# AliExpress: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 2 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/aliexpress

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Retail media platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/retail-media-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 0% | 3 |
| [Ecommerce platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/ecommerce-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 100% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "European brands | Zalando, AliExpress, eBay" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Retail media)

## And against it

- "Temu, AliExpress, and similar cross-border marketplaces when product safety, authenticity, warranty coverage, or reliable returns matter" (Perplexity Sonar, Ecommerce)
- "High competition, fees, account suspension risks, and copycat issues" (Grok 4.20, Ecommerce)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 AliExpress, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- digiday.com: 3
- encodify.com: 3
- brandshield.com: 2
- grandviewresearch.com: 2
- shopify.com: 2
- admonsters.com: 1
- alium.io: 1
- amzprep.com: 1
- bigcommerce.com: 1
- debutify.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://digiday.com/marketing/cmo-strategies-retail-medias-rise-from-amazon-to-ebay: 3
- https://encodify.com/state-of-retail-media: 3
- https://brandshield.com/blog/online-marketplace-scams: 2
- https://digiday.com/marketing/cmo-strategies-a-playbook-for-marketing-channels: 2
- https://grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/retail-media-platform-market-report: 2
- https://admonsters.com/6-platforms-that-will-define-retail-media-in-2025: 1
- https://alium.io/research/top-complaints-ecommerce-platforms: 1
- https://amzprep.com/top-25-ecommerce-platforms-north-america: 1

## Record

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