# Apono: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 3 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/apono

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Identity governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 0% | 1 |
| [Non-human identity management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/index.md) | 0% | 79 | 0% | 1 |
| [Privileged access management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/privileged-access-management/index.md) | 0% | 31 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "such as Teleport, HashiCorp Boundary, StrongDM, or Apono" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, PAM)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Apono, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- apono.io: 3 (its own site)
- startwithidentity.com: 3
- capterra.co.uk: 2
- microsoft.com: 2
- softwareadvice.com: 2
- sourceforge.net: 2
- thetechbag.com: 2
- accessowl.com: 1
- aembit.io: 1
- aimultiple.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://apono.io/blog/top-10-identity-governance-software-solutions: 2
- https://thetechbag.com/browse/identity-access/identity-governance: 2
- https://accessowl.com/: 1
- https://accessowl.com/alternative-to-okta: 1
- https://accessowl.com/blog/buyers-guide-for-iga-tools-by-team-size: 1
- https://accessowl.com/book-live-demo: 1
- https://accessowl.com/faq: 1
- https://accessowl.com/google-workspace: 1

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: cloud-native privileged access management platform that grants just-in-time access to humans, machines, and AI agents, then revokes it automatically (https://apono.io/)
- For: Security, IAM, and DevOps teams (https://apono.io/)
- Free plan or trial: Start free trial (https://apono.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 85 (https://apono.io/)
- Customers named: OpenWeb, Cybereason, Caris Life Sciences, Labelbox, Tomorrow.io, HPE, Workday, Rho

## What it publishes

Every page apono.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 972 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 231 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-04
- webinar or virtual event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-08-09
- comparison: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-28
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 9 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-19
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Top ai trism solutions by category https://www.apono.io/blog/top-ai-trism-solutions-by-category
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: 10 mcp security best practices https://www.apono.io/blog/10-mcp-security-best-practices
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Vulnerability assessments in an agentic world step by step guide https://www.apono.io/blog/vulnerability-assessments-in-an-agentic-world-step-by-step-guide
- Recent: 2026-09-02 blog: How to detect shadow ai 8 key steps https://www.apono.io/blog/how-to-detect-shadow-ai-8-key-steps
- Recent: 2026-08-23 blog: Top agent observability tools https://www.apono.io/blog/top-agent-observability-tools
- Recent: 2026-08-19 glossary or explainer: What is runtime authorization https://www.apono.io/blog/what-is-runtime-authorization

## 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.