# Lighthouse: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 8 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/lighthouse

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Website governance and accessibility](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/website-governance-and-accessibility/index.md) | 0% | 19 | 0% | 8 |

## What the models said for it

- "professional automated testing tools (e.g., axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Website governance)
- "browser extensions like Lighthouse to catch issues during development" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Website governance)
- "Stick to widely recognized tools (Axe, Lighthouse, WAVE, ARC Toolkit)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Website governance)
- "Start with the free tools (WAVE + axe DevTools + Lighthouse)" (Kimi K2, Website governance)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Lighthouse, from 10 of the 11 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 5
- testparty.ai: 5
- ratedwithai.com: 4
- accessibe.com: 3
- accessible.org: 3
- dev.to: 3
- silktide.com: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- w3.org: 3
- accessibility.asu.edu: 2

### Pages cited

- https://softwareadvice.com/website-accessibility/small-business: 3
- https://accessibility.asu.edu/articles/overlays: 2
- https://accessiblecompliancegroup.com/blog/website-accessibility-monitoring-tools-comparison: 2
- https://applause.com/blog/the-problem-with-accessibility-overlays: 2
- https://ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/1006a_featuring-online-customer-reviews-508_0.pdf: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/digital-accessibility-tools/small-business: 2
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-web-accessibility-testing-tools: 2
- https://ratedwithai.com/blog/best-ada-compliance-software: 2

## 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.