Akeyless vs Google Secret Manager
Zero of fourteen models named Akeyless first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Secret Manager. Akeyless was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Google Secret Manager by fourteen and Akeyless carries 34 labels and Google Secret Manager 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
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 secrets management page.
By framing
AkeylessFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle Secret Manager
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Akeyless and Google Secret Manager were named in the same answer sixty-two times, of the 150 answers naming Akeyless and the 146 naming Google Secret Manager. In those answers Google Secret Manager took the first choice zero times and Akeyless seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Akeyless Google Secret Manager first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Akeyless on the left and Google Secret Manager on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Google Secret Manager6%#4 of 11Akeyless1%#7 of 11Akeyless2%#6 of 12Google Secret Manager2%#7 of 12Akeyless8%#2 of 12Google Secret Manager0%#10 of 12What the models said about Akeyless
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Other niche or less-mature tools (e.g., Infisical, Doppler, Akeyless as Vault alternatives ... Newer tools may have smaller communities” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“they're generally better when your governance needs are less complex” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · soft negative
“Multi-cloud enterprise with dynamic credentials: HashiCorp Vault or Akeyless.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you're cloud-agnostic or hybrid, evaluate HCP Vault or Akeyless.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Akeyless is a true cloud-native secrets management platform, eliminating the complexity of hosting and maintaining vaults” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
What the models said about Google Secret Manager
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“sensible for single-cloud deployments, but using each as a separate source of truth can create fragmentation and inconsistent policy across clouds” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“reasonable options in their respective environments—but they still need least-privilege access, monitoring, and lifecycle management” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Good if you're mostly single-cloud, but often insufficient alone for multi-cloud, rotation, and developer experience.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · soft negative
“Best overall for low budget + simplicity: Google Cloud Secret Manager on GCP” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Google Secret Manager — cheapest cloud-native storage: Particularly inexpensive for GCP users” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · alternative
“Best for Google Cloud users who want a simpler managed secrets store with strong IAM control” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · alternative
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.