# Passbolt: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Business password managers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/business-password-managers/index.md) | 0% | 12 | 0% | 1 |
| [Secrets management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/secrets-management/index.md) | 0% | 47 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Passbolt self-hosted if you have IT expertise" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Password managers)

## And against it

- "Password managers (Pass, Bitwarden, Passbolt) | Secrets are only as secure as the password protecting the vault" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 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 Passbolt, from 5 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- bitwarden.com: 3
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 2
- ibm.com: 2
- keepersecurity.com: 2
- zdnet.com: 2
- 1password.com: 1
- aimultiple.com: 1
- akeyless.io: 1
- allaboutcookies.org: 1
- blog.gitguardian.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://bitwarden.com/resources/top-10-enterprise-password-managers-compared: 2
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Secrets_Management_Cheat_Sheet.html: 2
- https://ibm.com/think/topics/secrets-management-developers: 2
- https://zdnet.com/article/best-password-managers-for-business: 2
- https://1password.com/product/enterprise-password-manager: 1
- https://aimultiple.com/password-management: 1
- https://akeyless.io/blog/the-essential-guide-to-secrets-management: 1
- https://akeyless.io/blog/top-secrets-management-tools-for-compliance: 1

## In its own words

What Passbolt's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open source password & secret management. Any business, any size. (https://passbolt.com/)
- For: security-conscious IT teams (https://passbolt.com/)
- Price stated: $4.9 /month per user Billed annually (https://www.passbolt.com/pricing/pro)
- Starting price: Free (https://www.passbolt.com/pricing/pro)
- Free plan or trial: Try Passbolt Cloud (https://passbolt.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, NIS2
- Hosting: Europe, Luxembourg, EU
- Customers named: Bosch, Ministère de l'intérieur, GLS, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, TU Graz, ZIT-RLP, Hochschule Ruhr West

## What it publishes

Every page passbolt.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3951 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 110 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- case study: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-19
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-01-03
- comparison: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-09
- glossary or explainer: 41 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-13
- news or press: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-02-09
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Inside passbolt support https://www.passbolt.com/blog/inside-passbolt-support
- Recent: 2026-09-07 blog: Youre the admin now a security check up https://www.passbolt.com/blog/youre-the-admin-now-a-security-check-up
- Recent: 2026-08-06 blog: Passbolt 5 13 one open source codebase for community and pro editions https://www.passbolt.com/blog/passbolt-5-13-one-open-source-codebase-for-community-and-pro-editions
- Recent: 2026-07-22 blog: Passbolt completes gdpr audit and appoints dpo https://www.passbolt.com/blog/passbolt-completes-gdpr-audit-and-appoints-dpo
- Recent: 2026-06-17 blog: What we learned from scim security audit https://www.passbolt.com/blog/what-we-learned-from-scim-security-audit
- Recent: 2026-06-11 blog: Passbolt enters the cspn certification process https://www.passbolt.com/blog/passbolt-enters-the-cspn-certification-process

## 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.