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[Home](/) 2. [Directory](/directory) 3. [Non-Human Identity](/directory/category/non-human-identity) 4. Defakto # Defakto Defakto (formerly SPIRL, rebranded in 2026) is a non-human identity and access management platform built on the SPIFFE standard. It issues dynamic, cryptographically verifiable identities for services, workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and AI agents in place of static credentials and service accounts. Last updated 4 days ago [Visit site](https://www.defakto.security) Quick answer ## What is Defakto? Short answer Defakto (formerly SPIRL, rebranded in 2026) is a non-human identity and access management platform built on the SPIFFE standard. It issues dynamic, cryptographically verifiable identities for services, workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and AI agents in place of static credentials and service accounts. Best for Platform engineering and infrastructure security teams at cloud-native organizations that want to eliminate static secrets and service-account sprawl using SPIFFE-style workload identity. When to choose Choose Defakto if you want to standardize on SPIFFE-style short-lived workload identities and systematically retire static secrets across clouds, clusters, and pipelines. When not to choose Look elsewhere if you mainly need a vault to store and rotate existing secrets, or a lightweight tool for a small, mostly SaaS-based environment. Related tools & categories [Non-Human Identity](/directory/category/non-human-identity)[Machine Identity](/directory/category/machine-identity)[AI Agent Identity](/directory/category/ai-agent-identity)[Astrix Security](/directory/astrix)[Oasis Security](/directory/oasis)[Run the IAM Stack Finder](/stack-finder)[Report: The State of AI Agent Identity 2026](/reports/state-of-ai-agent-identity-2026) ## Categories [Non-Human Identity ★](/directory/category/non-human-identity)[Machine Identity](/directory/category/machine-identity)[AI Agent Identity](/directory/category/ai-agent-identity) ## Common use cases - Replacing static API keys and long-lived tokens with short-lived workload identities - Eliminating hardcoded credentials from CI/CD pipelines - Discovery and governance of non-human identities across multi-cloud environments - Reducing overprivileged Active Directory and cloud service accounts - Issuing dynamic, policy-bound identities to AI agents and LLM-driven automation - Zero-trust service-to-service authentication (mTLS/JWT via SPIFFE SVIDs) ## Strengths - Built on the SPIFFE open standard by a team with large-scale SPIFFE deployment experience, avoiding a fully proprietary identity format - Modular platform covering discovery (Ledger), issuance (Mint), CI/CD (Ship), least-privilege remediation (Trim), and AI agents (Mind) under one console - Addresses the root cause of secrets sprawl by removing static credentials rather than just vaulting them - $30.75M Series B (October 2025) led by XYZ Venture Capital, with backers including J.P. Morgan and Bloomberg Beta - Named a Rising Star in KuppingerCole's non-human identity and workload identity coverage ## Limitations & considerations - Recent rebrand from SPIRL means brand and some documentation are still transitioning; verify current product naming with the vendor - No published pricing; budgeting requires a sales conversation - SPIFFE-based workload identity assumes engineering investment and works best in cloud-native environments; legacy estates may need more effort - AI-agent module (Mind) is newer than the core workload identity product; verify maturity for your use case ## Pricing model summary Contact Defakto for current pricing. ## Integrations AWS GCP Azure Kubernetes SPIFFE/SPIRE Jenkins GitHub Istio Docker ## Fit Company size Mid-market, Enterprise Deployment SaaS / Cloud-hosted, Hybrid Source Proprietary Pricing model Contact vendor for pricing ## Alternatives & comparisons [Astrix Security](/directory/astrix) Astrix Security discovers and secures non-human identities, AI agents, and MCP servers, and provisions secure-by-design agents through its Agent Control Plane with short-lived credentials and just-in-time access. Following its acquisition by Cisco, its capabilities are being integrated into Cisco's identity and zero-trust portfolio. [Compare Defakto vs Astrix Security →](/compare/defakto-vs-astrix) [Oasis Security](/directory/oasis) Oasis Security is a non-human identity management platform covering inventory, ownership, posture, lifecycle, and secret rotation for machine identities, with AI-SPM and intent-aware access controls for AI agents. In July 2026, data-security company Cyera agreed to acquire Oasis for approximately $1 billion, with closing expected later in the year. [Compare Defakto vs Oasis Security →](/compare/defakto-vs-oasis) [Akeyless](/directory/akeyless) Akeyless is an established identity security platform delivering secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, encryption/KMS, and secure remote access from a unified SaaS, using patented Distributed Fragments Cryptography (DFC) instead of a self-managed vault. In 2025–2026 it extended the platform to AI-agent identity with ephemeral, task-scoped access. [Compare Defakto vs Akeyless →](/compare/defakto-vs-akeyless) [Aembit](/directory/aembit) Aembit is a workload identity and access management platform that manages how workloads, services, and AI agents authenticate and access downstream APIs and services — without static credentials. [Compare Defakto vs Aembit →](/compare/defakto-vs-aembit) IDSync provides educational buyer guidance based on publicly available information, editorial review, and user-submitted data. Vendor information should be verified before purchase. [Who we are, our methodology & disclosure policy](/about). Defakto and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner. 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