# HashiCorp Vault alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 778 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where HashiCorp Vault holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/hashicorp-vault/alternatives ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Sectigo Certificate Manager: 52 - Doppler: 51 - Infisical: 42 - KeeperPAM: 38 - CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: 35 - JumpCloud: 33 ## Secrets management **Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #8 of 11 at 1%). - Doppler: first choice in 39 of those 68 - Infisical: first choice in 24 of those 68 - AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Azure Key Vault: first choice in 4 of those 68 - Google Secret Manager: first choice in 4 of those 68 - 1Password: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Akeyless: first choice in 2 of those 68 - Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 68 **Mid-market**: 29 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #1 of 12 at 32%). - Infisical: first choice in 8 of those 29 - Doppler: first choice in 4 of those 29 - Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 29 **Enterprise**: 27 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #1 of 12 at 68%). - Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 2 of those 27 - Doppler: first choice in 2 of those 27 - 1Password: first choice in 1 of those 27 - Akeyless: first choice in 1 of those 27 - CyberArk Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 27 - OpenBao: first choice in 1 of those 27 ## Non-human identity management **Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #11 of 17 at 2%). - JumpCloud: first choice in 11 of those 68 - Aembit: first choice in 10 of those 68 - Infisical: first choice in 10 of those 68 - Akeyless Identity Security Platform: first choice in 7 of those 68 - Doppler: first choice in 6 of those 68 - GitGuardian NHI Governance: first choice in 4 of those 68 - 1Password: first choice in 1 of those 68 - AWS IAM Roles: first choice in 1 of those 68 **Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #5 of 18 at 6%). - JumpCloud: first choice in 12 of those 70 - Aembit: first choice in 5 of those 70 - Akeyless Identity Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 70 - Cakewalk: first choice in 3 of those 70 - CyberArk Identity Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Oasis Security: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Saviynt Identity Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Keycloak: first choice in 2 of those 70 **Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #12 of 19 at 2%). - CyberArk Identity Security Platform: first choice in 14 of those 66 - Oasis Security: first choice in 5 of those 66 - Saviynt Identity Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 66 - Astrix Security: first choice in 4 of those 66 - SailPoint Machine Identity Security: first choice in 4 of those 66 - JumpCloud: first choice in 3 of those 66 - Microsoft: first choice in 3 of those 66 - Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 3 of those 66 ## Certificate lifecycle management **Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #12 of 19 at 0%). - Sectigo Certificate Manager: first choice in 28 of those 71 - ZeroSSL: first choice in 6 of those 71 - Smallstep Certificate Manager: first choice in 5 of those 71 - DigiCert CertCentral: first choice in 4 of those 71 - ManageEngine Key Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 71 - AWS Certificate Manager: first choice in 3 of those 71 - Cloudflare SSL/TLS: first choice in 3 of those 71 - Let's Encrypt + Certbot: first choice in 3 of those 71 **Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #11 of 15 at 0%). - Sectigo Certificate Manager: first choice in 21 of those 72 - Keyfactor Command: first choice in 6 of those 72 - AppViewX CERT+: first choice in 5 of those 72 - ManageEngine Key Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 72 - CertKit: first choice in 3 of those 72 - CyberArk Certificate Manager: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Venafi TLS Protect: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Keyfactor: first choice in 2 of those 72 **Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #8 of 12 at 2%). - Keyfactor Command: first choice in 18 of those 77 - AppViewX CERT+: first choice in 12 of those 77 - Venafi TLS Protect: first choice in 11 of those 77 - CyberArk Certificate Manager: first choice in 5 of those 77 - Keyfactor: first choice in 4 of those 77 - DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Sectigo Certificate Manager: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Garantir: first choice in 2 of those 77 ## Privileged access management **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault. - KeeperPAM: first choice in 31 of those 83 - ManageEngine PAM360: first choice in 10 of those 83 - JumpCloud: first choice in 7 of those 83 - Delinea Secret Server: first choice in 6 of those 83 - Securden Unified PAM: first choice in 5 of those 83 - Admin By Request: first choice in 3 of those 83 - Smallstep SSH: first choice in 3 of those 83 - StrongDM: first choice in 3 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #10 of 12 at 0%). - Delinea Secret Server: first choice in 20 of those 75 - ManageEngine PAM360: first choice in 11 of those 75 - CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: first choice in 6 of those 75 - BeyondTrust: first choice in 5 of those 75 - KeeperPAM: first choice in 5 of those 75 - JumpServer: first choice in 3 of those 75 - BeyondTrust Remote Password Manager: first choice in 1 of those 75 - Delinea Secret Server Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 75 **Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name HashiCorp Vault (HashiCorp Vault is #8 of 10 at 0%). - CyberArk Privileged Access Manager: first choice in 29 of those 72 - ManageEngine PAM360: first choice in 9 of those 72 - BeyondTrust: first choice in 7 of those 72 - Delinea Secret Server: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Idira: first choice in 2 of those 72 - KeeperPAM: first choice in 2 of those 72 - BeyondTrust Pathfinder: first choice in 1 of those 72 - CyberArk PAM: first choice in 1 of those 72 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.