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Keyfactor: Business Overview, Financials & Competitive Analysis

Keyfactor is the leader in trust infrastructure for AI and machines. The platform equips enterprises to take control of the machine identities and cryptography that safeguard every digital interaction, bringing fragme...

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Keyfactor is a well-funded, rapidly growing cryptography management platform capitalizing on quantum-safe transition and machine...

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Industry Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Machine Identity Management
5 named competitors
4 recent developments
11 analyst dimensions
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Cyborg Score recalibrated: June 22, 2026
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Keyfactor Overview

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Keyfactor is the leader in trust infrastructure for AI and machines. The platform equips enterprises to take control of the machine identities and cryptography that safeguard every digital interaction, bringing fragmented tools and assets into a single control plane so security teams can see their cryptographic landscape, find and remediate risk exposure, roll out compliant and quantum-safe cryptography, and issue a cryptographic identity to every machine, workload, and AI. Trusted by 40% of fortune 500.

Strategic Profile

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Keyfactor announced the Trust Control Plane in June 2026, a unified operating model for the machine identities and cryptography that secure every digital interaction. The company reached $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in under five years and received a significant investment from Sixth Street Growth, increasing its valuation to approximately $1.3 billion. Keyfactor was named to CRN's prestigious 2026 Security 100 list (February 2026), recognizing the company's growing impact in helping organizations manage cryptographic risk and strengthen digital trust through strong channel collaboration.

Competitive Landscape

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Keyfactor competes with SandboxAQ, PKI Solutions, Device Authority, pQCee, Venafi and others. Additional competitors include OneSpan, OneLogin, SecureAuth, Core Security, and JumpCloud. DigiCert is a notable competitor providing digital trust solutions including PKI lifecycle management, TLS/SSL certificates, code signing, and IoT device security, serving enterprise clients including businesses, governments, and Fortune 500 companies.

Industry Context

Keyfactor operates in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Machine Identity Management.

Key facts

Founded: 2001 · Headquarters: Independence, Ohio, US · Employees: 550 (as of April 2026) · Revenue: N/A · Market cap: $1.3B (valuation, June 2025)

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VenafiMachine identity management and certificate lifecycle automationDigiCertDigital trust solutions including PKI management, TLS/SSL certificates, and code signingOneSpanDigital identity and security solutionsSandboxAQQuantum-safe security and cryptographic analysisSectigoPKI and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management

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What does Keyfactor do?+
Keyfactor is the leader in trust infrastructure for AI and machines. The platform equips enterprises to take control of the machine identities and cryptography that safeguard every digital interaction, bringing fragme...
What is Keyfactor's Cyborg Score?+
Keyfactor has a Cyborg Score of 8/10 (Strong). The score synthesizes business model, financials, leadership, competitive position, technology, marketing, and ESG dimensions across hundreds of data points.
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