# Ansible Vault: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ansible-vault

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Secrets management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/secrets-management/index.md) | 0% | 59 | 100% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Homegrown or custom scripts (e.g., simple encrypted files with Ansible Vault without additional layers): High risk of human error, key management issues" (Grok 4.20, Secrets)
- "Only protects "data at rest"—once decrypted during playbook execution, secrets are exposed in plaintext" (Kimi K2, Secrets)
- "Secrets are encrypted at rest but not centrally managed; access control depends on file permissions" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Secrets)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Ansible Vault, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ibm.com: 5
- akeyless.io: 4
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 4
- digital.va.gov: 4
- github.com: 4
- infisical.com: 4
- owaspsamm.org: 4
- g2.com: 3
- paloaltonetworks.com: 3
- raw.githubusercontent.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://ibm.com/think/topics/secrets-management-developers: 5
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html: 4
- https://digital.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Secrets-Management-ETG_12_2024.docx: 4
- https://owaspsamm.org/model/implementation/secure-deployment/stream-b: 4
- https://akeyless.io/blog/a-hashicorp-vault-alternative-how-akeyless-simplifies-your-security-and-cuts-costs: 3
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/master/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.md: 3
- https://security.muni.cz/en/articles/guide-secrets-management: 3
- https://akeyless.io/blog/akeyless-the-leading-hashicorp-vault-alternative: 2

## In its own words

What Ansible Vault's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## What it publishes

Every page ansible.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10001 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.