# Bigmachines: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/bigmachines

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/cpq/index.md) | 0% | 83 | 67% | 3 |

## And against it

- "calls out the long-standing Apttus/SteelBrick/BigMachines lineage, now largely Salesforce CPQ" (Muse Glimmer 30B, CPQ)
- "BigMachines (legacy, often criticized in older Salesforce discussions)" (Grok 4.20, CPQ)

## 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Bigmachines, from 4 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- reddit.com: 4
- fastslowmotion.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- capterra.com: 2
- experlogix.com: 2
- linkedin.com: 2
- whatarethebest.com: 2
- albato.com: 1
- allcloud.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://reddit.com/r/salesforce/comments/7vcc4p/no_one_is_happy_after_implementing_cpq_except_the: 4
- https://fastslowmotion.com/cpq-red-flags: 3
- https://softwareadvice.com/cpq: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/cpq: 2
- https://g2.com/products/sap-cpq/reviews: 2
- https://whatarethebest.com/cpq-configure-price-quote-software: 2
- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-cpq-software: 1
- https://allcloud.io/blog/why-your-business-needs-to-move-from-salesforce-cpq-to-revenue-cloud-advanced-now: 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.