5 categories · RankedAWS Secrets Manager
AWS Secrets Manager is a service from AWS for centrally managing the lifecycle of secrets used by applications, services, and IT resources · aws.amazon.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Doppler is first at 43%.
HashiCorp Vault is first at 32%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
HashiCorp Vault is first at 68%.
Why models recommend it
“Integrate HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or Azure Key Vault instead of native Kubernetes secrets.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · first choice
“Start with AWS Secrets Manager or Azure Key Vault if you're cloud-native”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“If you're AWS-heavy, choose AWS Secrets Manager.”GPT-6 Luna · Paraphrase question · first choice
“AWS‑centric stack → AWS Secrets Manager”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Received a high negative rate (64%) and is considered a criticized challenger”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“AWS Secrets Manager has a negative rate of 64% for enterprise B2B companies”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Not recommended for small teams due to vendor lock-in and complexity.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“AWS Secrets Manager (costs add up)”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as AWS Secrets Manager, over the 244 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 233 | 78 | Compare → | |
| 176 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 157 | 61 | Compare → | |
| 142 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 136 | 42 | Compare → | |
| 88 | 7 | View → | |
| 88 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 61 | 0 | View → | |
| 42 | 4 | View → | |
| 39 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of AWS Secrets Manager →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on AWS Secrets Manager's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- applications, services, and IT resources
- Price stated
- you pay only for what you use, there is no minimum fee. There are no set-up fees or commitments to begin using the service. You are charged for number of secrets you store and for API requests made to the service each month.
- Starting price
- $0.40 / secret / month
- Free plan or trial
- Starting July 15, 2025, new AWS customers will receive up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits, which can be applied towards eligible AWS services, including Secrets Manager. At account sign-up, you can choose between a free plan and a paid plan. The free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation.
- Certifications
- DoD CC SRG IL2, DoD CC SRG IL4, DoD CC SRG IL5, FedRAMP, HIPAA, IRAP, OSPAR, ISO 27001
- Also from AWS
- AWS ACM, AWS ALB/ELB, AWS ALB/NLB, AWS API Gateway HTTP APIs, AWS Amazon Aurora, AWS App Runner and 84 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 195 of the 244 answers that named AWS Secrets Manager and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
504 of the 548 domain citations in answers naming AWS Secrets Manager came from a third party's page. Forty-four were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |