# Infisical: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 61 judge labels across 5 categories by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/infisical

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Secrets management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/secrets-management/index.md) | 23% | 3 | 2% | 46 |
| [Non-human identity management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/index.md) | 2% | 11 | 0% | 8 |
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 0% | 5 |
| [Privileged access management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/privileged-access-management/index.md) | 0% | 75 | 100% | 1 |
| [SaaS security posture management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/saas-security-posture-management/index.md) | 0% | 37 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with Infisical (Cloud) or Doppler. They are designed to lower the cognitive load for small teams." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Secrets)
- "Infisical (open-source self-hosted edition) is often the best choice for a company with a limited budget." (Grok 4.20, Secrets)
- "The best secrets management tool for a company with a limited budget is Infisical, which offers a free tier" (Llama 4 Maverick, Secrets)
- "Doppler or Infisical offer the best balance of functionality, cost, and operational simplicity" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Secrets)

## And against it

- "Other niche or less-mature tools (e.g., Infisical, Doppler, Akeyless as Vault alternatives ... Newer tools may have smaller communities" (Grok 4.20, Secrets)
- "can supplement, but they lack full enterprise PAM capabilities" (Grok 4.20, PAM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Infisical, from 177 of the 196 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- infisical.com: 89 (its own site)
- securityboulevard.com: 78
- akeyless.io: 76
- startwithidentity.com: 72
- g2.com: 62
- gane.ai/index: 52
- sourceforge.net: 37
- github.com: 33
- dupple.com: 30
- costbench.com: 29

### Pages cited

- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/05/top-16-secrets-management-tools-and-platforms-for-2026-compared: 39
- https://startwithidentity.com/articles/top-8-secrets-management-tools.md: 35
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-secrets-management-tools: 30
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/smb: 27
- https://pulumi.com/blog/secrets-management-tools-guide: 26
- https://g2.com/categories/secrets-management-tools/small-business: 25
- https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/top-6-secrets-management-tools-you-need-in-2025: 25
- https://akeyless.io/blog/the-essential-guide-to-secrets-management: 23

## In its own words

What Infisical's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The modern security platform for developers and agents (https://infisical.com/)
- For: developers and agents (https://infisical.com/)
- Price stated: Free, Pro, Advanced, Enterprise; all paid plans include a free trial, no credit card required (https://infisical.com/pricing)
- Starting price: $0 forever (https://infisical.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get started for free (https://infisical.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 100 (https://infisical.com/pricing)
- Certifications: HIPAA, FIPS 140-3, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: US, EU
- Customers named: Hugging Face, Lucid Software, Writer, OpenRouter, Excalidraw, Greptile, Alphonso, CDQ

## What it publishes

Every page infisical.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 280 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 113 pages, 20 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 32 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- podcast or video: 26 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-14
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Enterprise secrets management https://infisical.com/blog/enterprise-secrets-management
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Certificate management compliance https://infisical.com/blog/certificate-management-compliance
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: How environment variables work https://infisical.com/blog/how-environment-variables-work
- Recent: 2026-09-23 comparison: Aws secrets manager vs certificate manager https://infisical.com/blog/aws-secrets-manager-vs-certificate-manager
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: N8n secrets management https://infisical.com/blog/n8n-secrets-management
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Microsoft cloud pki https://infisical.com/blog/microsoft-cloud-pki

## 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.