# AWS IAM Roles: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-iam-roles

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Non-human identity management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "start with that cloud's native workload identities and temporary credentials before buying another platform" (GPT-6 Luna, NHI management)

## 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named AWS IAM Roles, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- docs.aws.amazon.com: 2 (its own site)
- aembit.io: 1
- akeyless.io: 1
- astrix.security: 1
- ciopages.com: 1
- cybercompanyprofiles.com: 1
- developer.akeyless.io: 1
- devtune.ai: 1
- docs.github.com: 1
- entro.security: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aembit.io/iam-for-workloads: 1
- https://akeyless.io/: 1
- https://akeyless.io/blog/blog-1password-alternative: 1
- https://akeyless.io/contact-pricing: 1
- https://akeyless.io/pricing: 1
- https://akeyless.io/sla-support-tiers-and-plans-limits: 1
- https://astrix.security/: 1
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/privileged-identity-cloud: 1

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: entities you create and assign specific permissions to that allow trusted identities such as workforce identities and applications to perform actions in AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/iam/features/manage-roles)
- For: workforce identities and applications (https://aws.amazon.com/iam/features/manage-roles)
- Hosting: us-east-2

## 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.