3 categories · RankedOpenRefine
OpenRefine is an open-source desktop tool for cleaning and deduplicating data, including records exported from a CRM · openrefine.org ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Insycle is first at 51%.
Insycle is first at 50%.
DemandTools is first at 40%.
Why models recommend it
“use free OpenRefine for occasional bulk cleanup”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best for developers/small teams: OpenRefine (data cleaning) or PrivacyGo Data Clean Room (open‑source collaboration).”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“OpenRefine (Completely Free): Best if you want zero cost and can handle manual processes.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“For technical teams on zero budget: OpenRefine for one-time cleanup of exported data”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Free Manual Tools (OpenRefine, Excel-based solutions) ... These tools create a false sense of security.”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
“Avoid relying solely on manual export/import cycles using tools like Excel or OpenRefine”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
“OpenRefine is described as "Bulk deduplication and text normalization on exported CSV files" with the core limitations being "No CRM connection, no automation, no enrichment, learning curve required"”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“free and open-source, but it requires manual exports/imports and technical effort, so it is less suitable for nontechnical users”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as OpenRefine, over the 35 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 3 | View → | |
| 15 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 14 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of OpenRefine →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on OpenRefine's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- everyone
- Price stated
- free
- Free plan or trial
- free
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.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
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 35 of the 35 answers that named OpenRefine and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
108 of the 122 domain citations in answers naming OpenRefine came from a third party's page. Fourteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference or event | 1,132 | 0 | 2025-06-06 | CRM | |
| Blog | 74 | 0 | 2026-01-27 |
Most recent
- 2026-01-27Fundraising 2025 campaign results blog
- 2025-12-17Year in review 2025 blog
- 2025-10-01Annoucing store blog
- 2025-08-20Antonin leaving blog
- 2025-06-10OpenRefine 2025 Barcamp blog
- 2025-06-062360 conference or event
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page openrefine.org exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.