# kubernetes-external-secrets: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/kubernetes-external-secrets

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Secrets management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/secrets-management/index.md) | 0% | 58 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "`kubernetes-external-secrets` (archived July 2022) | No longer maintained; security updates and bug fixes are unavailable" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Secrets)
- "Archived/Deprecated (July 2022)... No updates, security vulnerabilities won't be patched" (Kimi K2, Secrets)

## 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named kubernetes-external-secrets, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- digital.va.gov: 2
- docs.redhat.com: 2
- github.com: 2
- ibm.com: 2
- learn.microsoft.com: 2
- tenable.com: 2
- akeyless.io: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 1
- checkmarx.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://digital.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Secrets-Management-ETG_12_2024.docx: 2
- https://ibm.com/think/topics/secrets-management-developers: 2
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/secrets-best-practices: 2
- https://tenable.com/blog/how-secrets-management-prevents-cloud-breaches: 2
- https://akeyless.io/blog/a-hashicorp-vault-alternative-how-akeyless-simplifies-your-security-and-cuts-costs: 1
- https://akeyless.io/blog/akeyless-the-leading-hashicorp-vault-alternative: 1
- https://akeyless.io/blog/blog-azure-key-vault-vs-hashicorp-vault: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/migrating-your-secrets-to-aws-secrets-manager-part-i-discovery-and-design: 1

## 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.