP) read as CyberArk Secrets Manager
Delinea read as Delinea Secret Server
Unresolved, counted raw
1Password Developer Secrets
Arca Secrets
CyberArk Solutions (e.g., Conjur, Privileged Access Manager)
Doppler secrets management platform
GitHub Encrypted Secrets
Hypervault
WorkOS Vault
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.