# Teleport: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 37 judge labels across 4 categories by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/teleport

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Privileged access management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/privileged-access-management/index.md) | 0% | 15 | 8% | 26 |
| [Non-human identity management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/non-human-identity-management/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 8 |
| [Zero trust network access](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/zero-trust-network-access/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 2 |
| [Secrets management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/secrets-management/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "look for Ephemeral / Zero-Trust Access Management platforms (such as Teleport, HashiCorp Boundary, StrongDM, or Apono)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, PAM)
- "Choose Teleport for infrastructure access and machine authentication across servers, Kubernetes, and databases." (Perplexity Sonar, NHI management)
- "Teleport is often chosen for developer and infrastructure access rather than enterprise-wide NHI governance." (GPT-5.4 mini, NHI management)
- "Teleport Community Edition provides a solid middle ground with a path to commercial support as you grow" (Kimi K2, PAM)

## And against it

- "they are more specialized than conventional enterprise PAM suites; confirm coverage for Windows administration" (Perplexity Sonar, PAM)
- "Not as complete for workforce PAM, endpoint privilege, and traditional credential vaulting" (Perplexity Sonar, PAM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Teleport, from 82 of the 95 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- startwithidentity.com: 33
- aimultiple.com: 28
- securden.com: 28
- securityboulevard.com: 26
- ciopages.com: 23
- g2.com: 19
- spotsaas.com: 19
- akeyless.io: 16
- delinea.com: 16
- keepersecurity.com: 16

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/pam-solutions: 28
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/privileged-access-management: 16
- https://research.isg-one.com/buyers-guide/information-technology/cybersecurity/non-human-identities-platforms/2026: 15
- https://spotsaas.com/list/privileged-access-management--pam--software/for-small-business: 15
- https://consilien.com/news/best-pam-solutions-2026: 14
- https://securden.com/blog/cost-effective-pam-for-sme.html: 14
- https://startwithidentity.com/rankings/best-pam-for-smb: 14
- https://softwareadvice.com/privileged-access-management/small-business: 13

## In its own words

What Teleport's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The AI Infrastructure Identity Company (https://goteleport.com/)
- For: teams building critical infrastructure (https://goteleport.com/)
- Price stated: Free tier available. Enterprise pricing on request. (https://goteleport.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try for Free; Start Free Trial (https://goteleport.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, PCI DSS, HIPAA
- Customers named: AWS

## What it publishes

Every page goteleport.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2153 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 467 pages, 18 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- case study: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-09-11
- webinar or virtual event: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-10
- report or ebook: 66 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-07-16
- comparison: 34 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- template or tool: 66 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 103 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-05-26
- podcast or video: 109 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 59 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: How to eliminate shared production kubeconfigs https://goteleport.com/blog/how-to-eliminate-shared-production-kubeconfigs
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Pci dss infrastructure evidence https://goteleport.com/blog/pci-dss-infrastructure-evidence
- Recent: 2026-09-09 comparison: Fips 140 2 vs fips 140 3 explained https://goteleport.com/blog/fips-140-2-vs-fips-140-3-explained
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Iso 42001 audit evidence https://goteleport.com/blog/iso-42001-audit-evidence
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: Cisco teleport partnership https://goteleport.com/blog/cisco-teleport-partnership
- Recent: 2026-08-19 blog: Finding vulnerabilities with llms https://goteleport.com/blog/finding-vulnerabilities-with-llms

## 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.