{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "akeyless", "name": "Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)", "vendor": "Akeyless", "vendorUrl": "https://www.akeyless.io", "kind": "platform", "category": "secrets", "summary": "SaaS secrets and machine-identity platform with a self-hosted Gateway that brokers access.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/akeyless", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/akeyless.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/akeyless.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/akeyless.json", "repo": "https://github.com/akeylesslabs/akeyless-python", "license": "Apache-2.0 (SDKs), closed platform", "transports": [ "http", "stdio", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.akeyless.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "akeyless" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "akeyless" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "POST /auth with an access-id and a credential from an access key, AWS IAM, Azure AD, GCP, Kubernetes, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, JWT, certificate, OCI, Kerberos or Universal Identity, returning a token passed in the body of later calls. The docs say API key auth is for proofs of concept, not production, and the access key is shown once. The MCP servers reuse the CLI profile or explicit auth flags and inherit its RBAC.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free and Enterprise plans. The free plan has 5 clients, 500 static secrets, 5 dynamic secrets, 5 rotated secrets, 3 targets, 1 OIDC app, 1 SSH and 1 PKI certificate issuer, 5 managed certificates, 1,000 encryption and KMS transactions a day, 5 KMS keys, 5 password manager users with 5 static and 50 shared passwords, 1 Gateway cluster and 3 days of audit log retention, without SAML, OIDC or LDAP auth, zero-knowledge mode, HSM integration or event forwarding. Enterprise is quoted, with clients and transactions counted at the end of each month and overage billed at the end of the 12-month contract. No dollar figures are published (https://www.akeyless.io/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 3523, "pypiWeekly": 219234, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.akeyless.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.akeyless.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/akeylesslabs/akeyless-go/blob/v5/api/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "secrets.store", "secrets.rotate", "secrets.machine-identity", "secrets.audit", "auth.agent-identity" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "local", "python", "typescript", "go", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.6, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 74, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 90, "schema": 81, "security": 89, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Gateway-brokered SecretlessAI and a runtime-authority MCP server with 4 tools that return results, not credentials. No published prices above the free plan; clients and transactions are metered with overage billed at the end of a 12-month contract.", "bestFor": "Enterprises that want agents to use credentials without holding them, through a Gateway they run, and who will sign a quoted contract.", "strengths": [ "Gateway-brokered SecretlessAI and a runtime-authority MCP server with 4 tools that return results, not credentials", "Runtime Authority intent rules with a kill switch, generally available since 9 September 2026", "SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, PCI DSS and FIPS 140-3 validation listed in the trust centre, plus a bug bounty", "A 99.99% availability SLA on every support tier, with transaction caps published per tier", "OpenAPI 3.0 document for 657 paths in the Go SDK repository, and an llms.txt with about 800 Markdown links" ], "weaknesses": [ "No published prices above the free plan; clients and transactions are metered with overage billed at the end of a 12-month contract", "Errors come back as a single `error` string with no code, and no Retry-After or backoff guidance turned up", "The free plan has no OIDC, SAML or LDAP auth and keeps audit logs for 3 days", "akeyless mcp can return secret values to the model, and neither MCP server has a published tool list, version or registry entry", "No security.txt, and the closed CLI and Gateway are the only way to run the MCP servers" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run akeyless mcp-runtime-authority, not akeyless mcp, for an agent that acts on systems; the first returns results, the second has get_secret and get_password", "Authenticate with a cloud identity, Kubernetes or Universal Identity rather than an access key, which the docs reserve for proofs of concept", "Use CLI 1.130.0 or later for either MCP server, and point the client at your Gateway URL", "Count identities and calls before scaling. The free plan allows 5 clients, and calls over a tier's cap (200 a minute on Silver) are billed as extra clients, not refused", "Pass the token in the JSON body of each POST, and page `/list-items` with `pagination-token`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 90, "schema": 81, "security": 89, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install akeyless # or: npm i akeyless", "http": "TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST https://api.akeyless.io/auth -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d \"{\\\"access-id\\\":\\\"$AKEYLESS_ACCESS_ID\\\",\\\"access-key\\\":\\\"$AKEYLESS_ACCESS_KEY\\\"}\" | jq -r .token)\ncurl -s -X POST https://api.akeyless.io/get-secret-value -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d \"{\\\"names\\\":[\\\"/prod/db-password\\\"],\\\"token\\\":\\\"$TOKEN\\\"}\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add akeyless -- akeyless mcp-runtime-authority", "config": { "mcpServers": { "akeyless": { "args": [ "mcp-runtime-authority" ], "command": "akeyless" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/secrets.store", "tool": "https://letme.dev/akeyless" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Akeyless Security Ltd.", "domain": "akeyless.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.akeyless.io/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://www.akeyless.io/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.akeyless.io", "changelog": "https://changelog.akeyless.io/cli", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "Website terms (21 March 2026) and privacy policy (5 May 2026) name Akeyless Security Ltd., Ze'ev Jabotinsky St. 7, Ramat Gan, Israel, with a US subsidiary Akeyless Security USA, Inc. The terms cover the website only; the service runs under a separate licence or master services agreement.", "www.akeyless.io/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 when checked on 30 September 2026.", "The .io RDAP servers answered 429 and a robots.txt failure, so the registration date is blank.", "The status page history shows one incident since 3 July 2026, 21 minutes of degraded dynamic secret performance in us-east-2 on 23 September, and a scheduled maintenance window on 19 July.", "The CLI changelog at changelog.akeyless.io dates each release, 1.152.0 on 16 September 2026 being the newest." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/akeyless.json", "live": { "slug": "akeyless", "probe": { "target": "https://api.akeyless.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T00:10:20.650263399Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 49, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 50, "p95ms24h": 103, "samples24h": 268, "samples30d": 1986, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 2, "ok": 2 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.akeyless.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T00:11:56.423589382Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "akeyless", "version": "5.0.39", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:57:22.638958691Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "akeyless", "version": "5.0.39", "released": "2026-10-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:57:19.679296437Z" } ], "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 3587, "pypiWeekly": 192330, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://akeyless.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:50.161949588Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.akeyless.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T13:59:59.863503602Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "akeyless.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:25.717264008Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://changelog.akeyless.io/cli", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:06.245599167Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:10.44050169Z", "fingerprint": "f0221e37b77a" }, { "url": "https://www.akeyless.io/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:04.908061169Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:36:56.900207187Z", "fingerprint": "23bd00d937d2" }, { "url": "https://www.akeyless.io/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:07.401360347Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:36:59.079097768Z", "fingerprint": "ae198dd0fa22" }, { "url": "https://www.akeyless.io/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:10.020038635Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:37:02.238780939Z", "fingerprint": "32e16cb5a55b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T00:11:56.423589382Z" } }, "answer": "Azure Key Vault scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)'s 73.6 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "azure-key-vault", "name": "Azure Key Vault", "vendor": "Microsoft Corporation", "vendorUrl": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/key-vault", "kind": "http-api", "category": "secrets", "summary": "Microsoft Azure's managed store for secrets, encryption keys and TLS certificates. Applications read secrets over a REST API or the Azure SDKs and CLI, signing in with Microsoft Entra ID and authorised by Azure role assignments.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-key-vault", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-key-vault.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-key-vault.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-key-vault.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs", "license": "Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The Azure SDK client libraries are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://\u003cvault-name\u003e.vault.azure.net", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "azure-keyvault-secrets" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@azure/keyvault-secrets" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/azsecrets" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "Every data plane call carries a Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 bearer token for the scope https://vault.azure.net/.default. There are no API keys. A workload on Azure uses a managed identity, and anything else uses a service principal registered in the vault's Entra tenant. Access is self-serve inside an Azure subscription. An owner assigns a role such as Key Vault Secrets User (read secret contents) or Key Vault Secrets Officer at subscription, resource group, vault or single-secret scope. Legacy vault access policies still work, and Microsoft's guidance says not to use them for critical data (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/authentication, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/rbac-guide).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "$0.03 per 10,000 operations on secrets in both the Standard and Premium tiers in East US, with no charge per stored secret. Renewal of a managed storage account key is metered at $1, and a certificate renewal request at $3. The pricing page draws its numbers by script, so these come from the Azure Retail Prices API (https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Key%20Vault%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27eastus%27). No free allowance for Key Vault was found on the free services page. A new Azure account gets $200 of credit for 30 days and needs a phone number and a credit or debit card (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account).", "priceSummary": "$0.003 / 1k calls", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Key Vault docs, the REST reference or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 2598246, "pypiWeekly": 9507749, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/keyvault/data-plane/Secrets/stable/2025-07-01/secrets.json", "capabilities": [ "secrets.store", "secrets.machine-identity", "secrets.audit", "secrets.rotate", "infra.azure" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "usage-priced", "card-required", "openapi", "oauth", "python", "typescript", "go", "dotnet", "java", "enterprise", "sla", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 74.7, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 60, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 20, "reliability": 87, "schema": 85, "security": 86, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Access runs on Microsoft Entra ID tokens and Azure roles that can be scoped to one secret, with soft delete, a 99.99 per cent SLA and a public OpenAPI contract. Secret rotation needs an Event Grid trigger and a function the owner writes, audit logging is off until enabled, and an Azure subscription needs a person and a payment card.", "bestFor": "Agents and runtimes already on Azure, where a managed identity reads a secret with no stored credential.", "strengths": [ "No API keys. Every call carries a Microsoft Entra ID bearer token, and managed identities remove stored credentials for workloads on Azure", "Azure roles can be assigned on a vault or one secret, with Key Vault Secrets User limited to reading secret contents", "Deleted secrets stay recoverable for 7 to 90 days, and purging needs a separate permission", "SLA of 99.99 per cent uptime for read transactions, with 10 and 25 per cent credits, in the 1 October 2026 SLA document", "Public OpenAPI 2.0 contract for the 12 secrets operations, and Learn pages returned as Markdown on request" ], "weaknesses": [ "No managed rotation for secrets. Key Vault raises a near-expiry event 30 days ahead and the owner's Azure Function does the rotation", "Audit logging is off until a diagnostic setting sends AuditEvent logs to a storage account, event hub or Azure Monitor", "Set Secret has no idempotency key, so a retried write adds another version", "Listing returns at most 25 secrets a page with no name or tag filter", "No free allowance for Key Vault was found, and an Azure account needs a phone number and a credit or debit card" ], "agentNotes": [ "Request a token for the resource https://vault.azure.net and send it as a Bearer header. Every call must carry `api-version`, such as 2025-07-01, because there is no default", "Ask for the Key Vault Secrets User role on the vault or the single secret. Key Vault Reader returns metadata only, not values", "Cache secret values in memory. A vault allows 4,000 reads and 300 secret creations per 10 seconds, and a subscription five times that", "On 429 wait 1, 2, 4, 8 then 16 seconds. 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Docs are on learn.microsoft.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/all", "privacy": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status", "changelog": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/whats-new", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Product Terms for Online Services cover Microsoft Azure, point to the Data Protection Addendum for customer data and to aka.ms/CSLA for the SLA. The page showed no effective date when read on 8 October 2026.", "Self-serve Azure accounts also accept the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement (last updated March 2019, Microsoft Corporation, Washington law) at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/subscription-agreement/, which incorporates the Online Services Terms and the SLAs.", "The privacy statement (last updated September 2026) names Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, and Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited in Dublin. It lists Microsoft Azure among the enterprise online services and says the customer's agreement controls where the two conflict.", "https://www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt shows Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z. 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Secret rotation needs an Event Grid trigger and a function the owner writes, audit logging is off until enabled, and an Azure subscription needs a person and a payment card." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-azure-key-vault", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-azure-key-vault.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-azure-key-vault.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-azure-key-vault.min.md" }, "markdown": "Azure Key Vault scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)'s 73.6 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do secrets store.\n\n- Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server): grade BB, 73.6/100, rank #74 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/akeyless.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/akeyless.json\n- Azure Key Vault: grade BB, 74.7/100, rank #60 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-key-vault.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-key-vault.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) (BB)\n\nGood for: Enterprises that want agents to use credentials without holding them, through a Gateway they run, and who will sign a quoted contract.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No published prices above the free plan; clients and transactions are metered with overage billed at the end of a 12-month contract\n\n### Azure Key Vault (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents and runtimes already on Azure, where a managed identity reads a secret with no stored credential.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 63\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 72\n\nWatch for: No managed rotation for secrets. Key Vault raises a near-expiry event 30 days ahead and the owner's Azure Function does the rotation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) | Azure Key Vault | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 87 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 85 | Azure Key Vault +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 75 | Azure Key Vault +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 89 | 86 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 20 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 80 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 77 | Azure Key Vault +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.6 · BB** | **74.7 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) | Azure Key Vault |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Akeyless | Microsoft Corporation |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.akeyless.io` | `https://\u003cvault-name\u003e.vault.azure.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs), closed platform | Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The Azure SDK client libraries are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-21 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-05 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 2 stars, 3.5k npm/wk, 219k PyPI/wk | 2.6M npm/wk, 9.5M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server).** Gateway-brokered SecretlessAI and a runtime-authority MCP server with 4 tools that return results, not credentials. No published prices above the free plan; clients and transactions are metered with overage billed at the end of a 12-month contract.\n\n**Azure Key Vault.** Access runs on Microsoft Entra ID tokens and Azure roles that can be scoped to one secret, with soft delete, a 99.99 per cent SLA and a public OpenAPI contract. Secret rotation needs an Event Grid trigger and a function the owner writes, audit logging is off until enabled, and an Azure subscription needs a person and a payment card.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)\n\n1. Run akeyless mcp-runtime-authority, not akeyless mcp, for an agent that acts on systems; the first returns results, the second has get_secret and get_password\n2. Authenticate with a cloud identity, Kubernetes or Universal Identity rather than an access key, which the docs reserve for proofs of concept\n3. Use CLI 1.130.0 or later for either MCP server, and point the client at your Gateway URL\n4. Count identities and calls before scaling. The free plan allows 5 clients, and calls over a tier's cap (200 a minute on Silver) are billed as extra clients, not refused\n5. Pass the token in the JSON body of each POST, and page `/list-items` with `pagination-token`\n\n### Azure Key Vault\n\n1. Request a token for the resource https://vault.azure.net and send it as a Bearer header. Every call must carry `api-version`, such as 2025-07-01, because there is no default\n2. Ask for the Key Vault Secrets User role on the vault or the single secret. Key Vault Reader returns metadata only, not values\n3. Cache secret values in memory. A vault allows 4,000 reads and 300 secret creations per 10 seconds, and a subscription five times that\n4. On 429 wait 1, 2, 4, 8 then 16 seconds. Throttled requests do not count against the limit\n5. Don't retry Set Secret blindly. Each successful call creates a new version of the secret\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) or Azure Key Vault?\n\nAzure Key Vault scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)'s 73.6 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) and Azure Key Vault without installing anything?\n\nYes. Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.akeyless.io and Azure Key Vault at https://\u003cvault-name\u003e.vault.azure.net.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-azure-key-vault.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-azure-key-vault.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"akeyless\", \"b\": \"azure-key-vault\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare akeyless azure-key-vault`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/akeyless.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-key-vault.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) or Azure Key Vault\n\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-akeyless.md)\n- [1Password service accounts, SDKs and Environments MCP vs Azure Key Vault](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/1password-vs-azure-key-vault.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs AWS Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-aws-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Doppler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-doppler.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Google Cloud Secret Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-google-secret-manager.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs HashiCorp Vault + Vault MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-hashicorp-vault.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Infisical](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-infisical.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Phase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-phase.md)\n- [Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Pulumi ESC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-pulumi-esc.md)\n- [AWS Secrets Manager vs Azure Key Vault](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aws-secrets-manager-vs-azure-key-vault.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-bitwarden-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Doppler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-doppler.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Google Cloud Secret Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-google-secret-manager.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs HashiCorp Vault + Vault MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-hashicorp-vault.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Infisical](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-infisical.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Keeper Secrets Manager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Phase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-phase.md)\n- [Azure Key Vault vs Pulumi ESC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-key-vault-vs-pulumi-esc.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-09", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Azure Key Vault", "url": "" } ], "description": "Azure Key Vault scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)'s 73.6 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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