Secrets management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “secrets management tool”, and as “secrets vault for applications and infrastructure”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
68%
Clear leader
68HashiCorp Vault08Akeyless08Bitwarden Secrets Manager17others
68% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+7Since October 2026: 61% → 68%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.HashiCorp Vault held the lead, +7 points on 61%, 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.Standing →Mid-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.This page
Doppler43%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 39% → 43%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-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.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01HashiCorp Vault68%21%81endorsed leader▲+7Since October 2026: 61% → 68%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.61% → 68%
HashiCorp Vault68%21%81endorsed leader▲+7Since October 2026: 61% → 68%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.61% → 68%02
Akeyless8%9%47accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
Akeyless8%9%47accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%03Doppler8%24%37accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
Doppler8%24%37accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%04
Infisical4%24%34accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
Infisical4%24%34accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%05
AWS Secrets Manager2%30%74criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
AWS Secrets Manager2%30%74criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%06
CyberArk Secrets Manager2%24%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
CyberArk Secrets Manager2%24%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%07
1Password2%32%19criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
1Password2%32%19criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Google Secret Manager Lab in the set0%33%45criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Google Secret Manager Lab in the set0%33%45criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
OpenBao0%29%14criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
OpenBao0%29%14criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%08
Azure Key Vault0%27%60criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Azure Key Vault0%27%60criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%09
CyberArk Conjur0%22%36accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
CyberArk Conjur0%22%36accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%12
Delinea Secret Server0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Delinea Secret Server0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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 zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
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
One product takes 68% of first choices here, so the chart would put eleven markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Five products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Eleven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 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.
AWS Secrets Manager30%
22 of 74 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“be cautious of the following models: Cloud-Native Managers (AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager): The Trap: They charge per secret per month plus per 10,000 API calls.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Azure Key Vault27%
16 of 60 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Tools to Avoid: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Google Secret Manager33%
15 of 45 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Cloud-Native Managers (AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager): The Trap: They charge per secret per month plus per 10,000 API calls.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
HashiCorp Vault21%
17 of 81 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“HashiCorp Vault Enterprise / HCP Vault: The Trap: Enterprise licensing scales based on "Active Clients"... audit-driven license expansion can create significant renewal price increases.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget 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
73 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. 939 links across 228 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 · Akeyless39 answers · 117 citations · 12 models
35 answers · 57 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Infisical30 answers · 59 citations · 11 models
30 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
vendor site · HashiCorp16 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
vendor site · OWASP16 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Guideflow16 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Securden16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G215 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
vendor site · GitHub14 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
publisher (Gane)14 answers · 14 citations · 8 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.
25 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp Vault hashicorp.com | 68% | 400 | 5,400 | 317 | 173,934 | $26 | 29 | 7 |
| Akeyless akeyless.io Akeyless 8%, Akeyless Identity Security Platform 0% | 8% | 138 | 1,000 | 16 | 3,357 | $916 | 24 | 2 |
| Doppler doppler.com | 8% | 159 | 90,500 | 11,875 | 2,255 | 12 | ||
| Bitwarden bitwarden.com Bitwarden Secrets Manager 8% | 8% | 36 | 165,000 | 2,160 | 474,514 company | $62 | 52 | |
| Infisical infisical.com | 4% | 177 | 4,400 | 40 | 4,742 | 14 | 3 | |
| AWS parent site AWS Secrets Manager 2%, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store 0% | 2% | 195 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| CyberArk cyberark.com CyberArk Secrets Manager 2%, CyberArk Conjur 0% | 2% | 72 | 22,200 | 1,253 | 147,793 company | $62 | 0 | |
| 1Password 1password.com | 2% | 274 | 201,000 | 3,085 | 927,263 | 120 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure Key Vault 0% | 0% | 157 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Google Secret Manager cloud.google.com | 0% | 115 | 1,000 | 46 | 7,405,347 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (akeyless.io, github.com, hashicorp.com, infisical.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secrets vault for applications and infrastructure would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade secrets management tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best secrets management tool for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a secrets management tool. What should we look at?”Negative“Which secrets management tools should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldHashiCorp VaultDopplerno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Secrets
Five alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Google Secret ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk ConjurFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, InfisicalTwo alternatives
Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp VaultGPT-5.4 miniHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerHashiCorp Vaultagainst: GitHub
Two alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerOne alternative
1PasswordTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultGemini 3.5 FlashHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldHashiCorp VaultBitwarden Secrets Manageragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Mgr, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret Manageragainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, Dashlane, Default `Kind: Secret` in Kubernetes, Google Secret Manager, LastPass, Lyft Confidant, OpenBao, Parameter Store, Pinterest Knox, SOPS, Sealed Secrets, Self-hosting HashiCorp Vault, git-crypt, git-secret
Five alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, Infisical, OpenBaoFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless Vaultless Platform, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerSeven alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless Security, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalFour alternatives
1Password, Akeyless Vaultless Platform, Infisical, OpenBaoTwo alternatives
Doppler, InfisicalPerplexity SonarHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldHashiCorp Vaultagainst: 1PasswordInfisicalagainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Managerno first choiceagainst: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault
Seven alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk ConjurEight alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, Infisical, OpenBaoOne alternative
HashiCorp VaultGrok 4.20HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldagainst: 1Password, Doppler, InfisicalHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Infisical, OpenBaoAkeyless, Doppleragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manageragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Secrets, SOPS, pass
Six alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerSeven alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret Manager, Infisical, Keeper Secrets ManagerTwo alternatives
