# Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) vs Phase

> Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Phase's 68 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do secrets store. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-09

Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Phase's 68 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. 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
- Phase: grade B, 68/100, rank #194 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/phase.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/phase.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:
- Schema & documentation, 81 against 58
- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 56
- Security & auth, 89 against 83

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- Runs on your own machine

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

### Phase (B)

Good for: Small teams that want an open-source secrets manager hosted in the EU or self-hosted, with coding agents kept away from values through the CLI.

Also in its favour:
- Open source

Watch for: No OpenAPI document was found. The REST reference is prose with examples, covering 47 operations


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) | Phase | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 91 | Phase +1 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 58 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +23 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 56 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +7 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 89 | 83 | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) +6 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 25 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 83 | Phase +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 73 | Phase +1 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **73.6 · BB** | **68 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) | Phase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Akeyless | Phi Security Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.akeyless.io` | `https://api.phase.dev` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs), closed platform | MIT outside the `ee/` directories, which are under the proprietary Phase Console Enterprise licence |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-21 | 2025-10-06 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-05 | 2026-03-11 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| 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 | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 2 stars, 3.5k npm/wk, 219k PyPI/wk | 928 stars, 2.5k npm/wk, 235 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.

**Phase.** Service account tokens can be minted with an expiry over the API, every secret read is logged, and the CLI redacts values when it detects an AI agent. No OpenAPI document or pagination was found in the reviewed documentation, and the Free plan keeps audit logs for 24 hours.

## 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`

### Phase

1. Enable server-side encryption on the app before calling `/v1/secrets`. Without it the REST API cannot read or write that app's secrets
2. Send `Authorization: Bearer ServiceAccount <token>` for a service account and `Bearer User <token>` for a personal access token. The token type is part of the header
3. Stay under 120 requests a minute per account on Free and 240 on Pro, and wait the seconds in the `retry-after` header on a 429
4. Treat a 409 on `POST /v1/secrets` as the key already existing at that path, and use `PUT` to change it. Rotating secrets reject `PUT` and `DELETE`
5. Have a person run `phase ai enable` and choose masked values. The CLI blocks an agent from running `phase ai enable` or `phase ai disable` itself

## Questions

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

Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Phase's 68 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.

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

Yes. Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.akeyless.io and Phase at https://api.phase.dev.

### Are Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server) and Phase open source?

No open-source release is listed for Akeyless (SecretlessAI and MCP server). Phase is open source (MIT outside the `ee/` directories, which are under the proprietary Phase Console Enterprise licence).


## For agents

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

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