# AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-systems-manager-parameter-store

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Secrets management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/secrets-management/index.md) | 0% | 16 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "SSM Parameter Store with `SecureString` is effectively free and provides strong encryption." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, from 3 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 2
- learn.microsoft.com: 2
- akeyless.io: 1
- ccb.belgium.be: 1
- clear.ml: 1
- cotocus.com: 1
- csoonline.com: 1
- dev.to: 1
- digital.va.gov: 1
- docs.cloud.google.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html: 2
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/secrets-best-practices: 2
- https://akeyless.io/blog/bulletproof-kubernetes-secrets-management-common-challenges-and-solutions: 1
- https://ccb.belgium.be/advisories/warning-critical-rce-vulnerability-hashicorp-vault-patch-immediately: 1
- https://clear.ml/blog/secrets-credentials-and-the-kubernetes-attack-surface-in-ai-environments: 1
- https://cotocus.com/blog/top-10-secrets-management-tools-features-pros-cons-comparison: 1
- https://csoonline.com/article/4035274/researchers-uncover-rce-attack-chains-in-popular-enterprise-credential-vaults.html: 1
- https://dev.to/maricode/hashicorp-vault-rce-vulnerability-persists-despite-openbao-patch-urgent-mitigation-needed-53hk: 1

## In its own words

What AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: a centralized data store for your configuration data (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/introducing-parameter-store-cross-account-sharing)
- For: customers with workloads in multiple AWS accounts that require shared, synchronized configuration data (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/introducing-parameter-store-cross-account-sharing)
- Price stated: For advanced parameter pricing, see Systems Manager Pricing. (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/introducing-parameter-store-cross-account-sharing)
- Hosting: all AWS Regions, including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, multiple AWS Regions, AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, the China Regions

## 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.