Aembit vs Silverfort for non-human identities

SHORT ANSWER

Aembit and Silverfort tie at 7.0 / 10 on our weights for non-human identities. Aembit scores higher on removing long-lived secrets; and maturity and buying clarity; Silverfort scores higher on discovery breadth, owner for every identity and runtime enforcement. They score the same on AI agents as non-human identities.

Editorial assessment · Desk research from public vendor material · Reviewed 2026-09-29

Scores by criterion

Scores for Aembit and Silverfort in non-human identities, out of 10
Criterion	Aembit	Silverfort	Higher score
C1Discovery breadth25%	4Gap in public material Built to issue access, not to search for existing keys; discovery of existing secrets is not described. Source: Aembit	7Gap in public material Discovers AD service accounts and cloud NHIs; code repositories and vaults are not listed. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Silverfort
C2Owner for every identity15%	6Gap in public material Blended Identity ties agent access to the human operating it; ownership of other workloads is not described. Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI	8 Maps human owners, sources, destinations and privilege levels for each account. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Silverfort
C3Removing long-lived secrets25%	9 Secretless access: credentials are delivered just in time, per task. Source: Aembit	5 Constrains existing accounts rather than replacing their secrets. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Aembit
C4Runtime enforcement15%	8 Conditional access policies evaluated at request time, including security posture. Source: Aembit	9 Behavioral baseline per service account and "virtual fences" enforced inline. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security	Silverfort
C5AI agents as non-human identities10%	8 Covers AI agents and MCP servers through its MCP Identity Gateway. Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI	8 Covers AI agents alongside service accounts and tokens. Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Silverfort: AI agent security	Tie
C6Maturity and buying clarity10%	8 Free-forever tier; states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022. Source: Aembit · Aembit: IAM for agentic AI	6Gap in public material Established vendor; pricing not published. Source: Silverfort platform	Aembit
Weighted total	7.0 / 10	7.0 / 10	Tie

C1Discovery breadth25%

4Gap in public material

Built to issue access, not to search for existing keys; discovery of existing secrets is not described.

Source: Aembit

7Gap in public material

Discovers AD service accounts and cloud NHIs; code repositories and vaults are not listed.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Silverfort

C2Owner for every identity15%

6Gap in public material

Blended Identity ties agent access to the human operating it; ownership of other workloads is not described.

Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI

8

Maps human owners, sources, destinations and privilege levels for each account.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Silverfort

C3Removing long-lived secrets25%

9

Secretless access: credentials are delivered just in time, per task.

Source: Aembit

5

Constrains existing accounts rather than replacing their secrets.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Aembit

C4Runtime enforcement15%

8

Conditional access policies evaluated at request time, including security posture.

Source: Aembit

9

Behavioral baseline per service account and "virtual fences" enforced inline.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

Higher score: Silverfort

C5AI agents as non-human identities10%

8

Covers AI agents and MCP servers through its MCP Identity Gateway.

Source: Aembit: IAM for agentic AI

8

Covers AI agents alongside service accounts and tokens.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security · Silverfort: AI agent security

Higher score: Tie

C6Maturity and buying clarity10%

8

Free-forever tier; states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.

Source: Aembit · Aembit: IAM for agentic AI

6Gap in public material

Established vendor; pricing not published.

Source: Silverfort platform

Higher score: Aembit

Weighted total

Aembit 7.0 / 10 · Silverfort 7.0 / 10

Higher score: Tie

Where each one scores higher

Aembit scores higher on

removing long-lived secrets (9 vs 5)
maturity and buying clarity (8 vs 6)

Silverfort scores higher on

discovery breadth (4 vs 7)
owner for every identity (6 vs 8)
runtime enforcement (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.

Silverfort

Not published, contact sales.

Source: Silverfort: non-human identity security

As published on 2026-09-29.

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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 Silverfort if runtime enforcement and owner for every identity matter most. It scores 9 and 8 on them. Behavioral baseline per service account and "virtual fences" enforced inline.

Questions

Which scores higher overall, Aembit or Silverfort?

Aembit and Silverfort tie at 7.0 / 10 on our weights for non-human identities. 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 Silverfort?

On removing long-lived secrets; and maturity and buying clarity.

Where does Silverfort score higher than Aembit?

On discovery breadth, owner for every identity and runtime enforcement.

Related

Sources

Aembit: https://aembit.io/
Aembit: IAM for agentic AI: https://aembit.io/iam-for-agentic-ai/
Silverfort: non-human identity security: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/non-human-identity-security/
Silverfort: AI agent security: https://www.silverfort.com/platform/ai-agent-security
Silverfort platform: https://www.silverfort.com/