# Pipecat: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pipecat

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI voice agents](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/ai-voice-agents/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 0% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Pipecat or LiveKit if you need full data sovereignty, zero platform vendor lock-in" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI voice agents)
- "Absolute Lowest Cost (For Engineering Teams): Open-Source (Pipecat / Vocode)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, AI voice agents)
- "If you want to write the agent as code, use LiveKit Agents or Pipecat." (Muse Glimmer 30B, AI voice agents)

## 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Pipecat, from 8 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cartesia.ai: 6
- cloudtalk.io: 3
- dapta.ai: 3
- getvoip.com: 3
- retellai.com: 3
- bland.ai: 2
- brilo.ai: 2
- callsetter.ai: 2
- callsphere.ai: 2
- developersdigest.tech: 2

### Pages cited

- https://cartesia.ai/learn/ai-voice-agent-platforms: 6
- https://cloudtalk.io/ai-voice-agents: 3
- https://dapta.ai/blog-posts/best-ai-voice-agents-small-business: 3
- https://getvoip.com/blog/ai-voice-assistants-for-business: 3
- https://bland.ai/blog/retell-vs-vapi: 2
- https://callsetter.ai/blog/best-ai-voice-agents: 2
- https://callsphere.ai/blog/best-ai-voice-agents-small-businesses-2026: 2
- https://developersdigest.tech/voice-agents: 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.