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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 234 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where SOPS 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/sops/alternatives

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

- HashiCorp Vault: 78
- Doppler: 65
- Infisical: 33
- AWS Secrets Manager: 11
- Akeyless: 9
- 1Password: 7

## Secrets management

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name SOPS (SOPS is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Doppler: first choice in 44 of those 77
- Infisical: first choice in 24 of those 77
- 1Password: first choice in 6 of those 77
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Google Secret Manager: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Akeyless: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name SOPS (SOPS is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 29 of those 73
- Doppler: first choice in 17 of those 73
- Infisical: first choice in 7 of those 73
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Akeyless: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Azure Key Vault: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Google Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Secret Manager: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name SOPS.

- HashiCorp Vault: first choice in 49 of those 84
- Akeyless: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Bitwarden Secrets Manager: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Doppler: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Infisical: first choice in 2 of those 84
- 1Password: first choice in 1 of those 84
- AWS Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 84
- CyberArk Secrets Manager: first choice in 1 of those 84

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