2 categories · RankedStrongDM
StrongDM is a zero trust privileged access platform that centralizes access management and auditing across infrastructure · strongdm.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
KeeperPAM is first at 39%.
Delinea Secret Server is first at 39%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is first at 51%.
Why models recommend it
“Best Overall Value (Simple & Scalable): strongDM ... widely considered the top choice for small-to-medium businesses”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Choose StrongDM when the central problem is secure developer and infrastructure access across cloud and databases.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
“Better suited to just-in-time access to servers, databases, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Teleport (or StrongDM) — *Best for Cloud-Native, DevOps, & SaaS-Heavy Companies*”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“they are more specialized than conventional enterprise PAM suites; confirm coverage for Windows administration”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Not as complete for workforce PAM, endpoint privilege, and traditional credential vaulting”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as StrongDM, over the 63 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 39 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 38 | 8 | View → | |
| 37 | 0 | View → | |
| 34 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 32 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 18 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 4 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of StrongDM →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on StrongDM's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- identity, engineering, and the business
- Price stated
- StrongDM's single SKU, per-user pricing includes every feature, so customers can forecast costs with confidence and avoid surprise add-on fees.
- Free plan or trial
- Trials are self-serve.
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II
- Customers named
- Zefr, Coveo, Clearcover, Better, StackAdapt, CaseWare, Bullhorn, Ironclad
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 55 of the 63 answers that named StrongDM and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
163 of the 163 domain citations in answers naming StrongDM came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 688 | 6 | 2026-08-28 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 118 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 94 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 33 | undated | |||
| Case study | 29 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 24 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 18 | undated | |||
| News or press | 9 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 5 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-08-28Onboarding and offboarding the decision you didnt know youd already made blog
- 2026-08-24The aws keys in your dotfiles blog
- 2026-08-20Everybody has the database password. nobody owns it blog
- 2026-08-12The bastion host bill nobody sends to finance blog
- 2026-08-10You cant leak a key you never held blog
- 2026-07-23The bastion host was a good idea in 2010 blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page strongdm.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.