# EJBCA: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ejbca

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 70 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Prioritize open-source or standards-based solutions (e.g., EJBCA, Smallstep, CertManager for Kubernetes)." (MiniMax M2.5, Certificate management)

## And against it

- "can be effective, but they require responsibility for deployment, upgrades, security response, backups, high availability, and support" (Perplexity Sonar, Certificate 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 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 EJBCA, from 8 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- akeyless.io: 7
- g2.com: 5
- appviewx.com: 4
- infisical.com: 4
- reddit.com: 4
- topbusinesssoftware.com: 4
- ciopages.com: 3
- mlabs.city: 3
- sectigo.com: 3
- thectoclub.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://akeyless.io/blog/blog-best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software: 7
- https://appviewx.com/blogs/best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software-2026: 3
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/certificate-lifecycle-management: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/certificate-lifecycle-management-clm/small-business: 3
- https://mlabs.city/blog/certificate-lifecycle-management-tools: 3
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software: 3
- https://csoonline.com/article/572745/how-to-choose-a-certificate-management-tool.html: 2
- https://cyberpress.org/certificate-lifecycle-pki-by-use-case: 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.