# Defakto: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 13 judge labels across 1 category by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/defakto

## 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% | 25 | 8% | 13 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Aembit, Clutch, or Defakto when the priority is replacing static credentials with short-lived workload identities." (Perplexity Sonar, NHI management)
- "Aembit or Defakto: choose these when you want a more specialized, secretless, workload-identity architecture" (Perplexity Sonar, NHI management)
- "It provides secretless access primarily for CI/CD pipelines and containerized workloads." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, NHI management)
- "Focuses on short-lived, verifiable identities for non-human actors" (MiniMax M2.5, NHI management)

## And against it

- "describes Oasis and Defakto as fast-moving entrants and recommends validating engineering fit through pilots" (Perplexity Sonar, 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Defakto, from 25 of the 25 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- startupstash.com: 24
- oneidentity.com: 18
- expertinsights.com: 13
- startwithidentity.com: 13
- sourceforge.net: 12
- gane.ai/index: 11
- g2.com: 8
- wwt.com: 8
- idsync.com: 7
- peerspot.com: 7

### Pages cited

- https://startupstash.com/top-non-human-identity-management-platforms: 24
- https://oneidentity.com/learn/top-non-human-identity-and-agentic-ai-security-tools.aspx: 18
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-nhi-management-solutions: 13
- https://sourceforge.net/software/non-human-identity-management: 10
- https://startwithidentity.com/rankings: 10
- https://wwt.com/blog/non-human-identity-security-platform-assessment: 8
- https://cybersecmanager.net/best-non-human-identity-management-platforms: 6
- https://research.isg-one.com/buyers-guide/information-technology/cybersecurity/non-human-identities-platforms/2026: 6

## 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.