Aembit vs CyberArk Secrets Manager for non-human identities
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Editorial assessment · Desk research from public vendor material · Reviewed 2026-09-29
Scores by criterion
Built to issue access, not to search for existing keys; discovery of existing secrets is not described.
Source: Aembit
Manages the secrets it holds and syncs with AWS Secrets Manager and Azure Key Vault through Secrets Hub; broad discovery is not the focus.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
Higher score: CyberArk Secrets Manager
Blended Identity ties agent access to the human operating it; ownership of other workloads is not described.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Ownership mapping is not described on the page reviewed.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
Higher score: Aembit
Centrally rotates and manages credentials for applications, DevOps tools and pipelines.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
Higher score: Aembit
Controls how applications fetch secrets; behavioral blocking is not described.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
Higher score: Aembit
Covers AI agents and MCP servers through its MCP Identity Gateway.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
AI agents are not mentioned on the page reviewed.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
Higher score: Aembit
Free-forever tier; states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.
Source: Aembit · Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
SaaS, self-hosted and open-source (Conjur) options; named overall leader in KuppingerCole's 2025 Leadership Compass for enterprise secrets management.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
Higher score: CyberArk Secrets Manager
Weighted total
Aembit 7.0 / 10 · CyberArk Secrets Manager 5.8 / 10
Higher score: Aembit
Where each one scores higher
Aembit scores higher on
- owner for every identity (6 vs 4)
- removing long-lived secrets (9 vs 8)
- runtime enforcement (8 vs 5)
- AI agents as non-human identities (8 vs 3)
CyberArk Secrets Manager scores higher on
- discovery breadth (4 vs 5)
- maturity and buying clarity (8 vs 9)
Pricing, side by side
Aembit
Free-forever tier. Paid plan prices are not on the pages reviewed.
Source: Aembit
As published on 2026-09-29.
CyberArk Secrets Manager
Not on the page reviewed. Conjur is available as open source.
Source: CyberArk secrets management
As published on 2026-09-29.
Which should you choose?
Choose Aembit if removing long-lived secrets and runtime enforcement matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. Secretless access: credentials are delivered just in time, per task.
Choose CyberArk Secrets Manager if maturity and buying clarity and removing long-lived secrets matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. SaaS, self-hosted and open-source (Conjur) options; named overall leader in KuppingerCole's 2025 Leadership Compass for enterprise secrets management.
Questions
Which scores higher overall, Aembit or CyberArk Secrets Manager?
On our weights for non-human identities, Aembit scores 7.0 / 10 and CyberArk Secrets Manager 5.8 / 10. Totals are the weighted average of six criterion scores; the weights are listed on the Non-human identities page.
Where does Aembit score higher than CyberArk Secrets Manager?
On owner for every identity, removing long-lived secrets, runtime enforcement and AI agents as non-human identities.
Where does CyberArk Secrets Manager score higher than Aembit?
On discovery breadth; and maturity and buying clarity.
Related
Sources
- Aembit: https://aembit.io/
- Aembit: IAM for agentic AI: https://aembit.io/iam-for-agentic-ai/
- CyberArk secrets management: https://www.cyberark.com/products/secrets-management/