# Keyfactor alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 225 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Keyfactor 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/keyfactor/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Sectigo Certificate Manager: 54
- Keyfactor Command: 27
- AppViewX CERT+: 13
- Venafi TLS Protect: 12
- ManageEngine Key Manager Plus: 9
- CyberArk Certificate Manager: 7

## Certificate lifecycle management

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Keyfactor (Keyfactor is #15 of 19 at 0%).

- Sectigo Certificate Manager: first choice in 30 of those 81
- ZeroSSL: first choice in 6 of those 81
- ManageEngine Key Manager Plus: first choice in 5 of those 81
- Smallstep Certificate Manager: first choice in 5 of those 81
- AWS Certificate Manager: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Cloudflare SSL/TLS: first choice in 3 of those 81
- DigiCert CertCentral: first choice in 3 of those 81
- DigiCert ONE: first choice in 3 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Keyfactor (Keyfactor is #8 of 15 at 2%).

- Sectigo Certificate Manager: first choice in 21 of those 75
- Keyfactor Command: first choice in 9 of those 75
- AppViewX CERT+: first choice in 6 of those 75
- ManageEngine Key Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 75
- CertKit: first choice in 3 of those 75
- CyberArk Certificate Manager: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Venafi TLS Protect: first choice in 3 of those 75
- cert-manager: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Keyfactor (Keyfactor is #6 of 12 at 6%).

- Keyfactor Command: first choice in 18 of those 69
- Venafi TLS Protect: first choice in 9 of those 69
- AppViewX CERT+: first choice in 7 of those 69
- CyberArk Certificate Manager: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Sectigo Certificate Manager: first choice in 3 of those 69
- AppViewX AVX ONE CLM: first choice in 2 of those 69
- DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Garantir: first choice in 2 of those 69

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