# Email: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/email

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Board and investor reporting](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/board-and-investor-reporting/index.md) | 0% | 101 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Email – notoriously insecure, requires downloading attachments outside secure environments" (Kimi K2, Board)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Email, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- boardintelligence.com: 3
- diligent.com: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- admincontrol.com: 2
- aprioboardportal.com: 2
- boardeffect.com: 2
- capterra.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- appdeck.com: 1
- board-room.org: 1

### Pages cited

- https://admincontrol.com/insights/guide-to-secure-board-portal-storage: 2
- https://aprioboardportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Aprio-Board-Portal_Overcoming-Cyber-Threats_Web.pdf: 2
- https://boardintelligence.com/board-reporting-assessment: 2
- https://admincontrol.com/insights/4-challenges-boards-face-today: 1
- https://appdeck.com/blog/board-portal-software-comparison-2026: 1
- https://appdeck.com/blog/how-to-choose-board-portal-software: 1
- https://board-room.org/blog/free-board-management-software: 1
- https://board-rooms.co.uk/: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.