Akeyless, CyberArk Secrets ManagerThree alternatives
CyberArk Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, InfisicalMistral SmallHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldagainst: AWS Secrets ManagerHashiCorp Vaultagainst: Doppler, InfisicalHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Dopplerno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
Four alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless Identity Security Platform, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk ConjurTwo alternatives
Akeyless, CyberArk Secrets ManagerFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerDeepSeek V4 FlashHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldagainst: Doppler, InfisicalHashiCorp VaultDoppleragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure, CyberArk Secrets Manager, GCP, HashiCorp Vault, Infisicalno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Infisicalagainst: Ansible Vault, CyberArk Conjur, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, HashiCorp Vault, Jenkins, Kubernetes Native Secrets, SOPS
Three alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, CyberArk ConjurFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk ConjurSix alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerTwo alternatives
Akeyless, CyberArk ConjurLlama 4 MaverickHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldno first choiceHashiCorp Vaultno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager
Qwen 3.7 FlashHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultAkeyless, DopplerChangedagainst: HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: CyberArk Secrets ManagerBitwarden Secrets Manageragainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Native Secrets
Three alternatives
Akeyless, CyberArk Secrets Manager, DopplerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Google Secret ManagerFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, DopplerFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, Akamai, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Delinea Secret ServerKimi K2HashiCorp VaultCyberArk Secrets ManagerChangedagainst: HashiCorp Vault, OpenBaoHashiCorp Vaultagainst: DopplerBitwarden Secrets Manager, Infisicalagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Delinea Secret Server, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerAkeyless, HashiCorp Vaultagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Consul for secrets, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Sealed Secrets, etcd
Six alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalTwo alternatives
Akeyless, Delinea Secret ServerSeven alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, BeyondTrust Password Safe, CyberArk Conjur, Delinea Secret Server, Google Secret ManagerTwo alternatives
Akeyless, HashiCorp VaultTwo alternatives
CyberArk Conjur, DopplerGLM 4.7 FlashXHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp Vaultagainst: Akeylessno first choiceagainst: Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, HashiCorp Vault
Nine alternatives
1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Delinea Secret Server, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, InfisicalFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerSeven alternatives
Akeyless, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Idira, Infisical, Securden, SplitSecureThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, InfisicalMiniMax M2.5HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldAkeyless, HashiCorp VaultAkeyless, Bitwarden Secrets Manageragainst: CyberArk Secrets Manager, Infisicalno first choiceagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SOPS
Six alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Doppler, Google Secret ManagerThree alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key VaultFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Google Secret Manager, SecurdenOne alternative
HashiCorp VaultGPT-6 LunaAWS Secrets ManagerHashiCorp VaultChangedHashiCorp Vault1Passwordagainst: AWS Secrets Manager, OpenBaono first choiceagainst: Docker Compose secrets, Kubernetes Secrets, Plaintext `.env` files, SOPS, Self-hosted HashiCorp Vault
Three alternatives
Azure Key Vault, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp VaultOne alternative
AWS Secrets ManagerFive alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Akeyless, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Secrets Manager, Google Secret ManagerMuse Glimmer 30BHashiCorp VaultHashiCorp VaultHeldHashiCorp Vaultagainst: Akeyless, Google Secret Manager, Idira Secrets Manager, formerly CyberArk ConjurHashiCorp Vaultagainst: 1Password, Azure Key Vault, Doppler, Infisicalno first choiceagainst: HashiCorp Vault, LastPass
Four alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, IdiraFour alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, CyberArk Conjur, Google Secret ManagerTwo alternatives
AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key VaultOne alternative
AWS Secrets ManagerBold 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 12:34 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:57 | yes | 4 | 5 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 16:47 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:48 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:18 | yes | 17 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:14 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:30 | yes | 15 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:03 | yes | 5 | 76 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:15 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:48 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 4 | 6 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 19:17 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:50 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:14 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:07 | yes | 16 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:48 | yes | 6 | 9 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 09:53 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:30 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:13 | yes | 22 | 65 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:18 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:36 | yes | 25 | 57 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 22 | 228 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 7 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 21 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:00 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:21 | no | 0 | 3 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 17:59 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:14 | yes | 19 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:19 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:58 | yes | 24 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 25 | 87 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:45 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:16 | yes | 25 | 85 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:11 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 23 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:41 | yes | 4 | 8 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 08:40 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:54 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:54 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:42 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:02 | yes | 25 | 83 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:01 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:03 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:34 | yes | 5 | 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 18:51 | yes | 7 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:55 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:01 | yes | 23 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 20 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 24 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 23 | 61 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 19 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:16 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:28 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
Normalization in this category
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BeyondTrust read as BeyondTrust Password Safe
Bitwarden read as Bitwarden Secrets Manager
Bitwarden Enterprise read as Bitwarden Secrets Manager
CyberArk read as CyberArk Secrets Manager
CyberArk (Cloud Privilege Manager) read as CyberArk Secrets Manager
CyberArk (Conjur) read as CyberArk Secrets Manager
Delinea read as Delinea Secret Server
Keeper Password Manager read as Keeper Business Password Manager
Thycotic (now Dassault Systèmes) read as Delinea Secret Server
Thycotic (now Delinea) read as Delinea Secret Server
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Secrets Mgr
Akeyless Security
Consul for secrets
Cryptomator
Default `Kind: Secret` in Kubernetes
Docker Compose secrets
HashiCorp Vault Agent
IBM Vault
Idira Iden
Idira Secrets Manager, formerly CyberArk Conjur
Lyft Confidant
Palo Alto Networks Secrets Manager
Pinterest Knox
Plaintext `.env` files
Self-hosted HashiCorp Vault
Self-hosting HashiCorp Vault (Community Edition)
Spring Vault
VoltMesh
etcd
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.