Microsoft SNDS
Microsoft SNDS is an email deliverability tool from Microsoft that provides IP reputation data for mail sent to Hotmail and Outlook.com · microsoft.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Use free tools (Google Postmaster, MXToolbox, Microsoft SNDS) for monitoring”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · first choice
“Microsoft SNDS (free, direct from Microsoft)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“Google Postmaster Tools and Microsoft SNDS for provider-specific reputation signals.”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · alternative
“Supplies IP-level reputation and complaint information for Microsoft consumer mailboxes”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft SNDS, over the 43 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 5 | View → | |
| 39 | 17 | View → | |
| 29 | 1 | View → | |
| 26 | 12 | View → | |
| 25 | 4 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Microsoft SNDS →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Microsoft SNDS's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, Canada
- Founded
- 1975
- Also from Microsoft
- Azure Synapse, Bing Webmaster Tools, Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Accessibility Insights, Microsoft Ads and 51 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 42 of the 43 answers that named Microsoft SNDS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
151 of the 151 domain citations in answers naming Microsoft SNDS came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |