# Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Keeper Secrets Manager

> Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Keeper Secrets Manager's 69.4 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Keeper Secrets Manager leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do secrets store. Category scores…

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- Updated: 2026-10-08

Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Keeper Secrets Manager's 69.4 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Keeper Secrets Manager leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do secrets store.

- 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
- Keeper Secrets Manager: grade B, 69.4/100, rank #159 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.json

## Which one, for what

### Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) (BB)

Good for: Enterprises that want agents to use credentials without holding them, through a Gateway they run, and who will sign a quoted contract.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 90 against 76
- Schema & documentation, 81 against 71
- Payments & pricing, 25 against 20

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: No published prices above the free plan; clients and transactions are metered with overage billed at the end of a 12-month contract

### Keeper Secrets Manager (B)

Good for: Companies already on Keeper's business vault that want per-device machine identities with client-side decryption and an official MCP server.

Ahead on:
- Maintenance & community, 92 against 82
- Transparency & trust, 78 against 72

Watch for: Secrets Manager is priced by quote. The add-ons page shows Custom Pricing and Request a Quote


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) | Keeper Secrets Manager | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 76 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +14 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 71 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 63 | even |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 89 | 86 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 20 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 92 | Keeper Secrets Manager +10 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 78 | Keeper Secrets Manager +6 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **73.6 · BB** | **69.4 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) | Keeper Secrets Manager |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Akeyless | Keeper Security, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.akeyless.io` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs), closed platform | Proprietary service under Keeper's SaaS Terms of Use. The SDKs, CLI, MCP server and agent kit on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 19 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-21 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-05 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 2 stars, 3.5k npm/wk, 219k PyPI/wk | 117 stars, 52k npm/wk, 45k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |

## Verdicts

**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.

**Keeper Secrets Manager.** Each client device signs requests with its own key, is locked to an IP address by default and can be revoked alone, and secrets decrypt only on the client. The add-on has no public price, no request limits were found in the reviewed documentation, and a person must create the application and device in the vault.

## Before you call either

### Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server)

1. 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
2. Authenticate with a cloud identity, Kubernetes or Universal Identity rather than an access key, which the docs reserve for proofs of concept
3. Use CLI 1.130.0 or later for either MCP server, and point the client at your Gateway URL
4. 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
5. Pass the token in the JSON body of each POST, and page `/list-items` with `pagination-token`

### Keeper Secrets Manager

1. Ask the vault owner for a new device on an application that holds only the folders the task needs. Use the Base64 configuration, not the first one-time token
2. Run commands under `ksm exec` so secrets arrive as environment variables and stay out of the model's context
3. Expect HTTP 403 with `{"error":"throttled"}` under load. The Python SDK retries five times from 11 seconds, so allow for long waits
4. A device is locked to the IP address it first connects from unless it was created with `--unlock-ip`. Check this before running from a dynamic address
5. Leave `--auto-approve` off on the MCP server. It removes confirmation for deletes and for unmasking values

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) or Keeper Secrets Manager?

Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Keeper Secrets Manager's 69.4 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Keeper Secrets Manager leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

### Can an agent call Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) and Keeper Secrets Manager without installing anything?

Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.akeyless.io. Keeper Secrets Manager runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/akeyless-vs-keeper-secrets-manager.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "akeyless", "b": "keeper-secrets-manager"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare akeyless keeper-secrets-manager`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/akeyless.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/keeper-secrets-manager.json

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