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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 229 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where OpenBao 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/openbao/alternatives

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

- HashiCorp Vault: 76
- Doppler: 65
- Infisical: 39
- AWS Secrets Manager: 11
- Akeyless: 8
- 1Password: 7

## Secrets management

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name OpenBao (OpenBao is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Doppler: first choice in 46 of those 80
- Infisical: first choice in 27 of those 80
- 1Password: first choice in 6 of those 80
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Google Secret Manager: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Akeyless: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name OpenBao (OpenBao is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 29 of those 74
- Doppler: first choice in 15 of those 74
- Infisical: first choice in 10 of those 74
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Akeyless: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Google Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name OpenBao (OpenBao is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 47 of those 75
- Akeyless: first choice in 5 of those 75
- Doppler: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Infisical: first choice in 2 of those 75
- 1Password: first choice in 1 of those 75
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 75
- CyberArk Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 75

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