Aembit vs NewCore 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
Discovery covers people, agents, systems and apps across Okta, AWS, Microsoft, BambooHR, Salesforce and Google. Code repositories and vaults are not listed.
Source: NewCore: Identity Discovery
Higher score: NewCore
Blended Identity ties agent access to the human operating it; ownership of other workloads is not described.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Higher score: NewCore
Replaces standing credentials with short-lived, scoped ones for agents; the same claim is not made for existing service accounts.
Source: NewCore: Agent Guardian
Higher score: Aembit
Covers AI agents and MCP servers through its MCP Identity Gateway.
Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Treats on-behalf-of, delegated and autonomous agents as first-class identities.
Source: NewCore home page
Higher score: NewCore
Free-forever tier; states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.
Source: Aembit · Aembit: IAM for agentic AI
Higher score: Aembit
Weighted total
Aembit 7.0 / 10 · NewCore 6.7 / 10
Higher score: Aembit
Where each one scores higher
Aembit scores higher on
- removing long-lived secrets (9 vs 7)
- maturity and buying clarity (8 vs 4)
NewCore scores higher on
- discovery breadth (4 vs 5)
- owner for every identity (6 vs 8)
- AI agents as non-human identities (8 vs 9)
Pricing, side by side
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 NewCore if AI agents as non-human identities and owner for every identity matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. Treats on-behalf-of, delegated and autonomous agents as first-class identities.
Questions
Which scores higher overall, Aembit or NewCore?
On our weights for non-human identities, Aembit scores 7.0 / 10 and NewCore 6.7 / 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 NewCore?
On removing long-lived secrets; and maturity and buying clarity.
Where does NewCore score higher than Aembit?
On discovery breadth, owner for every identity and AI agents as non-human identities.
Related
Sources
- Aembit: https://aembit.io/
- Aembit: IAM for agentic AI: https://aembit.io/iam-for-agentic-ai/
- NewCore: Identity Discovery: https://newcore.com/platform/identity-discovery
- NewCore: Agent Guardian: https://newcore.com/platform/agent-guardian
- NewCore home page: https://newcore.com/
- NewCore launch release (PR Newswire): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newcore-emerges-from-stealth-with-66m-to-rebuild-workforce-identity-for-the-agentic-era-302799643.html